Melvin Howard Orlans
On the New York attorney register since 1969 · office in Lake Worth, FL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1196369
- Admitted
- 1969 · First Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Nov 2026
Melvin Howard Orlans is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1969 in the First Department, with an office in Lake Worth, FL; next registration due Nov 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.
- Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
- 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Melvin Howard Orlans studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY”). 834 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Melvin Howard Orlans was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Lake Worth, FL
- 36living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 36 living registrants with an office in Lake Worth, FL, 10 were admitted before 1969 and 25 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.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Lake Worth, FL36 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19691,864 people admitted in 1969 are on the register, 686 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Melvin Howard Orlans’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 Melvin Howard Orlans in 1969. 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).