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

Morgan Chmiel McKinney

On the New York attorney register since 2017 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5480413
Admitted
2017 · Third Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Sep 2027

Morgan Chmiel McKinney is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2017 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Sep 2027. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. was Due to re‑register now Delinquent changed since the Jul 3, 2026 file
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months 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.

Where this record sits on the register

Morgan Chmiel McKinney studied at Syracuse University College of Law. 1,227 of its 7,168 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Morgan Chmiel McKinney was.

Same law school
7,168living graduates; 87.5% 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, 65,018 were admitted before 2017 and 26,082 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

  1. Syracuse University College of Law graduates on the register7,168 living, 87.5% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 20178,202 people admitted in 2017 are on the register, 3,162 of them through the Third Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Morgan Chmiel McKinney’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 Morgan Chmiel McKinney in 2017. 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).

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