Melissa Georgette Peterson
On the New York attorney register since 2001 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4005468
- Admitted
- 2001 · First Department
- Status
- Suspended, delinquent
- Next registration
- Oct 2027
Melissa Georgette Peterson is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2001 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- Suspended, delinquent 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 “Booz Allen & Hamilton”. We count that spelling with Booz Allen Hamilton, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
8 other attorneys list Booz Allen Hamilton or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 2001. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2001, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Winston Braswell | 2003 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Dina Lynn Davalle | 2008 | Due to re‑register |
| Samantha Rosenberg | 2008 | Currently registered |
| Elina A. Rubin-Smith | 2009 | Currently registered |
| McKay Ronald Tolboe | 2009 | Suspended, delinquent |
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 Georgette Peterson studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW”). 3,978 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Melissa Georgette Peterson was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% 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, 29,600 were admitted before 2001 and 62,303 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
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
- 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 20017,416 people admitted in 2001 are on the register, 2,799 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Melissa Georgette Peterson’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 Georgette Peterson in 2001. 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).