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

Carrie Elizabeth Essenfeld

On the New York attorney register since 2005 · office in New York, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
4322988
Admitted
2005 · First Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
May 2027

Carrie Elizabeth Essenfeld is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2005 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due May 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. Delinquent 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

10 other attorneys list Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 8 of them were admitted before 2005, and all 11 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2005, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Walter Benzija1996Currently registered
Neal W. Cohen1996Currently registered
Christopher John Battaglia1997Currently registered
Julie Dyas Goldberg2003Currently registered
Ligee Gu2011Currently registered

All 11 registrations that list Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP

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

Carrie Elizabeth Essenfeld studied at Brooklyn Law School. 4,028 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Carrie Elizabeth Essenfeld was.

Same law school
20,058living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 36,704 were admitted before 2005 and 54,903 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

  1. Everyone who lists Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP11 on the register, 8 of the others admitted before 2005; all 11 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20058,525 people admitted in 2005 are on the register, 3,154 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Carrie Elizabeth Essenfeld’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 Carrie Elizabeth Essenfeld in 2005. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York County, where the register places the office.

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).

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