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

La Tonya Denise Brooks

On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4668562
Admitted
2009 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jul 2027

La Tonya Denise Brooks is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means La Tonya Denise Brooks has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  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

150 other attorneys list Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 76 of them were admitted before 2009, and 123 of the 151 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Gina Marie Castellano2009Currently registered
Andrew Scott Knepley2009Currently registered
Jared Jon Stanisci2009Currently registered
Elizabeth Ann Barrett2010Suspended, delinquent
Michael Ena2010Currently registered

All 151 registrations that list Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft 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

La Tonya Denise Brooks studied at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (the register spells it “HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY”). 2,378 of its 11,234 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as La Tonya Denise Brooks was.

Same law school
11,234living graduates; 92.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 45,161 were admitted before 2009 and 45,994 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 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP151 on the register, 76 of the others admitted before 2009; 123 of the 151 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University graduates on the register11,234 living, 92.1% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 2,712 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 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 La Tonya Denise Brooks’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted La Tonya Denise Brooks in 2009. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York 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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