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

Paul E. Breene

On the New York attorney register since 1984 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2327070
Admitted
1984 · Third Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Apr 2026

Paul E. Breene is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1984 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Apr 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. 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. Delinquent unchanged
  3. 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

293 other attorneys list Reed Smith LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 9 of them were admitted before 1984, and 179 of the 294 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1984, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jess Howard Drabkin1983Currently registered
Steven Irwin Cooper1984Currently registered
Lee Ann Dillon1984Currently registered
Edward H. Klees1985Currently registered
Ann Virginia Kramer1985Currently registered

All 294 registrations that list Reed Smith 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

Paul E. Breene studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA”). 1,985 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Paul E. Breene 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, 7,928 were admitted before 1984 and 84,765 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 Reed Smith LLP294 on the register, 9 of the others admitted before 1984; 179 of the 294 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19845,952 people admitted in 1984 are on the register, 1,082 of them through the Third Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Paul E. Breene’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 Paul E. Breene in 1984. 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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