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

Wayne D. Meehan

On the New York attorney register since 1985 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2265148
Admitted
1985 · Third Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Jul 2027

Wayne D. Meehan is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 2027. 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

21 other attorneys list Freehill Hogan & Mahar or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 5 of them were admitted before 1985, and all 22 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1985, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Patrick J. Bonner1979Currently registered
Mark F. Muller1979Currently registered
Peter J. Gutowski1982Due to re‑register
Don P. Murnane Jr1987Currently registered
Thomas Mark Canevari1990Due to re‑register

All 22 registrations that list Freehill Hogan & Mahar

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

Wayne D. Meehan studied at Boston University School of Law (the register spells it “BOSTON UNIVERSITY”). 1,287 of its 6,362 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Wayne D. Meehan was.

Same law school
6,362living graduates; 86.6% 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, 8,839 were admitted before 1985 and 83,743 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 Freehill Hogan & Mahar22 on the register, 5 of the others admitted before 1985; all 22 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Boston University School of Law graduates on the register6,362 living, 86.6% 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 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 1,162 of them through the Third 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 Wayne D. Meehan’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 Wayne D. Meehan in 1985. 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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