Robert Hanson Miller
On the New York attorney register since 1975 · office in Palo Alto, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1478916
- Admitted
- 1975 · First Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Sep 2026
Robert Hanson Miller is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1975 in the First Department, with an office in Palo Alto, CA; next registration due Sep 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
- 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
421 other attorneys list Cooley LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 1975, and 16 of the 422 give an office in Palo Alto, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1975, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Stephen Berman | 1968 | Delinquent |
| Ralph Joe Sutcliffe | 1969 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Alan Levine | 1974 | Currently registered |
| Nancy H. Wojtas | 1977 | Due to re‑register |
| Francis Ray Wheeler | 1978 | Currently 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
Robert Hanson Miller studied at Stanford Law School (the register spells it “STANFORD UNIVERSITY”). 87 of its 2,162 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Robert Hanson Miller was.
- Same law school
- 2,162living graduates; 88.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Palo Alto, CA
- 393living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 393 living registrants with an office in Palo Alto, CA, 2 were admitted before 1975 and 390 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 Cooley LLP422 on the register, 3 of the others admitted before 1975; 16 of the 422 give an office in Palo Alto, CA.
- Stanford Law School graduates on the register2,162 living, 88.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Palo Alto, CA393 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19753,195 people admitted in 1975 are on the register, 1,129 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Robert Hanson Miller’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 Hanson Miller in 1975. 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).