Karl Joseph Ashanti
On the New York attorney register since 1999 · office in Maspeth, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2926491
- Admitted
- 1999 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Oct 2027
Karl Joseph Ashanti is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1999 in the Second Department, with an office in Maspeth, NY; 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 Karl Joseph Ashanti 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Musa-Obregon Law, P.C.”. We count that spelling with Musa-Obregon Law, PC, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
8 other attorneys list Musa-Obregon Law, PC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1999, and 7 of the 9 give an office in Maspeth, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1999, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Shauky Michael Musa-Obregon | 1993 | Currently registered |
| Noel Nafiu Akinsola | 2003 | Currently registered |
| Muhammad Omar Qayyum Chaudhry | 2005 | Currently registered |
| Peter Kapitonov | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Sami El Cherif | 2019 | 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
Karl Joseph Ashanti studied at Georgetown University Law Center (the register spells it “GEORGETOWN”). 1,734 of its 11,562 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Karl Joseph Ashanti was.
- Same law school
- 11,562living graduates; 87.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Maspeth, NY
- 44living registrants
Of the 44 living registrants with an office in Maspeth, NY, 19 were admitted before 1999 and 24 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
- Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register11,562 living, 87.9% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Maspeth, NY44 living registrants give an office there.
- Queens County’s registered bar4,163 currently registered, 1.79 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 19997,628 people admitted in 1999 are on the register, 2,434 of them through the Second 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 Karl Joseph Ashanti’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Karl Joseph Ashanti in 1999. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which covers Queens 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).