Matthew Thomas Carpenter
On the New York attorney register since 2017 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5484811
- Admitted
- 2017 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- May 2027
Matthew Thomas Carpenter is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2017 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due May 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 Matthew Thomas Carpenter has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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
257 other attorneys list Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 135 of them were admitted before 2017, and all 258 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2017, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Henry Cassel | 2017 | Currently registered |
| Stanislas Darrois | 2017 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Rod Neema Ghods | 2017 | Currently registered |
| Ledina Gocaj | 2017 | Currently registered |
| Donghwa Kim | 2017 | Currently registered |
All 258 registrations that list Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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
Matthew Thomas Carpenter studied at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (the register spells it “UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY”). 817 of its 2,382 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Matthew Thomas Carpenter was.
- Same law school
- 2,382living graduates; 87.5% 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, 65,018 were admitted before 2017 and 26,082 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 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz258 on the register, 135 of the others admitted before 2017; all 258 give an office in New York, NY.
- University of California, Berkeley, School of Law graduates on the register2,382 living, 87.5% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20178,202 people admitted in 2017 are on the register, 2,536 of them through the First 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 Matthew Thomas Carpenter’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 Matthew Thomas Carpenter in 2017. 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).