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

Louis A. Ryen

On the New York attorney register since 1961 · office in Rochester, NY

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

Registration No.
1144773
Admitted
1961 · Fourth Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Sep 2026

Louis A. Ryen is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1961 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Rochester, NY; next registration due Sep 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. Delinquent 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

21 other attorneys list Lacy Katzen LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1961, and 21 of the 22 give an office in Rochester, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1961, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
David Edward Anderson1976Due to re‑register
David D. Macknight1976Currently registered
Peter T. Rodgers1977Currently registered
Craig R. Welch1980Due to re‑register
Mark Henry Stein1989Currently registered

All 22 registrations that list Lacy Katzen 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

Louis A. Ryen studied at University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) (the register spells it “UNIV OF BUFFALO”). 177 of its 9,828 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Louis A. Ryen was.

Same law school
9,828living graduates; 90.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Rochester, NY
2,353living registrants

Of the 2,353 living registrants with an office in Rochester, NY, 10 were admitted before 1961 and 2,340 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 Lacy Katzen LLP22 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1961; 21 of the 22 give an office in Rochester, NY.
  2. University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register9,828 living, 90.9% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Rochester, NY2,353 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Monroe County’s registered bar2,430 currently registered, 3.22 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19611,543 people admitted in 1961 are on the register, 146 of them through the Fourth Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Louis A. Ryen’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 Louis A. Ryen in 1961. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Monroe 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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