Anatomy of a Law Licence

Liane Wilson (Liana Shanti) was admitted to the New York bar on 15 September 1999 and has been suspended since 21 October 2010. She is still on the rolls, and she still files. The New York State attorney registry is a public record that every registered attorney updates themselves: the registry’s own notice says the report “contains information that has been provided by the attorney listed,” apart from the registration status, which comes from the court’s database. This page sets out her registration record as it has appeared over time, from copies of the record saved on the dates shown. Contact details on the copies are partly masked here; the full record is public at the registry under registration number 2984102.

The licence

Admitted: 15 September 1999, Appellate Division, Second Department. Law school: Pace. Suspended: 21 October 2010, ordered by the Appellate Division, First Department. The registry lists the suspension under “Disciplinary History” on every copy below. In sworn interrogatory answers dated 22 November 2024 (Hawaiʻi case 5CCV-22-0000107), she says she “was never disciplined for any misconduct,” that in 2010 she “stopped registering” her New York licence and wrote to the court system asking to put it into “retirement status,” and that she later “received notice that my license had been suspended.” This page quotes both the registry and her answer and makes no finding about the reason for the suspension.

What she has filed, 2022 to 2026

Five copies of the same registration, in date order. The suspension, the admission date and the law school do not change. The contact details do.

RecordPhone area codeEmail domain on fileStatus shownNext registration due
Earlier mirror (undated, before May 2022)808aol.comSuspendedMarch 2023
12 May 2022808lianashanti.comAttorney – SuspendedMarch 2023
7 January 2023808lianashanti.comAttorney – SuspendedMarch 2023
18 April 2025702proton.meAttorney – SuspendedMarch 2025
2 November 2026808aol.com (a different address from the first copy)Suspended, currently registeredMarch 2027

Across the five copies the email on file changes four times, the phone number changes to a 702 area code and back to 808, and the registration is kept current: the November 2026 record reads “Suspended, currently registered” with the next registration due in March 2027. Each registration cycle is a filing by the attorney. The address on the latest copy is not in her name.

The records

Record 1. An earlier mirror of the registration (opengovny.com), undated, saved before May 2022.
Record 2. New York State Unified Court System attorney registry, as of 12 May 2022.
Record 3. The same registry, as of 7 January 2023.
Record 4. The same registry, as of 18 April 2025. New phone area code, new email domain.
Record 5. The same registry, as of 2 November 2026. Status now reads “Suspended, currently registered”; next registration March 2027.

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