Melissa Anne Reinckens
On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in San Diego, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4677787
- Admitted
- 2009 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2027
Melissa Anne Reinckens is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Third Department, with an office in San Diego, CA; next registration due Jan 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 Melissa Anne Reinckens has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2027.
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Dla Piper LLP (Us)”. We count that spelling with DLA Piper LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
627 other attorneys list DLA Piper LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 240 of them were admitted before 2009. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Becky Leigh Caruso | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Sima Gavriella Fried | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Shiu-Kay Hung | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Alexander Sergeevich Kolmakov | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Robert Craig Martin | 2009 | 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 Anne Reinckens studied at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (the register spells it “WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS”). 386 of its 1,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Melissa Anne Reinckens was.
- Same law school
- 1,878living graduates; 89.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in San Diego, CA
- 664living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 664 living registrants with an office in San Diego, CA, 373 were admitted before 2009 and 273 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
- Everyone who lists DLA Piper LLP628 on the register, 240 of the others admitted before 2009.
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law graduates on the register1,878 living, 89.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Diego, CA664 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 3,337 of them through the Third 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 Anne Reinckens’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Melissa Anne Reinckens in 2009. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
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).