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

Thomas W. Budd

On the New York attorney register since 1965 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1076025
Admitted
1965 · Second Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Nov 2026

Thomas W. Budd is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1965 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Nov 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. 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

23 other attorneys list Clifton Budd & Demaria, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1965, and all 24 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1965, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Kevin James McGill1969Suspended, delinquent
Douglas Peter Catalano1973Currently registered
Robert A. Wiesen1977Currently registered
Eric Stephen Lamm1980Currently registered
Eva A. Rasmussen1983Currently registered

All 24 registrations that list Clifton Budd & Demaria, 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

Thomas W. Budd studied at Washington and Lee University School of Law (the register spells it “WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY”). 9 of its 774 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Thomas W. Budd was.

Same law school
774living graduates; 89.5% 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, 484 were admitted before 1965 and 93,009 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 Clifton Budd & Demaria, LLP24 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1965; all 24 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Washington and Lee University School of Law graduates on the register774 living, 89.5% 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 19651,502 people admitted in 1965 are on the register, 734 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Thomas W. Budd’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Thomas W. Budd in 1965. 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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