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

Scott Raymond Hapeman

On the New York attorney register since 2002 · office in Buffalo, NY

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

Registration No.
4010633
Admitted
2002 · Fourth Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

Scott Raymond Hapeman is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2002 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Buffalo, 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 Scott Raymond Hapeman 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

4 other attorneys list Personius Melber LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 2002, and all 5 give an office in Buffalo, NY. The 4 whose admission is closest to 2002, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Rodney O. Personius1977Due to re‑register
Joseph M. Guerra III1981Currently registered
Brian Michael Melber1997Currently registered
Olivia Anne Proia2025Currently 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

Scott Raymond Hapeman studied at Notre Dame Law School (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY AT NOTRE DAME”). 298 of its 1,384 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Scott Raymond Hapeman was.

Same law school
1,384living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Buffalo, NY
3,467living registrants

Of the 3,467 living registrants with an office in Buffalo, NY, 1,445 were admitted before 2002 and 1,965 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. Notre Dame Law School graduates on the register1,384 living, 88.9% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, NY3,467 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Erie County’s registered bar4,149 currently registered, 4.36 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 20027,981 people admitted in 2002 are on the register, 313 of them through the Fourth Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Scott Raymond Hapeman’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted Scott Raymond Hapeman in 2002. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Erie 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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