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

Matthew Bennett Walker

On the New York attorney register since 2011 · office in Houston, TX

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

Registration No.
4978268
Admitted
2011 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Oct 2027

Matthew Bennett Walker is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2011 in the First Department, with an office in Houston, TX; next registration due Oct 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 Bennett Walker has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Oct 2027.

  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

799 other attorneys list Sidley Austin LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 289 of them were admitted before 2011. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2011, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Christina Prusak Chianese2011Currently registered
Alexius Chong2011Currently registered
Laura Bradshaw Collins2011Currently registered
Stacy Crosnicker2011Currently registered
Matthew James Dolan2011Currently registered

All 800 registrations that list Sidley Austin 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

Matthew Bennett Walker studied at New York University School of Law (the register spells it “NYU”). 5,283 of its 23,248 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Matthew Bennett Walker was.

Same law school
23,248living graduates; 86.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Houston, TX
1,463living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 1,463 living registrants with an office in Houston, TX, 779 were admitted before 2011 and 617 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 Sidley Austin LLP800 on the register, 289 of the others admitted before 2011.
  2. New York University School of Law graduates on the register23,248 living, 86.5% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Houston, TX1,463 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 20119,856 people admitted in 2011 are on the register, 2,849 of them through the First Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Bennett Walker’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 Bennett Walker in 2011. 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).

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