Stephen Reynold Schaefer
On the New York attorney register since 1993 · office in Minneapolis, MN
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2547198
- Admitted
- 1993 · First Department
- Status
- Suspended, delinquent
- Next registration
- Feb 2027
Stephen Reynold Schaefer is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1993 in the First Department, with an office in Minneapolis, MN; next registration due Feb 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.
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Fish & Richardson”. We count that spelling with Fish & Richardson P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
62 other attorneys list Fish & Richardson P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 7 of them were admitted before 1993. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1993, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Thomas Johnson | 1994 | Currently registered |
| Steven Raymond Katz | 1996 | Due to re‑register |
| Cynthia Johnson Walden | 1996 | Due to re‑register |
| Michael Jude McKeon | 1997 | Currently registered |
| Jenifer Paine | 1997 | Currently 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 Reynold Schaefer studied at University of Minnesota Law School (the register spells it “UNIV OF MINNESOTA”). 107 of its 940 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Stephen Reynold Schaefer was.
- Same law school
- 940living graduates; 85.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Minneapolis, MN
- 380living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 380 living registrants with an office in Minneapolis, MN, 52 were admitted before 1993 and 323 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
- Everyone who lists Fish & Richardson P.C.63 on the register, 7 of the others admitted before 1993.
- University of Minnesota Law School graduates on the register940 living, 85.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Minneapolis, MN380 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19936,439 people admitted in 1993 are on the register, 2,167 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Stephen Reynold Schaefer’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Stephen Reynold Schaefer in 1993. 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).