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

Stephen Daifun Lee

On the New York attorney register since 2010 · office in Los Angeles, CA

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

Registration No.
4812905
Admitted
2010 · Third Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Sep 2026

Stephen Daifun Lee is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2010 in the Third Department, with an office in Los Angeles, 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.

  1. Due to re‑register unchanged
  2. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

2 other attorneys list Richards, Watson & Gershon or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 2010, and all 3 give an office in Los Angeles, CA. The 2 whose admission is closest to 2010, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Andrew Samuel Bragin2009Currently registered
Joseph Julian Railey Jr.2019Currently 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

Stephen Daifun Lee studied at Vanderbilt University Law School. 566 of its 1,752 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Stephen Daifun Lee was.

Same law school
1,752living graduates; 88.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Los Angeles, CA
2,891living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 2,891 living registrants with an office in Los Angeles, CA, 1,498 were admitted before 2010 and 1,279 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. Vanderbilt University Law School graduates on the register1,752 living, 88.8% registered.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Los Angeles, CA2,891 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 201010,128 people admitted in 2010 are on the register, 3,925 of them through the Third Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 Stephen Daifun Lee’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 Daifun Lee in 2010. 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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