Matter of English, Melissa Ruth
Motion No: 2025-09160
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 61098(U)
Decided on January 22, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M307044

KS/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2025-09160 D

In the Matter of Melissa Ruth English,

an attorney and counselor-at-law.

(Attorney Registration No. 6003131)

ECISION & ORDER ON APPLICATION

Application by Melissa Ruth English, who was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 7, 2023, to change her name on the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law to Melissa Ruth Johnson.

Upon the papers filed in support of the application, it is

ORDERED that the application is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall change the applicant's name on the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law from Melissa Ruth English to Melissa Ruth Johnson effective immediately.

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court