Paul Wah Lee
On the New York attorney register since 1977 · office in Boston, MA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1461730
- Admitted
- 1977 · First Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Oct 2026
Paul Wah Lee is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1977 in the First Department, with an office in Boston, MA; next registration due Oct 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.
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent unchanged
- 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
551 other attorneys list Goodwin Procter LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1977, and 84 of the 552 give an office in Boston, MA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1977, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Walter Lavigne | 1979 | Currently registered |
| Martin Carmichael III | 1980 | Due to re‑register |
| Stephen Mark Davis | 1980 | Currently registered |
| Joseph R. Siegelbaum | 1980 | Due to re‑register |
| Collette Catherine Goodman | 1983 | 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
Paul Wah Lee studied at Cornell Law School (the register spells it “CORNELL”). 541 of its 7,028 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Paul Wah Lee was.
- Same law school
- 7,028living graduates; 87.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Boston, MA
- 2,932living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,932 living registrants with an office in Boston, MA, 46 were admitted before 1977 and 2,879 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 Goodwin Procter LLP552 on the register, 1 of the others admitted before 1977; 84 of the 552 give an office in Boston, MA.
- Cornell Law School graduates on the register7,028 living, 87.8% registered; 26 of them list Goodwin Procter LLP.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Boston, MA2,932 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19773,593 people admitted in 1977 are on the register, 1,322 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Wah Lee’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Paul Wah Lee in 1977. 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).