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

Mellissa Cara Carbone

On the New York attorney register since 2002 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4080412
Admitted
2002 · First Department
Status
Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Mar 2026

Mellissa Cara Carbone is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2002 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 2026. 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.

  1. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  2. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  3. 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

24 other attorneys list McAloon & Friedman, P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 14 of them were admitted before 2002, and all 25 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2002, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Joan Barons1996Currently registered
Matthew L. Prisco1997Currently registered
Michael Paul Ryan1999Currently registered
David K. Bohrer2000Due to re‑register
Christina Victoria Nunn2006Due to re‑register

All 25 registrations that list McAloon & Friedman, P.C.

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

Mellissa Cara Carbone studied at Rutgers Law School (the register spells it “RUTGERS”). 1,786 of its 7,506 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Mellissa Cara Carbone was.

Same law school
7,506living graduates; 84.1% 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, 31,301 were admitted before 2002 and 60,553 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 McAloon & Friedman, P.C.25 on the register, 14 of the others admitted before 2002; all 25 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Rutgers Law School graduates on the register7,506 living, 84.1% 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 20027,981 people admitted in 2002 are on the register, 2,940 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Mellissa Cara Carbone’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 Mellissa Cara Carbone in 2002. 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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