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

Martin David Adams

On the New York attorney register since 2012 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4999579
Admitted
2012 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Feb 2028

Martin David Adams is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2012 in the First 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 Martin David Adams 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

1,463 other attorneys list Kirkland & Ellis LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 330 of them were admitted before 2012, and 959 of the 1,464 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2012, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Aimee Alyssa Albright2012Currently registered
Robert Wood Allen2012Currently registered
Eugene F. Assaf2012Due to re‑register
Katharine Wiggin Barry2012Currently registered
Rafael Alessandro Calatrava2012Currently registered

All 1,464 registrations that list Kirkland & Ellis 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

Martin David Adams studied at Harvard Law School. 3,482 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Martin David Adams was.

Same law school
14,378living graduates; 86.1% 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, 52,244 were admitted before 2012 and 39,126 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 Kirkland & Ellis LLP1,464 on the register, 330 of the others admitted before 2012; 959 of the 1,464 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered; 123 of them list Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
  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 20129,632 people admitted in 2012 are on the register, 2,617 of them through the First 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 Martin David Adams’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Martin David Adams in 2012. 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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