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

Melvyn B. Ruskin

On the New York attorney register since 1965 · office in Uniondale, NY

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

Registration No.
1487412
Admitted
1965 · First Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Jan 2026

Melvyn B. Ruskin is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1965 in the First Department, with an office in Uniondale, NY; next registration due Jan 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. 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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, PC”. We count that spelling with Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

56 other attorneys list Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1965, and all 57 give an office in Uniondale, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1965, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Joel Cohen1968Currently registered
Harold Steven Berzow1972Currently registered
Michael Leo Faltischek1974Currently registered
David Norman Milner1976Currently registered
Joseph Randall Harbeson1979Currently registered

All 57 registrations that list Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, 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

Melvyn B. Ruskin studied at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (the register spells it “PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY”). 85 of its 6,843 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Melvyn B. Ruskin was.

Same law school
6,843living graduates; 88.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Uniondale, NY
894living registrants

Of the 894 living registrants with an office in Uniondale, NY, 2 were admitted before 1965 and 890 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 Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.57 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1965; all 57 give an office in Uniondale, NY.
  2. University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduates on the register6,843 living, 88.7% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Uniondale, NY894 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Nassau County’s registered bar9,622 currently registered, 6.92 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19651,502 people admitted in 1965 are on the register, 519 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 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 Melvyn B. Ruskin’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 Melvyn B. Ruskin in 1965. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Nassau 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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