Nicholas Hayden Burns
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in San Francisco, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5928296
- Admitted
- 2022 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
Nicholas Hayden Burns is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2022 in the Second Department, with an office in San Francisco, CA; next registration due Mar 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 Nicholas Hayden Burns has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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.
Others who list this employer on the register
17 other attorneys list Scale LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 15 of them were admitted before 2022, and 11 of the 18 give an office in San Francisco, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Olena Ierega | 2016 | Currently registered |
| Brian Jeffrey Hicks | 2017 | Currently registered |
| Ayala Magder | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Alexander Jacob Gershen | 2025 | Currently registered |
| Jefferson Lin | 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
Nicholas Hayden Burns studied at American University Washington College of Law (the register spells it “American University Washington D.C. College of Law”). 427 of its 4,261 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Nicholas Hayden Burns was.
- Same law school
- 4,261living graduates; 88.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in San Francisco, CA
- 2,474living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,474 living registrants with an office in San Francisco, CA, 2,323 were admitted before 2022 and 99 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 Scale LLP18 on the register, 15 of the others admitted before 2022; 11 of the 18 give an office in San Francisco, CA.
- American University Washington College of Law graduates on the register4,261 living, 88.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Francisco, CA2,474 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 1,654 of them through the Second 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 Nicholas Hayden Burns’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Nicholas Hayden Burns 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).