Michael Thomas Avent
On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in Seattle, WA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4713954
- Admitted
- 2009 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2027
Michael Thomas Avent is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the First Department, with an office in Seattle, WA; next registration due Jan 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 Michael Thomas Avent has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 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 “Perkins Coie LLP”. We count that spelling with Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
286 other attorneys list Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 85 of them were admitted before 2009, and 27 of the 287 give an office in Seattle, WA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Ross Carter | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Bernice Jill Chow | 2009 | Currently registered |
| William Higgins Ebert | 2009 | Currently registered |
| David Alexander Lawson | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Antonia S. Lee | 2009 | 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
Michael Thomas Avent studied at Cornell Law School. 1,467 of its 7,028 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Michael Thomas Avent was.
- Same law school
- 7,028living graduates; 87.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Seattle, WA
- 948living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 948 living registrants with an office in Seattle, WA, 398 were admitted before 2009 and 500 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 Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP287 on the register, 85 of the others admitted before 2009; 27 of the 287 give an office in Seattle, WA.
- Cornell Law School graduates on the register7,028 living, 87.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Seattle, WA948 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 3,831 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 Michael Thomas Avent’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 Michael Thomas Avent in 2009. 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).