Michael Paul Thomas
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in Erie, PA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5813027
- Admitted
- 2022 · Third Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Nov 2026
Michael Paul Thomas is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2022 in the Third Department, with an office in Erie, PA; next registration due Nov 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
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.
- Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
- 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
4 other attorneys list Macdonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 2022, and all 5 give an office in Erie, PA. The 4 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Ernest Gandley | 2008 | Currently registered |
| John Joseph Mehler | 2008 | Currently registered |
| Nicholas Raymond Pagliari | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Stephen Craig Shamburg | 2025 | 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 Paul Thomas studied at Penn State Dickinson Law (the register spells it “The Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law”). 129 of its 671 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Michael Paul Thomas was.
- Same law school
- 671living graduates; 88.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Erie, PA
- 54living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 54 living registrants with an office in Erie, PA, 46 were admitted before 2022 and 7 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
- Penn State Dickinson Law graduates on the register671 living, 88.5% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Erie, PA54 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 3,662 of them through the Third Department.
- Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Paul Thomas’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Michael Paul Thomas in 2022. 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).