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 494

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Cary J. MeerK & L Gates LLP1983
Kathleen MilesThe PNC Financial Services Group Inc1983
Richard Cushing MorrisseySullivan & Cromwell LLP1983
Dale MuradCommandant (Cg-Lra), US Coast Guard, Mailstop: 72131983
Laura Bennett PetersonNo employer listed1983
Mitchell H. RapaportNixon Peabody LLP,1983
Ronald Allan SarachanU.S. Department of Justice1983
Tarek SawiOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency1983
Jonathan D. SchneiderStinson LLP1983
Jessica A. SeigelNo employer listed1983
Richard Edward SimpsonFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority1983
Stephen Arthur SoffenBlank Rome LLP1983
Robert A. SpelkeThe Law Office of Robert A. Spelke1983
John Parker SweeneyBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP1983
Charles Russell TwistCharles Russell Twist PLC1983
Jeffrey Edward WeissmannRobinson & Cole LLP1983
William D. AlexanderSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP1982
Samuel A. AlitoSupreme Court of the United States1982
Krystyna Maria BoronExport-Import Bank of the U.S Legal Div.1982
Michael BrusteinBruman Group, PLLC1982

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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