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

Melisa A Brower

On the New York attorney register since 2017 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5505516
Admitted
2017 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Dec 2027

Melisa A Brower is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2017 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Dec 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 Melisa A Brower has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. 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 “Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP”. We count that spelling with A&O Shearman, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

585 other attorneys list A&O Shearman or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 320 of them were admitted before 2017, and 350 of the 586 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2017, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Kara Kimberly Altman2017Currently registered
Evangelia Andronikou2017Currently registered
Pui Hei Chan2017Currently registered
Jai Garg2017Currently registered
Nicholas Charles Ognibene2017Currently registered

All 586 registrations that list A&O Shearman

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

Melisa A Brower studied at American University Washington College of Law. 1,368 of its 4,261 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Melisa A Brower was.

Same law school
4,261living graduates; 88.3% 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, 65,018 were admitted before 2017 and 26,082 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. Everyone who lists A&O Shearman586 on the register, 320 of the others admitted before 2017; 350 of the 586 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. American University Washington College of Law graduates on the register4,261 living, 88.3% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20178,202 people admitted in 2017 are on the register, 2,536 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Melisa A Brower’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 Melisa A Brower in 2017. 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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