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

Thomas Simmons Lee

On the New York attorney register since 2011 · office in San Francisco, CA

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

Registration No.
4972790
Admitted
2011 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jul 2027

Thomas Simmons Lee is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2011 in the Third Department, with an office in San Francisco, CA; next registration due Jul 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Thomas Simmons Lee has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  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

1,433 other attorneys list Latham & Watkins LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 389 of them were admitted before 2011. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2011, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Erica Elizabeth Aho2011Currently registered
Kelly Lynn Cataldo2011Currently registered
Jeffrey Robert Chenard2011Currently registered
Jenna B. Cooper2011Currently registered
Liyun Deng2011Currently registered

All 1,434 registrations that list Latham & Watkins 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 Simmons Lee studied at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (the register spells it “Northwestern University School of Law Chicago”). 1,127 of its 3,128 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Thomas Simmons Lee was.

Same law school
3,128living graduates; 87.0% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in San Francisco, CA
2,474living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 2,474 living registrants with an office in San Francisco, CA, 1,312 were admitted before 2011 and 1,061 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 Latham & Watkins LLP1,434 on the register, 389 of the others admitted before 2011.
  2. Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law graduates on the register3,128 living, 87.0% registered; 36 of them list Latham & Watkins LLP.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in San Francisco, CA2,474 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 20119,856 people admitted in 2011 are on the register, 4,120 of them through the Third Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 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 Thomas Simmons 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 Thomas Simmons Lee in 2011. 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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