Law school · thin NY alumni set

Mississippi College

12 NY-registered attorneys from Mississippi College, including Benjamin Johnson Bleich, Douglas Bryant Chaffin, Arthur Lawrence Gallagher, Scott Brendan Guthrie, Timothy Bickett Hale, Meril L. Joseph, Carole Catherine La Chapelle, and Edward Scott Lowicki; Bronx, NY appears most.

12
NY alumni (thin set)
58.3%
still active
Bronx
largest office city

Mississippi College: Benjamin Johnson Bleich and 7 other NY-registered alumni

This page covers 12 NY OCA rows for Mississippi College, including Benjamin Johnson Bleich, Douglas Bryant Chaffin, Arthur Lawrence Gallagher, Scott Brendan Guthrie, Timothy Bickett Hale, Meril L. Joseph, Carole Catherine La Chapelle, and Edward Scott Lowicki.

7 (58.3%) remain active; Bronx, NY appears most often (1); newest admission year 2014.

Every Mississippi College alumnus on this register

Name Status
Benjamin Johnson Bleich Currently registered
Douglas Bryant Chaffin Currently registered
Arthur Lawrence Gallagher Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Scott Brendan Guthrie Currently registered
Timothy Bickett Hale Currently registered
Meril L. Joseph Suspended, delinquent
Carole Catherine La Chapelle Currently registered
Edward Scott Lowicki Resigned
Robert J. Mancinelli Deceased
Alexander Rivkin Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Sharon Brea Sepulveda Currently registered
William F. Turner Currently registered

Status on a thin alumni set

Currently registered 7 (58.3%)
Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday 2 (16.7%)
Suspended, delinquent 1 (8.3%)
Resigned 1 (8.3%)
Deceased 1 (8.3%)

Cities that appear at all

BRONX, NY 1
HATTIESBURG, MS 1
NEW YORK, NY 1
Oxford, MS 1
PENNINGTON, NJ 1
RUSTON, LA 1

Recent NY admissions

Class of 2014 1 admitted
Class of 2008 1 admitted
Class of 2003 1 admitted
Class of 1999 1 admitted
Class of 1998 1 admitted
Class of 1997 1 admitted
Class of 1996 1 admitted
Class of 1995 1 admitted
Class of 1992 1 admitted
Class of 1989 1 admitted

Questions this small set can answer

Who from Mississippi College appears on the NY register?

Named on this page: Benjamin Johnson Bleich, Douglas Bryant Chaffin, Arthur Lawrence Gallagher, Scott Brendan Guthrie, Timothy Bickett Hale, Meril L. Joseph, Carole Catherine La Chapelle, and Edward Scott Lowicki. In total 12 NY OCA rows list Mississippi College; 7 (58.3%) are currently active.

Which city shows up most for these Mississippi College rows?

Bronx, NY appears on 1 of the 12 records (8%). With a thin set, one attorney moves the share a lot.

Nationwide law schools with similar NY alumni volume or active rate

ALUMNI 12 ACTIVE 58.3% MIXED-REG VOL-AXIS RATE-AXIS

Two non-geo peer axes for Mississippi College: closest NY OCA alumni volume, and closest share of currently-registered alumni. Distinct from the high-volume ladder below.

Counts and active rates come from the NY State Office of Court Administration registration extract; peers are not a bar-exam quality or employment ranking.

Schools near Mississippi College on the NY register

Other thin-to-mid NY alumni schools near this page include Brooklyn Law School.

Brooklyn Law School 18,418 New York Law School 15,128 Columbia Law School 11,650 New York University School Of Law 11,584 New York University 9,991

Side-by-side: Mississippi College vs Brooklyn Law School →

Source, verification & disclosure

Disclaimer: This data is sourced from public state bar registration records. PlainAttorney does not provide legal advice or endorsements. Always verify attorney credentials directly with the relevant state bar.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov - attorney registration dataset · as of August 2026.

Verification: NY Courts Attorney Registration Search.

Methodology: sourcing, computation, verification.