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

Owen H. Smith

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

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

Registration No.
4396131
Admitted
2006 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Sep 2028

Owen H. Smith is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2006 in the Second Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Sep 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Owen H. Smith has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 2028.

  1. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  2. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  3. 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

9 other attorneys list Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 2006, and all 10 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2006, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Christine Kelly Nichols2000Currently registered
Thomas Michael Gniot2005Currently registered
Jeffrey Joseph Davidson2010Currently registered
Abdul Rasheed Mitha2011Currently registered
Robert Eliot Shapiro2019Currently registered

All 10 registrations that list Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

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

Owen H. Smith studied at George Washington University Law School (the register spells it “THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL”). 1,549 of its 6,333 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Owen H. Smith was.

Same law school
6,333living graduates; 88.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Chicago, IL
2,265living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 725 were admitted before 2006 and 1,483 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. Everyone who lists Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP10 on the register, 3 of the others admitted before 2006; all 10 give an office in Chicago, IL.
  2. George Washington University Law School graduates on the register6,333 living, 88.8% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
  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 “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Owen H. Smith’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 Owen H. Smith in 2006. 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).

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