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

Opal Hope Bennett

On the New York attorney register since 2006 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4432308
Admitted
2006 · Second Department
Status
Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Jun 2026

Opal Hope Bennett is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2006 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jun 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.

  1. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  2. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  3. Suspended, delinquent 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

2 other attorneys list Hudson Legal or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 2006, and 2 of the 3 give an office in New York, NY. The 2 whose admission is closest to 2006, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Aviana L. Lune2005Currently registered
Praveen Ramamurthy2005Suspended, delinquent

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

Opal Hope Bennett studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA”). 3,978 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Opal Hope Bennett was.

Same law school
18,953living graduates; 87.4% 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, 38,701 were admitted before 2006 and 52,887 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. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% 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 20068,638 people admitted in 2006 are on the register, 2,271 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 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 Opal Hope Bennett’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 Opal Hope Bennett in 2006. 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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