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

Melinda Beth Stege Arsouze

On the New York attorney register since 2000 · office in Paris, France

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

Registration No.
3897501
Admitted
2000 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Aug 2028

Melinda Beth Stege Arsouze is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2000 in the Second Department, with an office in Paris, France; next registration due Aug 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means the attorney has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in the month shown. How many hold this status.

  1. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

We show the 3 register files of the last twelve months (Jul 3, 2026, Aug 6, 2026, Sep 29, 2026). A change of standing between them 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.

Others who list this employer on the register

16 other attorneys list Gide Loyrette Nouel or one of its other names as their employer on the register. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2000, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Sophie Anne Scemla2001Currently registered
Vanessa Elisabeth Tollis2001Currently registered
David-James Sebag2002Currently registered
Caroline Texier2002Suspended, delinquent
Scott Andrew Logan2009Currently registered

All 17 registrations that list Gide Loyrette Nouel

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

Melinda Beth Stege Arsouze studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW”).

Same law school
18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Paris, France
1,240living registrants give an office there (outside the U.S.)

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

How to confirm it officially

The register is published by the court system; PlainAttorney shows it as released. For a statement of an attorney’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division in the attorney’s department. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to the grievance committee of the Second Department, which admitted this attorney (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026; the court system publishes the file every few weeks, so its own search can be newer. The register shows only the current value: a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or discipline short of suspension such as a censure, leaves no trace here. Appellate Division decisions on attorney discipline are published in the New York Official Reports, online through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau.

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