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

Lawrence F. Hughes

On the New York attorney register since 1998 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2857605
Admitted
1998 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Feb 2028

Lawrence F. Hughes is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1998 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Feb 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Lawrence F. Hughes has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 2028.

  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

143 other attorneys list Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 50 of them were admitted before 1998, and 111 of the 144 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1998, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
John David Holden1997Currently registered
Michele Mary Arbeeny1998Currently registered
Jonathan Barrett Gray1998Currently registered
Wayne Scott Cook Jr1999Currently registered
Margarita Yuli Ginzburg1999Currently registered

All 144 registrations that list Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, 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

Lawrence F. Hughes studied at New York Law School. 2,969 of its 15,601 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Lawrence F. Hughes was.

Same law school
15,601living graduates; 87.0% 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, 24,611 were admitted before 1998 and 67,446 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 Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP144 on the register, 50 of the others admitted before 1998; 111 of the 144 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. New York Law School graduates on the register15,601 living, 87.0% 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 19987,302 people admitted in 1998 are on the register, 2,431 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 Lawrence F. Hughes’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 Lawrence F. Hughes in 1998. 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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