Peng Tao
On the New York attorney register since 2001 · office in Seattle, WA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 3952439
- Admitted
- 2001 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2027
Peng Tao is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2001 in the Second Department, with an office in Seattle, WA; next registration due Jan 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Peng Tao has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2027.
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Dla Piper LLP (Us)”. We count that spelling with DLA Piper LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
627 other attorneys list DLA Piper LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 124 of them were admitted before 2001. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2001, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Heather Suzanne Adivari | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Mary Blume Aversano | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Christopher Grey Campbell | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Diego Ricardo Figueroa | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Stefanie Jill Fogel | 2001 | 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
Peng Tao studied at Peking University Law School (the register spells it “PEKING UNIVERSITY”). 14 of its 66 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Peng Tao was.
- Same law school
- 66living graduates; 92.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Seattle, WA
- 948living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 948 living registrants with an office in Seattle, WA, 187 were admitted before 2001 and 745 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 DLA Piper LLP628 on the register, 124 of the others admitted before 2001.
- Peking University Law School graduates on the register66 living, 92.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Seattle, WA948 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20017,416 people admitted in 2001 are on the register, 2,218 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 Peng Tao’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 Peng Tao in 2001. 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).