Jeffrey David Blake
On the New York attorney register since 2001 · office in Atlanta, GA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 3972254
- Admitted
- 2001 · First Department
- Status
- Suspended, currently registered
- Next registration
- Jun 2027
Jeffrey David Blake is suspended, currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2001 in the First Department, with an office in Atlanta, GA; next registration due Jun 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Suspended, currently registered” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice while the registration itself is current. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension.
- Suspended, currently registered unchanged
- Suspended, currently registered unchanged
- Suspended, 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
14 other attorneys list Merchant & Gould P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 2001. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2001, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Berschadsky | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Joanna Garelick Goldstein | 2004 | Currently registered |
| John Frederick Presper | 2004 | Currently registered |
| Shih Ching Li | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Benjamin Henry Graf | 2011 | 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
Jeffrey David Blake studied at University of Virginia School of Law (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA”). 1,051 of its 4,707 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Jeffrey David Blake was.
- Same law school
- 4,707living graduates; 87.2% 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, 387 were admitted before 2001 and 863 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 Merchant & Gould P.C.15 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 2001.
- University of Virginia School of Law graduates on the register4,707 living, 87.2% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Atlanta, GA1,277 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20017,416 people admitted in 2001 are on the register, 2,799 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Suspended, currently registered”1,440 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 Jeffrey David Blake’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 Jeffrey David Blake in 2001. 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).