Joanna Garelick Goldstein
On the New York attorney register since 2004 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4249553
- Admitted
- 2004 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Dec 2026
Joanna Garelick Goldstein is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2004 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Dec 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Joanna Garelick Goldstein has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 2026.
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Merchant & Gould”. We count that spelling with Merchant & Gould P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
14 other attorneys list Merchant & Gould P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 2004, and 10 of the 15 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2004, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Berschadsky | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Jeffrey David Blake | 2001 | Suspended, 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
Joanna Garelick Goldstein studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO”). 2,933 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Joanna Garelick Goldstein was.
- Same law school
- 12,878living graduates; 88.9% 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, 34,876 were admitted before 2004 and 56,900 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, 2 of the others admitted before 2004; 10 of the 15 give an office in New York, NY.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20048,407 people admitted in 2004 are on the register, 2,565 of them through the Third 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 Joanna Garelick Goldstein’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 Joanna Garelick Goldstein in 2004. 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).