Riley Caroline Mendoza
On the New York attorney register since 2008 · office in Chicago, IL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4601886
- Admitted
- 2008 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2028
Riley Caroline Mendoza is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2008 in the Second Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Apr 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Riley Caroline Mendoza has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2028.
- 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 “Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP”. We count that spelling with Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
42 other attorneys list Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 20 of them were admitted before 2008, and 2 of the 43 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2008, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Darlene Mi-Hyung Cho | 2007 | Currently registered |
| Rachel Aleeza Straus | 2007 | Currently registered |
| William Christopher Martucci | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Daniel Wayne Robertson | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Stephanie Shreiner McGraw | 2010 | Due to re‑register |
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
Riley Caroline Mendoza studied at Harvard Law School. 3,057 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Riley Caroline Mendoza was.
- Same law school
- 14,378living graduates; 86.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Chicago, IL
- 2,265living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 853 were admitted before 2008 and 1,325 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 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.43 on the register, 20 of the others admitted before 2008; 2 of the 43 give an office in Chicago, IL.
- Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20089,683 people admitted in 2008 are on the register, 2,438 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 Riley Caroline Mendoza’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 Riley Caroline Mendoza in 2008. 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).