Attorneys in Durham, NC
164 registered attorneys
Durham mid-market register note
Rank #3 of 32NC cities by NY office-row count.
Among 164 non-deceased rows with an admission year, the span runs 1974-2025 (median 2006). Longest-tenured listed office peers: Deborah Ann Demott (1974) , James Earl Coleman (1975) , Steven Lance Schwarcz (1975) .
Durham's register footprint
Durham, NC concentrates in Currently registered (77% of 164 rows; status mix index 6,168).
Among school-named rows, Duke University School Of Law alone is 46% (school mix index 3,576).
Mix index is HHI×10,000 on OCA status shares and on school-named rows. Distinct from the statewide rank line above.
Durham office-book shape
Durham spreads named employers across 105 firms (mix index 318); Duke University School Of Law leads at 23 of 154 named rows.
ZIP book runs 11 codes; 27701 holds 27% (44 rows).
Judicial dept 3 covers 41% of dept-tagged rows (67 of 4 departments present).
Largest admission decade is the 2000s at 32% of 164 dated rows - no single decade majority.
Derived from employer, ZIP, judicial-department, and admission-year fields on the same OCA extract - not a market-quality ranking.
Durham registration renewal calendar
Next-registration months spread wide here - 12 distinct calendar months on file, no single month over 14% (Nov tops the list).
Renewal years span 2025–2028; 2027 leads at 48% (79 rows).
Median admission year 2006; mean tenure ~22 years on dated rows.
Next-registration month/year comes from the OCA extract (birthday-linked renewal window) - an administrative calendar, not a quality or discipline ranking.
Durham corporate-led employer book
corporate / other employers lead this 164-row book at 60% (top named: Duke Law School).
10 blank-employer rows sit beside the named book.
Also present: education (35), law firms (19), government (2).
Roles are heuristic labels on OCA employer strings (government, law firm, education, military, corporate, blank) - not a practice-area or quality ranking.
Register status - Durham
- Registered
Currently registered
126 office rows
- Due to reregister 25
Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
25 office rows
- Delinquent 8
Delinquent
8 office rows
- Susp. delinquent 5
Suspended, delinquent
5 office rows
What this shows 77% Currently registered among 164 office rows.
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Amelia Ashton Thorn | Currently registered |
| Scott Joseph Tunley | Currently registered |
| Claudia Van Wyk | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Mikhael Vitenson | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Ashley Earnestine Walker | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Paul E. Weisenfeld | Currently registered |
| Thomas Wilson Williams | Delinquent |
| Wendy Webb Williams | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Andrew Michael Willinger | Currently registered |
| Kelly Lynn Wines | Currently registered |
| Kathryn Elizabeth Witchger | Currently registered |
| Daniel Charles Wright | Currently registered |
| Tracy Marion Wright | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Xiaomeng Zhang | Currently registered |
Showing 151–164 of 164 attorneys
Durham's nearest office-count peers
Cities nearest Durham on NY office-row count (164).
Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov - attorney registration counts.
Out-of-state peers for Durham
Durham, NC at 164 office rows and 77% Currently registered - matched below on count and active rate (not the nearest-count strip above).
Durham office-row count vs peers
Durham active rate vs peers
Counts and active rates come from the NY State Office of Court Administration registration extract; peers are not a market-quality or employment ranking.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.