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

Sydney Elizabeth Hargrove

On the New York attorney register since 2018 · office in Washington, DC

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Registration No.
5574165
Admitted
2018 · Third Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Sydney Elizabeth Hargrove is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2018 in the Third Department, with an office in Washington, DC; next registration due Oct 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. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

60 other attorneys list Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 50 of them were admitted before 2018, and 8 of the 61 give an office in Washington, DC. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2018, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Anton Christopher Brown2017Currently registered
Abdirashid Mohamud Ahmed2018Due to re‑register
Spencer Shields Cowan2018Currently registered
James Gerard Muller2018Currently registered
Marcus Aldious Sandifer2018Currently registered

All 61 registrations that list Taft Stettinius & Hollister 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

Sydney Elizabeth Hargrove studied at UCLA School of Law (the register spells it “UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW”). 543 of its 1,629 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Sydney Elizabeth Hargrove was.

Same law school
1,629living graduates; 88.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Washington, DC
12,527living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 12,527 living registrants with an office in Washington, DC, 10,208 were admitted before 2018 and 1,896 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 Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP61 on the register, 50 of the others admitted before 2018; 8 of the 61 give an office in Washington, DC.
  2. UCLA School of Law graduates on the register1,629 living, 88.4% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC12,527 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 20188,750 people admitted in 2018 are on the register, 3,556 of them through the Third Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Sydney Elizabeth Hargrove’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 Sydney Elizabeth Hargrove in 2018. 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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