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

Robert Daniel Burns IV

On the New York attorney register since 2026 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
6295950
Admitted
2026 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

Robert Daniel Burns IV is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2026 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 Robert Daniel Burns IV has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2028.

  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

42 other attorneys list McKool Smith or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 40 of them were admitted before 2026, and 31 of the 43 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2026, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Vinita Reshmi Davey2024Currently registered
Jamie Michelle Levien2024Currently registered
Brittany Nicole Zak2025Currently registered
Kenneth Mac Scott2026Currently registered
Nishant Varma2026Currently registered

All 43 registrations that list McKool Smith

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

Robert Daniel Burns IV studied at Harvard Law School. 2,092 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Robert Daniel Burns IV was.

Same law school
14,378living graduates; 86.1% 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, 91,608 were admitted before 2026 and 0 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 McKool Smith43 on the register, 40 of the others admitted before 2026; 31 of the 43 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% 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 20266,220 people admitted in 2026 are on the register, 1,548 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Robert Daniel Burns IV’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 Robert Daniel Burns IV in 2026. 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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