PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Kristine Nicole Celeste

On the New York attorney register since 2020 · office in Buffalo, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
5747704
Admitted
2020 · Fourth Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Kristine Nicole Celeste is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2020 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Buffalo, NY; next registration due Oct 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. 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

18 other attorneys list Duke Holzman Photiadis & Ritter LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 17 of them were admitted before 2020, and all 19 give an office in Buffalo, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2020, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Nicole Kramer Joerg2015Currently registered
Sean Patrick Balkin2016Currently registered
Christopher Matthew Berloth2016Currently registered
Thomas David Lyons2016Currently registered
Claire Elizabeth Hofmeister2025Currently registered

All 19 registrations that list Duke Holzman Photiadis & Ritter LLP

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

Kristine Nicole Celeste studied at University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) (the register spells it “SUNY Buffalo Law School”). 913 of its 9,828 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Kristine Nicole Celeste was.

Same law school
9,828living graduates; 90.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Buffalo, NY
3,467living registrants

Of the 3,467 living registrants with an office in Buffalo, NY, 2,869 were admitted before 2020 and 512 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

  1. Everyone who lists Duke Holzman Photiadis & Ritter LLP19 on the register, 17 of the others admitted before 2020; all 19 give an office in Buffalo, NY.
  2. University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register9,828 living, 90.9% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, NY3,467 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Erie County’s registered bar4,149 currently registered, 4.36 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20208,276 people admitted in 2020 are on the register, 284 of them through the Fourth Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Kristine Nicole Celeste’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted Kristine Nicole Celeste in 2020. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Erie County, where the register places the office.

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).

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