Mark Douglass Whitaker
On the New York attorney register since 1999 · office in Reston, VA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2926947
- Admitted
- 1999 · Fourth Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Dec 2027
Mark Douglass Whitaker is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1999 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Reston, VA; next registration due Dec 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 Mark Douglass Whitaker has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 2027.
- 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 “Dla Piper LLP (Us)”. We count that spelling with DLA Piper LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
627 other attorneys list DLA Piper LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 106 of them were admitted before 1999. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1999, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Karl Harold Buch | 1999 | Currently registered |
| Elisabeth Johanna Cappuyns | 1999 | Currently registered |
| Karina V. Lynch | 1999 | Currently registered |
| Cary Nadelman | 1999 | Currently registered |
| Salvatore Paul Tamburo | 1999 | 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
Mark Douglass Whitaker studied at Yale Law School (the register spells it “YALE”). 753 of its 5,039 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Mark Douglass Whitaker was.
- Same law school
- 5,039living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Reston, VA
- 139living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 139 living registrants with an office in Reston, VA, 43 were admitted before 1999 and 92 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 DLA Piper LLP628 on the register, 106 of the others admitted before 1999.
- Yale Law School graduates on the register5,039 living, 85.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Reston, VA139 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19997,628 people admitted in 1999 are on the register, 389 of them through the Fourth 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 Mark Douglass Whitaker’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 Mark Douglass Whitaker in 1999. 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).