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 400

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Michael J. HershaftSecurities and Exchange Commission2000
Alexander G. Hillery IILaw Office of Alexander Hillery2000
Howard Sean HoganGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP2000
Jonathan HowardDepartment of Defense2000
William Covington JacksonGoodwin Procter LLP2000
Christopher Lee JavensCapitol Tax Partners2000
Kyle Robert JefcoatLatham & Watkins2000
Dwayne Carter JeffersonDC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department2000
Ryan Thomas JennyBailey & Glasser, LLP2000
Amy Breedlove JonesWatkinson Miller PLLC2000
Muthoni Wacieni KaniaruThe World Bank2000
Peter KaranjiaDla Piper LLP2000
Amy A. KarpelNo employer listed2000
Seth Bryan KaufmanNo employer listed2000
Kathleen Megan KedianGeorge Washington University Law School2000
Michael Patrick KelleyParker Poe LLP2000
Michael Paul KellyAkerman LLP2000
Kathleen Seungsun KimU.S. Securities & Exchange Commission2000
Mark Andrew KlapowCrowell & Moring LLP2000
Jeffrey H. KnoxSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP2000

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.

Firms with the most attorneys in Washington

FirmAttorneys
Covington & Burling LLP162
Latham & Watkins LLP133
Kirkland & Ellis LLP104
Hogan Lovells US LLP96
Williams & Connolly LLP95
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP84
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP78
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP74

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

Where Washington’s attorneys studied

Law schoolAttorneys
Georgetown University Law Center1,274
Harvard Law School1,019
George Washington University Law School794
Columbia Law School778
New York University School of Law750
American University Washington College of Law655
Yale Law School466
University of Virginia School of Law448

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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