Paula Michaele Gart
On the New York attorney register since 1980 · office in Melville, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1657139
- Admitted
- 1980 · Second Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Sep 2026
Paula Michaele Gart is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1980 in the Second Department, with an office in Melville, NY; next registration due Sep 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.
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
- 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
25 other attorneys list L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 1980, and all 26 give an office in Melville, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1980, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Jay Balkan | 1973 | Due to re‑register |
| Noah Nunberg | 1978 | Currently registered |
| Marian C. Rice | 1980 | Due to re‑register |
| Richard Patrick Byrne | 1983 | Currently registered |
| Ilene D. Samuel | 1984 | Currently registered |
All 26 registrations that list L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P.
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
Paula Michaele Gart studied at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (the register spells it “HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW”). 1,936 of its 11,234 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Paula Michaele Gart was.
- Same law school
- 11,234living graduates; 92.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Melville, NY
- 1,478living registrants
Of the 1,478 living registrants with an office in Melville, NY, 90 were admitted before 1980 and 1,378 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 L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P.26 on the register, 2 of the others admitted before 1980; all 26 give an office in Melville, NY.
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University graduates on the register11,234 living, 92.1% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Melville, NY1,478 living registrants give an office there.
- Suffolk County’s registered bar5,823 currently registered, 3.81 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 19804,659 people admitted in 1980 are on the register, 1,976 of them through the Second 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 Paula Michaele Gart’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Paula Michaele Gart in 1980. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Suffolk 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).