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

Smetna Kaur Chhabra

On the New York attorney register since 2017 · office in Chicago, IL

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

Registration No.
5544267
Admitted
2017 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Sep 2027

Smetna Kaur Chhabra is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2017 in the Third Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Sep 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Smetna Kaur Chhabra has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 2027.

  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

35 other attorneys list Axiom Law or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 30 of them were admitted before 2017, and 10 of the 36 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2017, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jared Stuart Mermelstein2015Currently registered
Emily Neisloss Roisman2015Currently registered
Derek Lawrence Francisco2016Currently registered
Annie Catherine Tsao2016Currently registered
William Joseph Morici2017Currently registered

All 36 registrations that list Axiom Law

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

Smetna Kaur Chhabra studied at University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - DCSL”). 38 of its 254 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Smetna Kaur Chhabra was.

Same law school
254living graduates; 85.0% 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, 1,625 were admitted before 2017 and 565 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 Axiom Law36 on the register, 30 of the others admitted before 2017; 10 of the 36 give an office in Chicago, IL.
  2. University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law graduates on the register254 living, 85.0% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 20178,202 people admitted in 2017 are on the register, 3,162 of them through the Third 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 Smetna Kaur Chhabra’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Smetna Kaur Chhabra in 2017. 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).

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