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

Rachel Susan Brochstein

On the New York attorney register since 2005 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4357448
Admitted
2005 · First Department
Status
Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Aug 2027

Rachel Susan Brochstein is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2005 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Aug 2027. 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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Arnold & Porter LLP”. We count that spelling with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

424 other attorneys list Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 162 of them were admitted before 2005, and 295 of the 425 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2005, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Vijay Baliga2005Suspended, delinquent
Nathalie Collard2005Currently registered
Lucy Sarah McMillan2005Currently registered
David Menchel2005Currently registered
Davina Joy Rauch2005Currently registered

All 425 registrations that list Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 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

Rachel Susan Brochstein studied at Fordham University School of Law (the register spells it “FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL”). 4,485 of its 20,418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Rachel Susan Brochstein was.

Same law school
20,418living graduates; 87.9% 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, 36,704 were admitted before 2005 and 54,903 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 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP425 on the register, 162 of the others admitted before 2005; 295 of the 425 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Fordham University School of Law graduates on the register20,418 living, 87.9% 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 20058,525 people admitted in 2005 are on the register, 3,154 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 Rachel Susan Brochstein’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 Rachel Susan Brochstein in 2005. 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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