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

New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC

Attorneys admitted in New York with an office here

On the register
12,527
Currently registered
10,123
File of
Sep 29, 2026

12,527 living attorneys on the New York register file of Sep 29, 2026 give an office in Washington, DC; 10,123 are currently registered. Covington & Burling LLP is the employer most listed (162), and Georgetown University Law Center the most common school.

Attorneys with an office in Washington, page 258

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Dennis Solomon SchmelzerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP2010
John Paul Schnapper-CasterasSchnapper-Casteras PLLC2010
Ashlei Taylor SchulzLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia2010
Christopher James ScullyWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP2010
Jennifer B. SealeSidley Austin LLP2010
Michael Paul ShepherdFish & Richardson P.C.2010
Kamil Elaine ShieldsSullivan & Cromwell LLP2010
Justin Benjamin ShubowNational Civic Art Society2010
Ajita ShuklaWhite & Case LLP2010
Heather Dorothy ShumakerNational Women’s Law Center2010
Anne Janina SiarnackiPostal Regulatory Commission2010
Summer Christine SilversmithU.S. Department of Labor2010
Marcus Powell SmithU.S. Department of Justice2010
Courtney Lee SmithThe Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program2010
Neesa Patel SoodSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP2010
Ravi Dhananjayen SoopramanienU.S. International Trade Commission2010
Cullen Drescher SpeckhartCooley LLP2010
Jessica Audrey SpectorNational Network To End Domestic Violence2010
Katherine Celeste SpeegleDuane Morris LLP2010
Richard Henry Speidel Jr.General Services Administration2010

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

When they were admitted, against the state

Washington: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s2%1970s6%1980s14%1990s28%2000s37%2010s12%2020s
Washington: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s2%1970s6%1980s14%1990s28%2000s37%2010s12%2020s
Washington: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%2%1970s6%14%1990s28%37%12%2020s
Washington: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s2%1970s6%1980s14%1990s28%2000s37%2010s12%2020s
Share of Washington’s living attorneys admitted in each decade (columns) against all living attorneys with a New York office (dashed).
DecadeWashingtonAll New York
1950s<1%<1%
1960s1%2%
1970s2%6%
1980s6%13%
1990s14%18%
2000s28%20%
2010s37%24%
2020s12%18%

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Questions this place leads to

  1. New York attorneys in District of ColumbiaEvery place in District of Columbia with its count, its firms and its schools.
  2. Everyone who lists Covington & Burling LLP162 of them give an office in Washington; 472 on the register in all.
  3. Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register1,274 of Washington’s attorneys studied there, more than at any other school.
  4. New York attorneys, state by stateWhere the attorneys admitted in New York have their office.
  5. Check another New York lawyerBy name, firm, city, school or registration number.

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