Melquiades Antonio Fernandez
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in Chicago, IL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5960570
- Admitted
- 2022 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2028
Melquiades Antonio Fernandez is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2022 in the Third Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Feb 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 Melquiades Antonio Fernandez has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 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
427 other attorneys list Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 313 of them were admitted before 2022. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Adeyemi Adetola Adediran | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Alexandra Elizabeth Babin | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Zachary Sam Buda | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Blair Austin Campion | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Raneen Amel Farooq | 2022 | Currently registered |
All 428 registrations that list Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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
Melquiades Antonio Fernandez studied at University of Michigan Law School. 767 of its 4,806 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Melquiades Antonio Fernandez was.
- Same law school
- 4,806living graduates; 86.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Chicago, IL
- 2,265living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 1,980 were admitted before 2022 and 215 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 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP428 on the register, 313 of the others admitted before 2022.
- University of Michigan Law School graduates on the register4,806 living, 86.9% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 3,662 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 Melquiades Antonio Fernandez’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 Melquiades Antonio Fernandez in 2022. 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).