Michaela Erica Gines
On the New York attorney register since 2025 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 6175459
- Admitted
- 2025 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jul 2027
Michaela Erica Gines is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2025 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 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 Michaela Erica Gines has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 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
91 other attorneys list Chapman and Cutler LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 90 of them were admitted before 2025, and 64 of the 92 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2025, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| James Edward Belina | 2024 | Currently registered |
| Veronica Constable | 2024 | Currently registered |
| Jesse Lopez | 2024 | Currently registered |
| Edoardo Tonachella | 2024 | Due to re‑register |
| Victor Manuel Ortiz Zorrilla | 2026 | 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
Michaela Erica Gines studied at UC Davis School of Law (the register spells it “University of California Davis School of Law”). 56 of its 262 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Michaela Erica Gines was.
- Same law school
- 262living graduates; 89.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in New York, NY
- 93,604living registrants
Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 88,289 were admitted before 2025 and 1,996 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 Chapman and Cutler LLP92 on the register, 90 of the others admitted before 2025; 64 of the 92 give an office in New York, NY.
- UC Davis School of Law graduates on the register262 living, 89.3% registered; 3 of them list Chapman and Cutler LLP.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20259,764 people admitted in 2025 are on the register, 2,626 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 Michaela Erica Gines’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 Michaela Erica Gines in 2025. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York County, where the register places the office.
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).