Tao Jin
On the New York attorney register since 1997 · office in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2821692
- Admitted
- 1997 · First Department
- Status
- Suspended, delinquent
- Next registration
- Jun 2027
Tao Jin is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1997 in the First Department, with an office in Hong Kong, Hong Kong; next registration due Jun 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Tao Jin studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY”). 2,635 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Tao Jin was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 1,293living registrants (outside the U.S.)
Of the 1,293 living registrants with an office in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 74 were admitted before 1997 and 1,210 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
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
- Admitted in 19977,066 people admitted in 1997 are on the register, 2,545 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 Tao Jin’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 Tao Jin in 1997. 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).