Meilun Chen
On the New York attorney register since 2024 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 6116545
- Admitted
- 2024 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jul 2028
Meilun Chen is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2024 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Meilun Chen has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2028.
- 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 “Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP”. We count that spelling with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
88 other attorneys list Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 85 of them were admitted before 2024, and 29 of the 89 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2024, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jenny Park | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Chaim C Leggiere | 2023 | Currently registered |
| Kai Fan | 2024 | Currently registered |
| Gemma Claire Pastellas | 2024 | Due to re‑register |
| Shreyas Sathyanarayana Suresh | 2024 | Due to re‑register |
All 89 registrations that list Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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
Meilun Chen studied at University of Auckland Faculty of Law (the register spells it “University of Auckland”). 18 of its 89 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Meilun Chen was.
- Same law school
- 89living graduates; 80.9% 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, 84,886 were admitted before 2024 and 5,315 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 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer89 on the register, 85 of the others admitted before 2024; 29 of the 89 give an office in New York, NY.
- University of Auckland Faculty of Law graduates on the register89 living, 80.9% registered; 2 of them list Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
- 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 20248,938 people admitted in 2024 are on the register, 2,324 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 Meilun Chen’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 Meilun Chen in 2024. 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).