Kenneth Claude Abravanel Ashton
On the New York attorney register since 2002 · office in Salt Lake City, UT
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4055497
- Admitted
- 2002 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2028
Kenneth Claude Abravanel Ashton is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2002 in the First Department, with an office in Salt Lake City, UT. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Kenneth Claude Abravanel Ashton has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2028.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered the first file we hold
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.
Others who list this employer on the register
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.”. We count that spelling with Snell & Wilmer LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
23 other attorneys list Snell & Wilmer LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 5 of them were admitted before 2002, and 4 of the 24 give an office in Salt Lake City, UT. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2002, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| William Andrew Kastin | 1998 | Currently registered |
| Brian William Burke | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Serge V. Pavluk | 2002 | Currently registered |
| Elisabeth M. McOmber | 2003 | Currently registered |
| James Peter Melendres | 2004 | Currently registered |
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).
Where this record sits on the register
Kenneth Claude Abravanel Ashton studied at University of Texas School of Law. 478 of its 1,711 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Kenneth Claude Abravanel Ashton was.
- Same law school
- 1,711living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Salt Lake City, UT
- 205living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 205 living registrants with an office in Salt Lake City, UT, 53 were admitted before 2002 and 145 after.
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.
Questions this record leads to
- Everyone who lists Snell & Wilmer LLP24 on the register, 5 of the others admitted before 2002; 4 of the 24 give an office in Salt Lake City, UT.
- University of Texas School of Law graduates on the register1,711 living, 85.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Salt Lake City, UT205 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20027,981 people admitted in 2002 are on the register, 2,940 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Kenneth Claude Abravanel Ashton’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Kenneth Claude Abravanel Ashton in 2002. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).