Michael A. Barrett
On the New York attorney register since 1985 · office in Seattle, WA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2020014
- Admitted
- 1985 · First Department
- Status
- Suspended, delinquent
- Next registration
- Dec 2025
Michael A. Barrett is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the First Department, with an office in Seattle, WA; next registration due Dec 2025. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- Suspended, delinquent 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; 7 of them were admitted before 1985, and 27 of the 287 give an office in Seattle, WA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1985, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph E. Bringman | 1984 | Currently registered |
| Frank Michael Cappuccio | 1984 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Edwin Mark Baum | 1985 | Currently registered |
| Aviva Libby Grossman | 1985 | Currently registered |
| Lois Tilton | 1985 | 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 A. Barrett studied at Harvard Law School (the register spells it “HARVARD LAW SCHOOL”). 1,661 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Michael A. Barrett was.
- Same law school
- 14,378living graduates; 86.1% 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, 41 were admitted before 1985 and 904 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, 7 of the others admitted before 1985; 27 of the 287 give an office in Seattle, WA.
- Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Seattle, WA948 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 1,883 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Michael A. Barrett’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 A. Barrett in 1985. 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).