Michael Bennett Hammond
On the New York attorney register since 1976 · office in Palm Beach, FL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1069988
- Admitted
- 1976 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2028
Michael Bennett Hammond is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1976 in the First Department, with an office in Palm Beach, FL; next registration due Jan 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 Michael Bennett Hammond has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2028.
- 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Michael Bennett Hammond studied at Vanderbilt University Law School (the register spells it “VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY”). 70 of its 1,752 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Michael Bennett Hammond was.
- Same law school
- 1,752living graduates; 88.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Palm Beach, FL
- 82living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 82 living registrants with an office in Palm Beach, FL, 16 were admitted before 1976 and 64 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
- Vanderbilt University Law School graduates on the register1,752 living, 88.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Palm Beach, FL82 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19763,226 people admitted in 1976 are on the register, 1,169 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 Bennett Hammond’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 Bennett Hammond in 1976. 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).