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

Rafael Ignacio Contreras

On the New York attorney register since 2019 · office in Washington, DC

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

Registration No.
5722459
Admitted
2019 · Third Department
Status
was Due to re‑register now Delinquent
Next registration
Oct 2027

Rafael Ignacio Contreras is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2019 in the Third Department, with an office in Washington, DC; next registration due Oct 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as due to re‑register. 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. was Due to re‑register now Delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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.

Where this record sits on the register

Rafael Ignacio Contreras studied at William & Mary Law School. 364 of its 1,056 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Rafael Ignacio Contreras was.

Same law school
1,056living graduates; 88.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Washington, DC
12,527living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 12,527 living registrants with an office in Washington, DC, 10,631 were admitted before 2019 and 1,537 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. William & Mary Law School graduates on the register1,056 living, 88.5% registered.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC12,527 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 20198,536 people admitted in 2019 are on the register, 3,354 of them through the Third Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 Rafael Ignacio Contreras’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 Rafael Ignacio Contreras in 2019. 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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