Vineet Bhatia
On the New York attorney register since 1991 · office in Houston, TX
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2419273
- Admitted
- 1991 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Aug 2027
Vineet Bhatia is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1991 in the Second Department, with an office in Houston, TX; next registration due Aug 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 Vineet Bhatia has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Aug 2027.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Susman Godfrey L.L.P.”. We count that spelling with Susman Godfrey LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
87 other attorneys list Susman Godfrey LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1991, and 17 of the 88 give an office in Houston, TX. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1991, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| James Thurlow Southwick | 1990 | Currently registered |
| Geoffrey Lloyd Harrison | 1993 | Currently registered |
| Jonathan Jeffrey Ross | 1993 | Currently registered |
| Alex Stemkovsky | 1997 | Currently registered |
| Jacob Warnick Buchdahl | 1998 | 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
Vineet Bhatia studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA”). 2,635 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Vineet Bhatia was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Houston, TX
- 1,463living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,463 living registrants with an office in Houston, TX, 140 were admitted before 1991 and 1,314 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 Susman Godfrey LLP88 on the register, 1 of the others admitted before 1991; 17 of the 88 give an office in Houston, TX.
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Houston, TX1,463 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19916,456 people admitted in 1991 are on the register, 2,578 of them through the Second Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Vineet Bhatia’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 Vineet Bhatia in 1991. 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).