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

Shawn Patrick O’Shaughnessy

On the New York attorney register since 1998 · office in Bohemia, NY

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

Registration No.
2890317
Admitted
1998 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2028

Shawn Patrick O’Shaughnessy is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1998 in the Second Department, with an office in Bohemia, NY; 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 Shawn Patrick O’Shaughnessy has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 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

15 other attorneys list Desena & Sweeney, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 10 of them were admitted before 1998, and all 16 give an office in Bohemia, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1998, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Linda M Chetkof1993Currently registered
Yuichi Paul Lee1993Currently registered
Arthur Thompson Wade III1995Currently registered
Louis J. Desena1997Currently registered
Matthew Scott Marino1998Due to re‑register

All 16 registrations that list Desena & Sweeney, 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

Shawn Patrick O’Shaughnessy studied at Indiana University Maurer School of Law (the register spells it “INDIANA UNIVERSITY”). 98 of its 934 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Shawn Patrick O’Shaughnessy was.

Same law school
934living graduates; 85.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Bohemia, NY
96living registrants

Of the 96 living registrants with an office in Bohemia, NY, 43 were admitted before 1998 and 47 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 Desena & Sweeney, LLP16 on the register, 10 of the others admitted before 1998; all 16 give an office in Bohemia, NY.
  2. Indiana University Maurer School of Law graduates on the register934 living, 85.7% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Bohemia, NY96 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Suffolk County’s registered bar5,823 currently registered, 3.81 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19987,302 people admitted in 1998 are on the register, 2,431 of them through the Second 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 Shawn Patrick O’Shaughnessy’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 Shawn Patrick O’Shaughnessy in 1998. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Suffolk 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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