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

Richard Wayne Fields

On the New York attorney register since 2005 · office in Washington, DC

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

Registration No.
4337747
Admitted
2005 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Nov 2027

Richard Wayne Fields is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2005 in the First Department, with an office in Washington, DC; next registration due Nov 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 Richard Wayne Fields has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Nov 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  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

The only other attorney who lists Fields Han Cunniff PLLC or one of its other names:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Anna Kovalevska2021Currently 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

Richard Wayne Fields studied at Indiana University Maurer School of Law (the register spells it “Indiana University Indianapolis Robert H. McKinney School of Law”). 238 of its 934 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Richard Wayne Fields was.

Same law school
934living graduates; 85.7% 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, 4,322 were admitted before 2005 and 7,850 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. Indiana University Maurer School of Law graduates on the register934 living, 85.7% registered.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC12,527 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 20058,525 people admitted in 2005 are on the register, 3,154 of them through the First Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 Richard Wayne Fields’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 Richard Wayne Fields in 2005. 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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