Grace Bezutsega Mesfin Assaye
On the New York attorney register since 2021 · office in Atlanta, GA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5855945
- Admitted
- 2021 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Oct 2027
Grace Bezutsega Mesfin Assaye is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2021 in the First Department, with an office in Atlanta, GA; next registration due Oct 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Grace Bezutsega Mesfin Assaye has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Oct 2027.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered 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
256 other attorneys list Alston & Bird LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 201 of them were admitted before 2021, and 39 of the 257 give an office in Atlanta, GA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2021, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Theodore Charles Altman | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Matthew Shawn Atha | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Brenna Jean Dorgan | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Kianna Marie Early | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Thomas Patrick Kelly | 2021 | Currently registered |
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
Grace Bezutsega Mesfin Assaye studied at Columbia Law School. 3,116 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Grace Bezutsega Mesfin Assaye was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Atlanta, GA
- 1,277living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,277 living registrants with an office in Atlanta, GA, 1,151 were admitted before 2021 and 108 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 Alston & Bird LLP257 on the register, 201 of the others admitted before 2021; 39 of the 257 give an office in Atlanta, GA.
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Atlanta, GA1,277 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20217,829 people admitted in 2021 are on the register, 1,820 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Grace Bezutsega Mesfin Assaye’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 Grace Bezutsega Mesfin Assaye in 2021. 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).