Margaret Dolores Helmke
On the New York attorney register since 2021 · office in San Diego, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5862958
- Admitted
- 2021 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2027
Margaret Dolores Helmke 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 San Diego, CA; next registration due Apr 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 Margaret Dolores Helmke has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Margaret Dolores Helmke studied at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (the register spells it “Washington University St. Louis School of Law”). 442 of its 1,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Margaret Dolores Helmke was.
- Same law school
- 1,878living graduates; 89.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in San Diego, CA
- 664living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 664 living registrants with an office in San Diego, CA, 612 were admitted before 2021 and 43 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
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law graduates on the register1,878 living, 89.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Diego, CA664 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 Margaret Dolores Helmke’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 Margaret Dolores Helmke 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).