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

Vivian Chiwing Cheng

On the New York attorney register since 2015 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5318605
Admitted
2015 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2027

Vivian Chiwing Cheng is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2015 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due May 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 Vivian Chiwing Cheng has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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

62 other attorneys list Fish & Richardson P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 32 of them were admitted before 2015, and 39 of the 63 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2015, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jessica Ann Cohen-Nowak2015Currently registered
Peng Lin2015Currently registered
Jeremy Thomas Saks2015Currently registered
Joseph P Valentino2015Currently registered
Scott M Flanz2016Due to re‑register

All 63 registrations that list Fish & Richardson P.C.

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

Vivian Chiwing Cheng studied at Emory University School of Law. 688 of its 2,405 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Vivian Chiwing Cheng was.

Same law school
2,405living graduates; 89.4% 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, 60,001 were admitted before 2015 and 31,036 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 Fish & Richardson P.C.63 on the register, 32 of the others admitted before 2015; 39 of the 63 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Emory University School of Law graduates on the register2,405 living, 89.4% 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 20158,867 people admitted in 2015 are on the register, 2,550 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Vivian Chiwing Cheng’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 Vivian Chiwing Cheng in 2015. 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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