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

Michael James Legg

On the New York attorney register since 2002 · office in Sydney NSW, Australia

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

Registration No.
4067070
Admitted
2002 · First Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Aug 2026

Michael James Legg is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2002 in the First Department, with an office in Sydney NSW, Australia; next registration due Aug 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The registration was due in Aug 2026 and the register has not recorded it as filed.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding. How many hold this status.

  1. Due to re‑register unchanged
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

We show the 3 register files of the last twelve months (Jul 3, 2026, Aug 6, 2026, Sep 29, 2026). A change of standing between them is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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

447 other attorneys list Jones Day or one of its other names as their employer on the register. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2002, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Christopher Dylan Arnold2002Currently registered
Eric Barbier De La Serre2002Currently registered
Kevin Henry Fink2002Currently registered
Justin Edward Herdman2002Currently registered
Jessica Kastin2002Currently registered

All 448 registrations that list Jones Day

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 James Legg studied at UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law and Justice (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES; UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA”).

Same law school
212living graduates; 83.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Sydney NSW, Australia
212living registrants give an office there (outside the U.S.)

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

How to confirm it officially

The register is published by the court system; PlainAttorney shows it as released. For a statement of an attorney’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division in the attorney’s department. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to the grievance committee of the First Department, which admitted this attorney (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026; the court system publishes the file every few weeks, so its own search can be newer. The register shows only the current value: a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or discipline short of suspension such as a censure, leaves no trace here. Appellate Division decisions on attorney discipline are published in the New York Official Reports, online through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau.

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