PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Melanie Shoshana Shurka

On the New York attorney register since 2011 · office in New York, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
4846549
Admitted
2011 · Second Department
Status
was Due to re‑register now Delinquent
Next registration
Oct 2027

Melanie Shoshana Shurka is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2011 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as due to re‑register. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. was Due to re‑register now Delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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

Melanie Shoshana Shurka studied at New York Law School. 3,401 of its 15,601 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Melanie Shoshana Shurka was.

Same law school
15,601living graduates; 87.0% 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, 50,001 were admitted before 2011 and 41,360 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

  1. New York Law School graduates on the register15,601 living, 87.0% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 20119,856 people admitted in 2011 are on the register, 2,525 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Melanie Shoshana Shurka’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 Melanie Shoshana Shurka in 2011. 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).

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