Melissa Munson Winchester
On the New York attorney register since 1998 · office in Dallas, TX
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2894434
- Admitted
- 1998 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- May 2028
Melissa Munson Winchester is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1998 in the First Department, with an office in Dallas, TX; next registration due May 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 Munson Winchester has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Vedder Price”. We count that spelling with Vedder Price P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
86 other attorneys list Vedder Price P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 11 of them were admitted before 1998, and 4 of the 87 give an office in Dallas, TX. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1998, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Todd Frederic Lurie | 1995 | Currently registered |
| Hope Sarah Goldstein | 1998 | Currently registered |
| Matthew Anthony Rossi | 1998 | Due to re‑register |
| Mitchell David Cohen | 1999 | Currently registered |
| Alexander Berger | 2001 | 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 Munson Winchester studied at New York University School of Law (the register spells it “NEW YORK UNIVERSITY”). 3,638 of its 23,248 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Melissa Munson Winchester was.
- Same law school
- 23,248living graduates; 86.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Dallas, TX
- 1,009living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,009 living registrants with an office in Dallas, TX, 158 were admitted before 1998 and 834 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 Vedder Price P.C.87 on the register, 11 of the others admitted before 1998; 4 of the 87 give an office in Dallas, TX.
- New York University School of Law graduates on the register23,248 living, 86.5% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Dallas, TX1,009 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19987,302 people admitted in 1998 are on the register, 2,659 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 Munson Winchester’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 Munson Winchester in 1998. 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).