Yelei Kong
On the New York attorney register since 2016 · office in San Francisco, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5456595
- Admitted
- 2016 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- May 2028
Yelei Kong is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2016 in the First Department, with an office in San Francisco, CA; next registration due May 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Yelei Kong has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 2028.
- 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
421 other attorneys list Cooley LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 186 of them were admitted before 2016, and 22 of the 422 give an office in San Francisco, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2016, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Stiles Alexander | 2016 | Currently registered |
| Christopher Michael Andrews | 2016 | Currently registered |
| Nathan Feuer Baum | 2016 | Currently registered |
| Jeremy Christensen Cain | 2016 | Currently registered |
| Bram Gilbert Beatrice Couvreur | 2016 | 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
Yelei Kong studied at Columbia Law School. 4,756 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Yelei Kong was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% 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, 1,890 were admitted before 2016 and 509 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 Cooley LLP422 on the register, 186 of the others admitted before 2016; 22 of the 422 give an office in San Francisco, CA.
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Francisco, CA2,474 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20168,420 people admitted in 2016 are on the register, 2,373 of them through the First 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 Yelei Kong’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 Yelei Kong in 2016. 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).