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

Richard Douglas Hayes

On the New York attorney register since 1999 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
3009271
Admitted
1999 · First Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Jul 2027

Richard Douglas Hayes is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1999 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 2027. 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

334 other attorneys list Dentons US LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 89 of them were admitted before 1999, and 199 of the 335 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1999, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Andrew Jonathan Bates1999Currently registered
Jeffrey Hui Chen1999Currently registered
Salvatore Orazio Franco1999Currently registered
Man Chiu Lee1999Currently registered
Matthew Keith Moskowitz1999Currently registered

All 335 registrations that list Dentons US 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

Richard Douglas Hayes studied at UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law and Justice (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES”). 15 of its 212 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Richard Douglas Hayes was.

Same law school
212living graduates; 83.5% 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, 26,158 were admitted before 1999 and 65,724 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 Dentons US LLP335 on the register, 89 of the others admitted before 1999; 199 of the 335 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law and Justice graduates on the register212 living, 83.5% 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 19997,628 people admitted in 1999 are on the register, 2,742 of them through the First 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 Richard Douglas Hayes’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 Douglas Hayes in 1999. 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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