Ellen Ruth Marshall
On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in Costa Mesa, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2287274
- Admitted
- 1989 · Third Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Apr 2027
Ellen Ruth Marshall is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1989 in the Third Department, with an office in Costa Mesa, CA; next registration due Apr 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.
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent unchanged
- 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
87 other attorneys list Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 18 of them were admitted before 1989. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1989, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Belfort | 1988 | Currently registered |
| Monte M. Lemann | 1988 | Due to re‑register |
| Jonathan Lemberg | 1988 | Currently registered |
| Andrew L. Morrison | 1988 | Currently registered |
| Donald Richard Brown | 1990 | Suspended, delinquent |
All 88 registrations that list Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, 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
Ellen Ruth Marshall studied at Harvard Law School (the register spells it “HARVARD”). 1,661 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Ellen Ruth Marshall was.
- Same law school
- 14,378living graduates; 86.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Costa Mesa, CA
- 93living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 93 living registrants with an office in Costa Mesa, CA, 8 were admitted before 1989 and 83 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
- Everyone who lists Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP88 on the register, 18 of the others admitted before 1989.
- Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Costa Mesa, CA93 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 1,222 of them through the Third Department.
- Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Ellen Ruth Marshall’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Ellen Ruth Marshall in 1989. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
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).