Melissa Lauren Klafter
On the New York attorney register since 2016 · office in Long Island City, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5417696
- Admitted
- 2016 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
Melissa Lauren Klafter is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2016 in the First Department, with an office in Long Island City, NY; next registration due Mar 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 Melissa Lauren Klafter has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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
3 other attorneys list Klafter Law Group, P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 2016, and 3 of the 4 give an office in Long Island City, NY. The 3 whose admission is closest to 2016, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Marie Gioia | 1986 | Due to re‑register |
| Mitchell Kirk Klafter | 1989 | Currently registered |
| Samara Klafter | 2020 | Currently registered |
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
Melissa Lauren Klafter studied at St. John’s University School of Law (the register spells it “St. John's University School of Law”). 2,484 of its 15,595 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Melissa Lauren Klafter was.
- Same law school
- 15,595living graduates; 88.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Long Island City, NY
- 534living registrants
Of the 534 living registrants with an office in Long Island City, NY, 406 were admitted before 2016 and 113 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
- St. John’s University School of Law graduates on the register15,595 living, 88.6% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Long Island City, NY534 living registrants give an office there.
- Queens County’s registered bar4,163 currently registered, 1.79 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20168,420 people admitted in 2016 are on the register, 2,373 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 Melissa Lauren Klafter’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 Melissa Lauren Klafter in 2016. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which covers Queens 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).