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

Stephen Gabriel Damato

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

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

Registration No.
5494695
Admitted
2017 · Third Department
Status
Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Nov 2027

Stephen Gabriel Damato is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2017 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Nov 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.

  1. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  2. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  3. Suspended, delinquent 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

447 other attorneys list Jones Day or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 254 of them were admitted before 2017, and 225 of the 448 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2017, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Mathis Pierre Bredimus2017Currently registered
Andrew Mark Butler2017Currently registered
Wenhui Cai2017Currently registered
Aurelien Pierre Christophe Gredy2017Suspended, delinquent
Joseph Walter Hammell2017Suspended, delinquent

All 448 registrations that list Jones Day

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

Stephen Gabriel Damato studied at Georgetown University Law Center (the register spells it “GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY”). 3,165 of its 11,562 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Stephen Gabriel Damato was.

Same law school
11,562living graduates; 87.9% 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, 65,018 were admitted before 2017 and 26,082 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 Jones Day448 on the register, 254 of the others admitted before 2017; 225 of the 448 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register11,562 living, 87.9% 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 20178,202 people admitted in 2017 are on the register, 3,162 of them through the Third Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Stephen Gabriel Damato’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 Stephen Gabriel Damato in 2017. 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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