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ROSTER OF NEUTRAL EVALUATORS FOR THE

MATRIMONIAL NEUTRAL EVALUATION PROGRAM

Name and Contact

Information

Admissions

Education

Legal Background

ADR Training and Experience

Harold B. Beeler, Esq.

60 East 42nd Street, 40

th Fl.

New York,. NY 10165

Tel. (212) 687-3822

Fax (212) 687-3833

[email protected]

New York, 1

st

Dept. 1975

United States

District Court

Eastern and

Southern

District of New

York, 1986

New York University

Law School, LLM,

1987

Harvard Law School,

Cum Laude, JD, 1974

University of

Michigan, Magna

Cum Laude, BA, 1967

Phi Beta Kappa

$Private Law Practice specializing

in Family Law Mediation,

Arbitration and Litigation 2010-

Present

$National Arbitration and Mediation

(NAM) Hearing Officer for Personal

Injury and Commercial Mediation

and Arbitration 2010-Present

$Justice (Acting) of the Supreme

Court of the State of New York

1991-2009 (retired)

$Judge of the Civil Court of the City

of New York 2007-2009 (retired)


of New York 1998-2007


of New York 1988-1997

$New York Super Lawyers, Family

Law, New York City Metro, 2010-

2012

$Special Master to mediate appeals

in Matrimonial cases, First

Department, New York State

Appellate Division, Dec, 2010-

Present

$Honored by the Matrimonial Law

Section, NYCLA, June 2008

$Continuing Education panelist,

AConsulting Attorneys in Divorce

Mediation,@The Family and Divorce

Mediation Council of Greater New

York, 2011

$Member, New York State Bar

Association, Family Law Section

$Member, Association of the Bar of

the City of New York

$Member, New York State Council

on Divorce Mediation

$Member, Family and Divorce

Mediation Council of Greater New

York

$Center for Mediation & Training,

Completion of Training in Divorce

Mediation, 2009

$Center for Mediation in Law,

Completion of Mediation Intensive

Training Program, 2009

$New York State Bar Association,

Commercial Mediation Training

Program, 2012

Barry Berkman, Esq.

Berkman Bottger Newman &

Rodd, LLP

521 Fifth Avenue, 31st Fl.

New York, NY 10175

New York, 1966

United States

District Court

Southern and

Harvard College, BA,

1962

Stanford University

Law School, LL.B.,




Association

$American Bar Association (Former

$6.0 hours court-sponsored neutral

evaluation training

Tel. (212) 867-9123

Fax (212) 983-8526

[email protected]

Two Overhill Road

Scarsdale, NY 10583

Tel. (914) 308-3435

7 Mount Bethel Road

Warren, NJ 07059

Tel. (908) 505-0047

Eastern Districts

of New York,

1968

1965 Member, Task Force on Standards of

Practice in Mediation)

$New York Association of

Collaborative Professionals

(Founding Member)

$Areas of Practice: Divorce,

Collaborative Law, Divorce

Mediation, Family Law, Equitable

Distribution, Marital Agreements,

Postnuptial Agreements, Prenuptial

Agreements, Separation Agreements,

Spousal Support, Alimony, Marital

Property Distribution, Marital

Property Settlements, Paternity and

Post-divorce Modification

Jane Bevans, Esq.

900 West End Ave, Ste. 8B

New York, NY 10025

Tel. (212) 868-1818

[email protected]

New York, 1982

New York University,

BS

Brooklyn Law School,

JD

$Over 23 years of matrimonial law

experience

$Bar Association of the City of NY,

Matrimonial Committee 2009 -12;

Secretary to Committee on Military

Affairs and Military Justice

$Women=s Bar Association of NY,

Matrimonial Committee; director &

former chair of legislative committee

$NYCLA, former member

Matrimonial Committee

$Trial and Appellate practice in first

and second departments; practiced

before courts in many counties

including NY, Bronx, Staten Island,

Kings, Queens, Westchester,

Rockland, White Plains.


evaluation training

$Court sponsored collaborative law

training

$Mediation training

$Advanced interdisciplinary

collaborative practice training

Peter E. Bronstein, Esq.

Bronstein Van Veen LLC

950 Third Avenue, 24th Fl.

New York, NY 10022

Tel. (212) 956-8300

[email protected]

m

New York, 1968

Virginia, 1968

Harvard College

University of Virginia

Law School

$Over 40 years of matrimonial

experience



(Executive Committee)

$Member, New York City Bar

Association

$Member, American Academy of

Matrimonial Lawyers


evaluation training

Kenneth David Burrows, Esq.

Attorney at Law

950 Third Avenue, 32nd Floor

New York, NY 10022

Tel. (212) 980-6922

Fax (212) 980-6161

[email protected]

New York, 1971

Connecticut,

1991

Brown University BA,

1962

Fordham University

School of Law JD,

1970

$Practiced Matrimonial Law since

1970. Currently a solo practitioner



$Member, Women=s Bar Association

$Member, New York County

Lawyers Association, Matrimonial

Law Committee.

$Member, Board of Managers of the


evaluation training

$Former mediator for the United

States District Court for the Southern

District of New York; received 12.0

hours of training.

$Served as a special master in

Connecticut=s Matrimonial Neutral

Evaluation and Mediation program

New York Chapter of the American

Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

$Fellow, American Academy of

Matrimonial Lawyers

$Fellow, International Academy of

Matrimonial Lawyers

$Served on the Matrimonial Law

Committee of the Association of the

Bar of the City of New York

$Member, National Board of Trail

Advocates

Jay R. Butterman, Esq.

Butterman & Kahn, LLP

219 East 31st

New York, NY 10016

Tel. (212) 308-7697

[email protected]

m

New York, 1989

Vassar College

BA, 1983

Yeshiva University

JD, 1988

$Founder and senior partner of

Butterman & Kahn, LLP, an AV

rated law firm, known for its work in

matrimonial and family law, as well

as commercial, intellectual property

and general civil litigation

$Mr. Butterman has been lead

counsel in trials involving every

aspect of matrimonial law, including

numerous well-publicized cases, and

has also served as counsel on a wide

variety of commercial, real estate,

and intellectual property cases in

both litigation and transactional

contexts

$Mr Butterman and his firm also

advise businesses and individuals on

commercial matters of many types

and in many venues. The firm=s

strengths also include real estate and

commercial transactional work for

businesses and high net worth

individuals.

$Mr Butterman has strong expertise

in the division of art and are-related

businesses in the context of divorce

proceedings.

$Mr. Butterman has lectured to the

baron matrimonial subjects and

continuing legal educations

programs through the Cardozo

School of Law and the Hadassah

Attorneys= Counsel.


Association



$Member, the American Trial

Lawyers Association

$Member, Brooklyn Bar Association

$Board Member and Senior Notes


evaluation training

and Comments Editor, Cardozo Arts

and Entertainment Law Journal

$Advisory Board Member, Family

Law Program, Benjamin N. Cardozo

School of Law, 2005 to date

$Moot Court Honor Society

$Dr. Samuel Belkin Scholar

Dawn M. Cardi, Esq.

Dawn Cardi & Associates

2 Park Avenue, 19th Fl.

New York, NY 10016

Tel. (212) 481-7770

Fax (212) 684-3008

[email protected]

http://cardiedgarlaw.com/

New York

United States

District Court

Eastern and

Southern

District of New

York

United States

Court of

Appeals, 2nd

Circuit

Fordham University,

Cum Laude, BA

Columbia University

Teacher=s College

Master=s Program

Pace University Law

School - Law Review,

JD

$Legal Aid Society Criminal

Defense Division staff attorney and

supervisor of 25 plus trial attorneys

$Baden Kramer Huffman Brodsky

and Go, practiced corporate law

$Private Practice: Specialized in

Family and Matrimonial Law and

Federal Criminal Defense

$Attorney for the Child, Appellate

Division First Department

$18B Screening Committee for the

Appellate Division First Department


the City of New York, Matrimonial

Committee, Children and the Law

Committee, Women in the Courts

Committee

$Board of Directors: Brooklyn

Young Mother=s Collective:

Assisting teenage mothers to

continue education and participate in

other parenting programs

$Board of Director: Childbirth

Connection

$Presented on various family,

divorce and criminal law topics in a

variety of forums

$Extensive trial matrimonial, family

and criminal defense trial experience


evaluation training

$NASD arbitrator

$Divorce mediation training with

Jack Himmelstein

$Court-sponsored mediation training

Acted as a mediator in contested

divorce cases

Harriet Newman Cohen, Esq.

Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann

LLP

11Times Square Tower - 10th Fl.

W. 41st Street & 8

th Avenue

New York, NY 10036

Dir. Dial: (212) 512-0801

General Tel: (212) 512-0825

E-Fax: (212) 214-0330

General E-Fax: (212)202-6100

[email protected]

www.crsslaw.com

New York, 1975

Federal Eastern

District 1975

Federal

Southern

District 1975

2nd Circuit 1975

recently

renewed 2011

Barnard College BA,

Bryn Mawr College

MA,

Brooklyn Law School

JD, 1974

$38 years of experience

$Member of all the New York Bar

Associations

$Past President, NYWBA


evaluation training

$Training in collaborative law and

mediation, Association of the Bar of


Briana Denney, Esq.

Parmet Zhou & Denney LLC

60 East 42nd Street, 40

th Floor

New York, NY 10165

New York, 2007

University of Arizona,

Psychology, BA, 1999

City University of

$Newman & Denney - Partner -

2011-Present; practice exclusively in

family and matrimonial law

$Slade & Newman - associate -

$6.0 hours of court-sponsored neutral

evaluation training

Tel. (212) 819-0555

Fax (212) 840-2288

[email protected]

New York JD, 2006 2008-2010; practice concentration in

family and matrimonial law

$Unified Court System - court

attorney, Justice Rosalyn Richter -

2006-2008: Justice assigned to

general civil part, then a dedicated

matrimonial part

$Law Office of Susan Kunstler - law

clerk - 2004-2006: practice

concentration in family and

matrimonial law

$Co chair: New York County

Lawyers= Association, Matrimonial

Committee, 2011-2014; New York

Women=s Bar Association, Family

Law & Matrimonial Committee,

2009-2011


Lawyers= Association

$Member, New York City Bar,

Matrimonial Law Committee

$Member, New York Women=s Bar

Association

$Member, Interdisciplinary Forum

on Mental Health and Family Law

$Member, Association of Family

and Conciliation Courts


Association

Sherri F. Donovan, Esq.

Sherri Donovan & Associates,

P.C.

305 Broadway, Suite 555

New York, NY 10007

Tel. (212) 431-9076

Fax (212) 431-9596

[email protected]

New York, 2

nd

Dept. 1986

Supreme Court

of the Unites

States, 2011

Southern and

Eastern

Districts,

District Courts,

1990

London School of

Economics

Bennington College,

BA 1982

New York Law

School, Cum Laude,

JD 1985

$Over 25 years of experience in

Matrimonial law

$Professor of Family Law at the

Gordon F. Derner Institute of

Advances Psychological Studies,

Adelphi University

$Owner of law firm since 1988


Association, Family Law Committee

$Member, Women=s Bar

Association, Matrimonial Committee

$Member, New York County Bar


$Member, Association of Family

and Conciliation Courts


evaluation training

$Completion of 42 hour mediation

training, Center for Mediation

Training, Association for Conflict

Resolution (2011)

$Advanced Parenting Coordination

certification with Conflict Resolution

Collaborative, 14 hour training

$CLEs on matrimonial law for the

City Bar Association and New York

County Lawyers Association

$Member, Academy of Professional

Family Mediators

$Lectured on Family Law for the

United Nations; New York City Bar

Association; New York County Bar

Association; Association of Divorce

Financial Planners and Academy of

Professional Family Mediators.

$Co-chair of New York County

Lawyers Association Family Court

& Child Welfare Committee

$Super Lawyers 2017

Michael T. Etzrodt, Esq.

Bender Rosenthal LLP

451 Park Avenue South, 8th Fl.

New York, NY 10013

Tel. (212) 725-7111

Fax (212) 725-3737

[email protected]

New York, 1997

New Jersey,

1998

United States

Eastern District

for the Southern

and Eastern

Districts of New

York, 1998

United States

District Court

for New Jersey,

1998

Franklin & Marshall

College, BA in

Business

Administration, 1985


JD 1996

$Private Practice in Matrimonial

Law (95% of practice) since 1997


Association

$Member, American Bar

Association



evaluation training

Samuel J. Ferrara, Esq.

Abrams, Fensterman,

Fensterman, Eisman, Formato,

Ferrara & Einiger, LLP.

1111 Marcus Avenue, Suite 107

Lake Success, NY 11042

Tel. 516-328-1316

[email protected]

New York, 1995

Massachusetts

1995

Boston University,

BA/MA 1991

Hofstra University

School of Law, JD

1994

$Partner and Co-Director of the

Matrimonial Law Department,

Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman,

Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Einiger,

LLP.

$Matrimonial & Family Law

Practitioner for over eighteen (18)

years


Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)

$New York Super Lawyer, 2008-

2011 (a distinction earned by only

five percent of the attorneys in the

New York metro area)

$Named one of the Top 10

Matrimonial and Family Attorneys

under the age of 45 in Long Island

by Ten Leaders

$Adjunct Professor, Hofstra

University

$Board of Directors, Parent

Education and Custody Effectiveness

Program (P.E.A.C.E.)

$Frequent Lecturer, Association for


evaluation training

$40-hour court-sponsored

matrimonial mediation training (2009)

$Mediator, Nassau County

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Program (AMAP@) (2011)

Family & Conciliation Courts

(AFCC), New York State Bar

Association, Nassau County Bar

Association and National Academy

of Law

$Board of Directors, AFCC-New

York Chapter

$Member, Nassau County Bar


& Judiciary Committee, Suffolk

County Bar Association, American

Bar Association

Jenifer J. Foley, Esq.

Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP

810 7th Avenue, Suite 3600

New York, NY 10019

Tel. (212) 218-5375

[email protected]

New York, 2001

State University of

New York at Albany,

Cum Laude, BA 1985

Benjamin N. Cardozo

School of Law, Cum

Laude, Order of the

Coif, JD 2000

$Matrimonial and Family Law

practice, Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP

(2016-current)

$Matrimonial and Family Law

practice, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres

& Friedman LLP (2005-2016)

$Commercial litigation, Stroock &

Stroock & Lavan LLP (2000-2005)



$Member, Matrimonial Law

Committee, New York City Bar

Association (2008-Current)

(former Secretary and Chair of

Committee, 2011-2017) (Delegate to

NYSBA House of Delegates, 2017-

current)

$Former Secretary and chair of

Matrimonial Committee of the New

York City Bar Association, 2011-

2017

$Delegate to NYSBA House of

Delegates, 2017-Current

$Member, New York Women’s Bar

Association

$Lectures on Matrimonial and

Family Law


evaluation training

$40 hour Family & Divorce

Mediation Training with New York

Center for Interpersonal Development

Donald Frank, Esq.

Blank Rome LLP

405 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10174

Tel. (212) 885-5478

[email protected]

New York, 2

nd

Dept, 1969

Lafayette College, BA

1966

New York Law

School, JD 1969

$Matrimonial Practice 42 2 years


Matrimonial Lawyers since 1976

$Member, Family Law Sections of

the New York State Bar Association

American Bar Association and the

New York City Bar Association


evaluation training

Steven W. Goldfeder, Esq.

Blank Rome LLP


New York, NY 10174

NewYork, 1991

Connecticut,

1990

State University of

New York at Albany,

BA 1997

$Practicing exclusively matrimonial

law for the past twenty-one years




evaluation training

$Represented husbands and wives in

mediations and arbitrations in divorce

Tel. (212) 885-5488

Fax (917) 332-3808

[email protected]


JD 1990

$Frequent lecturer on topics

involving matrimonial law, including

to American Institute of CPAs and

for the State Bar Association on

Basic Matrimonial Practice

proceedings

Patricia Ann Grant, Esq.

Grant + Appelbaum, P.C.

565 Fifth Avenue, 9th Fl.

New York, NY 10017

Tel. (212) 308-2200

Fax (212) 980-5192

[email protected]

New York, 1986

Fordham University,

BA

Touro Law Center, JD

$Matrimonial Practitioner, 25+ years

$Board of Directors, New York

Women=s Bar Association

$Immediate Past President, New

York Women=s Bar Association;

New York State Bar Association;

Association of the Bar

$Member, New York Association of



evaluation training

$Mediation and collaborative law

training

Margery A. Greenberg, Esq.

Segal & Greenberg LLP

179 Franklin Street, 5th Fl.

New York, NY 10013

Tel. (212) 297-0503

Fax (212) 297-0572 [email protected]

New York, 1984

Hofstra University,

BA 1980

Hofstra University

School of Law, JD

1983

$Practiced exclusively in the area of

matrimonial/family law since 1994

$Practiced domestic relations law in

various legal services programs from

1984 through 1993

$Established a solo law practice,

Law Offices of Margery A.

Greenberg, in 1993 and was later

joined in this practice by the Hon.

Philip C. Segal in 2001, creating the

firm Segal & Greenberg LLP.


Association


Association

$Member, Inter-Disciplinary Forum

of the Bar Association of the City of

New York


evaluation training

$40 hours of Divorce

Mediation training

Barbara Ellen Handschu, Esq.

Special Counsel

Dobrish Michaels Gross LLP

757 3rd Avenue - 15

th Fl.

New York, NY 10017

Tel. (212) 532-4000

Fax (212) 532-3153

Cell (716) 308-5068

[email protected]

2

nd Dept 1967

US District

Courts:

Southern,

Eastern and

Western

Districts of NY

US Supreme

Court

New York University

BA, 1960 Phi Beta

Kappa

University of

Michigan School of

Law JD, 1966

$Private practice now exclusively in

NYC, previously in Buffalo. Special

Counsel to Dobrish Michaels Gross

$American Academy of Matrimonial

Lawyers (AAML): National

President (2004-2005); President NY

Chapter (1995-1997); Editor in Chief

of Journal and on Board of Journal

$New York State Bar Association:

Chair of Family Law Section (1990-

1992), previously VP, Secy= and

Treasurer of FLS NYSBA

$Member Family Court Advisory

and Rules Committee. (Appt=d

1994). Co-chair custody and

domestic violence committee

$ABA Advanced Family Law Trial

Advocacy Institute, previously co-

chair (22 years) until 2008


evaluation training

$Founding Diplomate, American

College of Family Trial Lawyers

$Regular co-columnist for the

National Law Journal, Matrimonial

Law

$Founding Fellow, International


(1987)

$Family Court Hearing Examiner

Erie County (Buffalo) (1981-1982)

$Observer, representing AAML, to

various drafting committees of

National Conference of

Commissioners on Uniform State

Laws (now ULC) on uniform acts

including UCCJEA, UIFSA and

currently Hague Protection of

Children Convention

$Appointed member of Governor=s Commission on Child Support

(1984)

$President Board of Neighborhood

Legal Services of Erie County

(1982-1984)

$Law Secretary to Hon. Hilda G.

Schwartz

$Frequent Lecturer with prepared

materials for OCA, state bar

associations in NY and elsewhere,

and professional organizations

$Martindale-Hubbell - AV rating

$Listed in Best Lawyers

$Listed in Who=s Who and Who=s Who in American Law

$Listed in Super Lawyers and

featured in Super Lawyers in

Western New York

Cindy Helfman, Esq.

Holtzman Helfman, LLP

350 Seventh Avenue, Ste. 604

New York, NY 10001

Tel. 646-289-3981

Fax 646-518-9258

[email protected]

New York

New Jersey

Florida

Pennsylvania

Brandeis University,

BA

Rutgers Law School,

JD

$Partner at Holtzman Helfman, LLP

since 2005 concentrating in

Matrimonial and Family Law,

including appellate practice

$Prior experience includes

Matrimonial, Family Court and

Criminal Law experience at 32B-J

Legal Services, a major union legal

services program, as well as two

years in Miami as an Assistant

Public Defender


Association


Association, Matrimonial and Family

Law Committee

$New York County Lawyers=


evaluation training

$2008 court-sponsored collaborative

law training

Association, Matrimonial Law

Section

Norman S. Heller, Esq.

Blank Rome LLP


New York, NY 10174

Tel. (212) 212-885-5510

Fax (212) 885-5002

[email protected]

om

New York, 1978

Connecticut,

1991

Haverford College,

BA 1974

Boston University

School of Law, JD

1977

$Was an Assistant District Attorney

in the King=s County District

Attorney=s Office from 1977 to

1982. Thereafter, been in the private

practice of law.

$Since Sept. 1982, limited practice

to Matrimonial Law

$Practicing in NY and CT




Lawyers Association, Family Law

Section (past co-chair of that

section)

$Member, NY Chapter of the

American Academy of Matrimonial

Lawyers

$Member, Connecticut Bar


$Member, Fairfield County Bar

Association, Family Law Committee


evaluation training

$Acted as a mediator for divorce

cases in NY

William C. Herman, Esq.

Rosenthal Herman & Notaro,

P.C.

The Graybar Building

429 Lexington Avenue, Suite

2838

New York, NY 10170

[email protected]

NewYork, 1960

City College New

York, BA 1958

Columbia Law

School, LLB 1959

$52 Years: 15 years Matrimonial,

Criminal, General + 35 years

Matrimonial only

$Member, former Board Member,

Chair of various Committees,

NYCLA


Association


Association, Matrimonial Law

Section

$Member, NY Chapter American


$AV rating Martindale Hubbell Law

Directory

$Recognized in Super Lawyers and

Best Lawyers in New York


evaluation training

Deborah B. Kahn

Butterman & Kahn, LLP

219 East 31st Street.

New York, NY 10016

Tel. (212) 308-7697

[email protected]

New York, 1985

State University of

New York at

Binghamton, BA 1979

Benjamin N. Cardozo

School of Law,

Yeshiva University,

JD 1983

$Member of Butterman &Kahn,

LLP, a litigation Aboutique@ with

practice concentration in

matrimonial law, real estate and

general civil litigation.

$Experience negotiator and litigator

with nearly three decades of

experience in the matrimonial field,

and has handled cases from

inception to final resolution

regardless of the issues involved




evaluation training


of the State of New York (NY

Chapter)


$Member, Hadassah Attorneys= Council, 2004 to date

$Co-chair, United States Supreme

Court Swearing In program, 2011 to

date

$Advisory Board Member, Family

Law Program, Benjamin N. Cardozo

School of Law, 2005 to date

$Adjunct Professor - Family Law,

Pace University Paralegal Program,

2011

$Butterman & Kahn, LLP, has

received the highest rating (AV)

from Martindale-Hubbell, the

nationally recognized rating

organization

$Lecturer and Co-author: New York

Domestic Relations text, The Study

Group, 1997

Maggie I. Kaminer, Esq.

Kaminer Kouzi & Associates

LLP

18 East 48th Street

Suite 1001

New York, NY 10017

Tel. (212) 921-5525

Fax (212) 646-269-7669

[email protected]

Maryland, 2001

Washington

D.C. 2004

New York, 2005

Pennsylvania State

University, BS

Biobehavioral health

American University

Washington College

of Law, JD

$Practiced exclusively in the field of

matrimonial law in Maryland,

Washington D.C. and New York

$Founded Kaminer Kouzi & Benun

LLP in November 2008 and since

that time, handled cases in Supreme

Court in New York, Queens, Kings,

Bronx, Westchester and Nassau

Counties and in the Family Court in

New York, Queens and Kings

Counties

$Prior to opening KKB LLP,

employed by Oakley & Eckstein

LLC (Maryland) 2001-2003

$Feldesman Tucker Leifer & Fidell

(Washington D.C.) 2003 - 2005

$Law Offices of Stephen I.

Silberfein (New York, NY) 2004 -

2008




Association


evaluation training

$Introduction to

Collaborative Law

Arlene S. Kayatt, Esq.

Law Office of Arlene S. Kayatt

600 Third Avenue, 2nd Fl.

New York, NY 10016

212-586-8078

Tel. (917) 952-7413

[email protected]

New York,

Appellate

Division, First

Department

Long Island

University -

Education, Business,

BS 1967

Long Island

University -

$Attorney, Matrimonial and Family

Law (1987-Present) specializing in

all issues relating to domestic

relations, prenuptial agreements,

divorce, custody/parenting time,

division of property; orders of

protection


evaluation training

$Mediation training from Association

of the Bar of the City of New York

Counseling, MS 1970

Touro Law School JD,

1986

$Published articles on divorce,

custody, court systems for

newspapers and blogs

$Co-Author of Ebook, How to Plan

and Draft Your Own Prenuptial

Agreement

$Arbitrator, Small Claims Court,

New York County (2005 to Present)

$Speaker on the pros and cons of

Prenuptial Agreements

$Member, Bar Association of the

City of New York

$Member, New York state Bar

Association-Family Law Section

$Adjunct Faculty, LIM

(Fashion/Business) College

Caroline Krauss, Esq.

Partner

Krauss Shaknes Tallentire &

Messeri LLP

The Empire State Building

350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7620

New York, NY 10118

Tel. (212) 228-5552

Email [email protected]

New York

Connecticut

Southern

District New

York

Ithaca College, BS

1996


JD 1991

$Started as a Litigator in

commercial and bankruptcy

litigation and matrimonial.

$Joined Tenzer Greenblatt (which

became Blank Rome) 18 years ago,

practiced matrimonial law since that

time

$Currently, Vice Chair of the

Matrimonial Practice Group, Billing

Committee Chair, Member of the

firm=s Partner Board, and the

ombudsperson for Alternate Work

Arrangement policy for the firm=s

NY and Princeton office. Founding

member of the firm=s Diversity

Committee and Women=s Forum

Steering Committee


Association=s, Family Law Section


Association=s Family Law Section


evaluation training

$40 hours of mediation training

Charlotte C. Lee, Esq.

277 Broadway, Suite 407

New York, NY 10007-2035

Tel. (212) 732-3366

Fax (212) 374-9703

[email protected]

New York, 1978


BA 1964


MA 1965

New York Law

School, JD 1977

$In private practice of

Matrimonial/Family Law, New York

City=s five boros and nearby counties

1983 to present

$Developed and chaired NYCLA=s Basic Matrimonial CLE Course,

2000 to Present

$Member, Part 137 Arbitrators and

Mediators for Joint Committee on

Fee Disputes and Conciliation in

Matrimonial Matters, 2003 to present

$Appointed by Chief Judge, Judith


evaluation training

$Arbitrator for Small Claims, NYC

$Arbitrator of fee disputes in civil

and matrimonial matters

mailto:[email protected]

S. Kaye to the statewide Matrimonial

Commission chaired by Hon. Sondra

Miller, 2004-2006

$NYCLA=s Matrimonial Law

Section, Co-Chair, 1997-2000

$New York County Lawyers=

Association, Director, 2000-2004

$NYCLA delegate to the NYSBA

House of Delegates, 2002-2006

$Lecturer at NYCLA=s Solo and

Small Firm Practice Conference,

Blueprint for Building Your Practice,

2000-2005, and NYCLA=s Bridge-the-Gap Program

$Participating attorney in the AARP

Legal Services Network, 1999 to

present

$Mentor for NYCLA=s Mentoring

Program, 2009 to present

$Appointed Attorney for Children

and Adults in Matrimonial Matters

$Appointed Neutral Evaluator in

Supreme and Surrogate=s Courts

$Certified under MHL Article 81

through 2012

$Certified Law Guardian for

Domestic Relations Matters

Lois J. Liberman, Esq.

Partner

Blank Rome, LLP


New York, NY 10174

Tel. (212) 885-5389

[email protected]

1

st Dept. New

York, 1989

Wellesley College,

Political

Science/Spanish, BA

1985

University at Buffalo

Law School, JD 1988

$Advising clients in all aspects of

matrimonial and family law for over

24 years

$Co-Chair of the Judiciary

Committee of the New York


$Member, Matrimonial and Family

Law Committee of New York


$Member, Family Law Section of

the American Bar Association


evaluation training on May 9, 2012

Steven J. Mandel, Esq.

The Mandel Law Firm

370 Lexington Avenue, Ste. 505

New York, NY 10017

Tel. (212) 697-7383

Fax (212) 681-6157

[email protected]

NY, 1980

Adelphi University,

1976

Benjamin N. Cardozo

School of Law, 1979

$Since 1980, approximately 90% of

practice has been in the field of

domestic relations and family law

$Current co-chair of the

Matrimonial Section of the New

York County Lawyer’s Association

$Super Lawyer

$Senior volunteer attorney for the

New York City and the Southern

New York Chapters of the Multiple

Sclerosis Society

$Member, Board of Directors and

Chief Legal Counsel for Ed


evaluation training

Randall=s Fans for the Cure for

Prostate Cancer Awareness



$Member, New York State Trial

Lawyers Association

$Member, New York County Bar




Association

$Earned a Martindale-Hubbell Peer

Review rating of AV Preeminent, as

well as a 10.0 rating from AVVO

$Participated in the trials of many

matrimonial actions, neglect

proceedings, support proceedings

and enforcement proceedings in the

Supreme Courts and Family Courts

of the State of New York

$”Super Lawyer”

Allan E. Mayefsky, Esq.

Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP

12 East 49th Street

32nd Fl.

New York, NY 10017

Tel. (212) 521-3503

Fax (212) 838-5505

[email protected]

New York, 1979

United States

District Court

for the Southern

and Eastern

Districts of New

York

United States

Court of

Appeals for the

2nd Circuit and

11th Circuits

United States

Supreme Court

Cornell University,

Summa Cum Laude in

Economics and

Government, BA 1975

Harvard Law School,

Cum Laude, JD 1978

$Practicing family law throughout

legal career


Matrimonial Lawyers since 1996

$Past President of the New York

Chapter of the Academy and

Member of its Board.

$Counsel, AAML Foundation

$Member, Executive Committee of

New York State Bar Association,

Family Law Section




Association

$Member, Former Chief Judge

Kaye=s Commission on the Reform

of Matrimonial Laws in New York

$Outgoing Counsel to the National

American Academy of Matrimonial

Lawyers


evaluation training

Barbara Milbauer, Esq.

Counselor At Law

351 Broadway, 4th Fl.

New York, NY 10013

Tel. (212) 615-6447

Fax (212) 615-6447

[email protected]

New York

Southern

District

U.S. Supreme

Court

Simmons College, BS

1958

New York Law

School, JD 1981

$1992-Present, Private Practice, 18B

Panel, New York County

$Instructor, Legal Writing and

Research, New York Law School,

2002-2003

$Assistant General Counsel, Special

Assistant District Attorney, N.Y.C.

Dept. Of Probation, 1984-1985

$Instructor, Legal Writing and Moot

Problems, Hofstra Law School,

1985-1989

$Associate, Simpson, Thacher &

Bartlett, 1989-1992


Association


evaluation training


Association

$Committee on Children and the

Law, Assoc. of the Bar, 1989-1992

$Committee on the Legal Needs of

the Poor, Assoc. of the Bar, 1992-

1995

$Committee on the Children and the

Courts, Assoc. of the Bar, 1999-2002

Dylan S. Mitchell, Esq.

Blank Rome LLP


New York, NY 10174

Tel. (212) 885-5405

Fax (917) 332-3839

[email protected]

New York, 2

nd

Dept., 1996

SUNY Albany,

BA 1992

SUNY Buffalo,

JD 1995

$Partner at Blank Rome

$20 years of matrimonial practice

$Executive Committee member of

the Family Law Section of the

NYSBA

$Frequent lecturer for NYSBA on

matrimonial/family law topics

$Chair of the Matrimonial

Committee of the New York City

Bar Association

$Co-Chair of the legislative

Committee

$Fellow in the American Academy

of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)

$Frequent past lecturer for NYSBA

on matrimonial/family law topics


evaluation training

Michael Mosberg, Esq.

Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP


New York, NY 10017

Tel. (212) 521-3514

[email protected]

New York

University of

Michigan, AB


JD

$Partner with Aronson Mayefsky &

Sloan, LLP; represent clients in all

aspects of family law

$Prior to joining the firm, served as

a law clerk to the Honorable

Virginia M. Morgan of the United

States District Court for the Eastern

District of Michigan

$Chair, Matrimonial Law

Committee for the Association of the

Bar of the City of New York (2011-

2014)


the American Bar Association (Co-

chair, Sponsorship and Fund-raising

Committee

$Member, Council, CLE and Trial

Practice and Techniques Committees

(Chairs 2009-2012)


Matrimonial Lawyers (Member,

Technology Committee)


the New York State Bar Association

(Member, Executive and

Membership Committees)

$Frequently lecture and write on


evaluation training

family law topics

$One of the Ten Leaders in

Matrimonial and Divorce Law in

New York City under the age of 45

and a Rising Star by Super Lawyers

Louis I. Newman, Esq.

Newman & Denney P.C.

570 Lexington Avenue, Suite,

1600

New York, NY 10022

Tel. (212) 486-3200

[email protected]

New York

U.S. Supreme

Court, 2nd Circuit

U.S.D.C. -

SDNY, EDNY,

and

WDNY

Queens College of

City of New York, BS

New York Law

School, JD

$Private practice since 1968

specializing in negotiation and

litigation of pre and post judgment

matrimonial and family related

matters, practicing before trial and

appellate courts


Lawyers Association

$Member, Matrimonial Law

Committee



$Matrimonial Instructor for Pro

Bono attorneys at inMotion

Woman=s Shelter

$Panelist in New York City Bar

matrimonial continuing legal

education program


evaluation training

$Participant in Supreme Court, New

York County Matrimonial ADR pilot

program

David H. Pikus, Esq.

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

17 State Street

New York, NY 10004

Tel. (212) 425-9300

Fax (212) 425-9337

[email protected]

New York, 1981

New Jersey,

1982

Southern,

Eastern and

Western

Districts of New

York

District of New

Jersey

2nd and 3

rd

Circuit Court of

Appeals

Princeton University,

Cum Laude, A.B.

University of Virginia

School of Law, JD

$Special Master, Supreme Court,

New York County/Served in 3

Matrimonial Parts and the

Commercial Division

$Matrimonial Neutral Evaluator

Panel

$Extensive experience in

matrimonial cases involving

enhanced earnings and commercial

assets

$State Dept. Hague Case Referral

Panel


evaluation training

$NY State Bar Association mediation

training

$Experienced Matrimonial Mediator

as special master and in private

practice.

Bernard G. Post, Esq.

Bernard G. Post LLP

950 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Tel. (212) 752-1900

Fax (212)752-1609

[email protected]

New York, 1968

USDC SD NY

US Ct Appeals

2nd Circuit

New York University

BA, 1964

Brooklyn Law School JD, 1967

$Member, American Academy of

Matrimonial Lawyers (40 years)

$NYCLA Matrimonial Section (prior

membership) $City Bar Matrimonial Section tow three year terms


evaluation training

$Mediation Training, 40 hours

$court-sponsored Collaborative Law

training

Sheila G. Riesel, Esq.

Partner

Blank Rome LLP


New York, NY 10174

Tel. (212) 885-5535

Fax (212) 885-5002

[email protected]

New York

Supreme Court

of the United

States

U.S. Court of

Appeals for the

Second Circuit

U.S. District

Court-Eastern

and Southern

District of New

York

Vassar College, BA

1966

Fordham University

School of Law, JD

1969

$Practice all aspects of Matrimonial

law.

$Extensive appellate and trial

experience, having argued three

times in the U.S. Supreme Court and

more than 60 times in both federal

and state appellate courts.

$Engaged in criminal defense and

professional disciplinary law since

leaving the Legal Aid Society in

1977.

$Represent clients with respect to:

pre-and post nuptial agreements,

separation agreements, actions for

divorce, custody, and equitable

distribution and complex valuation

and custody disputes

$Ranked by Worth magazine as one

of the U.S=s top 100 attorneys

attending to affluent families

$Received the highest possible

rating from Martindale-Hubbell

$Member, 2005 Matrimonial

Commissions

$President, Alumni class of 1966

Vassar College


evaluation training

Karen B. Rosenthal, Esq.

Bender Rosenthal & Richter

451 Park Avenue South - 8th Fl.

New York, NY 10016

Tel. (212) 725-7111

Fax (212) 725-3737

[email protected]

New York, 1989

George Washington

University, 1982

Benjamin Cardozo

Law School, JD 1987

$Since 1989, practiced in the area of

matrimonial law

$Certified as an Attorney for the

Child for the First Judicial

Department and have been appointed

by the New York County Judges as

well as chosen by peers to represent

children on numerous matters over

the year

$Lectured extensively on the issue

of the GET law and related

matrimonial laws


Association


Association


$Member, Interdisciplinary Forum

on Mental Health and Family Law

$President-Elect of the Association

of Family and Conciliation Courts

(AFCC) New York Chapter

$Included in the 2012 and 2012

editions of the Best Lawyers in

$6.0 hours of court-sponsored neutral

evaluation training

$Basic Divorce Mediation Skills

Training Program from the

Association of the Bar of the City of

New York

$Handle mediation cases as part of

my practice

America as well as New York

Magazine=s New York Area Top

Lawyers

Lawrence N. Rothbart, Esq.

122 W. 27th Street, 11

th FL New

York, NY 10001

Tel. (212) 812-0694

Fax (212) 227-4533

[email protected]

www.Rothbartlaw.com

New York, 1982

US Supreme

Court, 2004

US District

Courts NY-

Eastern and

Southern

Districts, 1982

Brandeis University

Magna Cum Laude,

BA

New York University

School of Law, JD

$30+ years in Matrimonial Practice

(16 years in the Matrimonial Part of

the New York State Court System

(Law Secretary and Special Referee)

and 14+years in private practice

including Collaborative Practice and

Mediation) as well as an additional 5

2 years of General Practice (3 2 in

Appellate Division 2nd Department of

the New York State Court System

and 2 years in the Office of the New

York State Attorney General).

$Member, New York Association

of Collaborative Professionals



and ADR Section

$Member, Brooklyn Bar


and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Committee (former chair)

$Member, Sanctuary for Families,

Legal Advisory Committee

$Member, New York City

Interdisciplinary Forum

$Delegate, XII International

Congress on Family Law, Havana

Cuba, Sept. 2002

$Court sponsored neutral evaluation

training


Intensive Mediation Training


Introduction to Collaborative Law


Interdisciplinary Collaborative

Divorce

$Court-sponsored Domestic Violence

Training for Collaborative Divorce

Professionals

$International Academy of

Collaborative Professionals, Annual

Educational Forums

$Conducted settlement conferences in

the NYS Supreme Court Matrimonial

Part, 16 years

$Arbitrator in New York State Small

Claims Court, 16 years

$Mediator in Matrimonial matters,

10+ years

$Collaborative Lawyer, 10+

years

Marguerite Lily Royer, Esq., P.C.

60 East 42nd Street, Suite 4000

New York, NY 10165

97 Round A Bend Road

Tarrytown, NY 10591

Tel. (212) 485-9868

Fax (212) 485-9869

[email protected]

New York, 1981

Suny Albany, magna

cum laude,

BA 1977

Pace University

School of Law,

summa cum laude, JD

1977

$37 years experience in the practice

of family law and divorce

$Handles all matters relating to

family relationships, including

opposite-sex and same sex

partnerships and marriages; divorce,

international divorce annulment and

separation, etc.

$Former partner and co-chair of

Moses Singer=s Matrimonial and

Family Law practice group and head

of the firm=s Matrimonial Litigation

division

$Represents same-sex and opposite-

sex couples in complex custody

disputes





$Public Service and Education


evaluation training

$court-sponsored mediation training

with trainers Jack Himmelstein and

Katherine Miller

Committee, and Alternative Dispute

Resolution Committee

$Member, International Academy of


$Member, New York Association of


$Member, Westchester County and

Westchester Women=s Bar

Association

$Board of Director for the New

York Association of Collaborative

Professionals


Matrimonial Lawyers

Ronnie Schindel, Esq.

Partner

Pryor Cashman LLP

7 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Tel. (212) 326-0890

[email protected]

New York, 1994

Cornell University;

SUNY at Stony

Brook, BA 1989


JD 1993

$Family Law Practitioner since 1994


Matrimonial Lawyers and sits on

their Board of Managers


Association, Executive Committee

for the Family Law Section and

previously acted as one of their

representatives to the State Bar

House of Delegates


the City of New York, previously sat

on the Matrimonial Law Committee


evaluation training

Frederic P. Schneider, Esq.

Ballon Stoll Bader & Nadler,

P.C.

729 Seventh Avenue - 17th Fl.

New York, NY 10019

Tel. (212) 575-7900

Fax (212) 764-5060

[email protected]

New York, 1977

Columbia College,

1973

NYU Law School,

1976

$Kings County D.A. 1978-1981

$Managing Partner Matrimonial &

Family Law Firms 1981-2011

$December 2012: Partner: Ballon

Stoll Bader & Nadler, Head of

Matrimonial & Family Law Dept.


evaluation training

Gretchen Beall Schumann, Esq.

Partner

Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann

LLP

11 Times Square, 10th Fl.

W. 41st Street & 8

th Avenue

New York, NY 10036

Tel. (212) 512-0816

Genl. Tel. (212) 512-0825

Dir e-fax (212) 202-3775

Genl e-fax (212) 202-6100

[email protected]

New Jersey,

2001

New York, 2002

Columbia University,

Columbia College,

BA 1998

Cornell Law School,

JD 2001

$More than eleven years of

experience litigating and negotiating

family law matters

$Frequent CLE lecturer for the New

York State Bar Association on both

procedural and substantive aspects of

the Uniform Interstate Family

Support Act, and for the E. David

Woycik Intensive Trial Advocacy

Program at Hofstra Law School


Association

$Member, New Jersey State Bar

Association

$President, New York Women=s Bar

Association (2010-2011)


evaluation training

$15.0 hours of training in

collaborative law and alternative

dispute resolution


$Secretary, New York County

Lawyers Association (2004-2007)

$Secretary, New York City Bar,

Committee on Children and the Law

(2005-2008)

Philip C. Segal, Esq.

Segal & Greenberg LLP

179 Franklin Street

New York, NY 10013

Tel. (212) 297-0503

Fax (212) 297-0572

[email protected]

US Supreme

Court, 1978

US Court of

Appeals, 2nd

Circuit, 1975

US Court of

Appeals, 5th

Circuit, 2003

US District

Court, Eastern

District of New

York, 1979

US District

Court, Southern

District of New

York, 1974

US District

Court, Western

District of

Texas, 2002

US Tax Court,

1978

New York, 1974

University of Miami,

BA 1969

New York Law

School, JD 1973

$Partner, Segal & Greenberg LLP,

Private law practice specializing in

matrimonial law, domestic relations,

civil litigation and appellate practice,

2001 - present

$Judicial Hearing Officer, New

York State Unified Court System,

2001 - 2009

$Judge, New York State Family

Court, 1991 - 2001

$Director, Building Service 32BJ

Legal Services Fund, 1989-1991 &

Director of Litigation, 1986 - 1989

$Adjunct Professor of Law, New

York Law School, January 2003 -

Present

$Lecturer in trial practice, evidence,

domestic relations, and international

child abduction

$U.S. Department of State Hague

Child Abduction Convention

Attorney Network Mentor


Lawyers= Association, Committee on

Family Court and Child Welfare


Association


of the State of New York




Board Member, Center for Family

Representation

$InMotion Commitment to Justice

Award

$Conducts frequent CLE trainings

$Numerous publications including

in New York Law Journal and

NYSBA Family Law Review


evaluation training

Stephen I. Silberfein, Esq.

Law Offices of Stephen I.

Silberfein, P.C.

1212 Avenue of the Americas,

18th Fl.

New York, NY 10036

Tel. (212) 755-3200

Fax (212) 944-6600

New York, 1971

USDC New

Jersey, 1974

New Jersey,

1975

University of

Pennsylvania -

Psychology and

Philosophy, BA 1967

New York University

School of Law, JD

1970

$Private practice, almost exclusively

in the Matrimonial area since 1981.

$Past or present member of Family,

Matrimonial Law and Ethics meeting

and programs, including for New

York County Lawyers Association

and the Association of the Bar of the

City of New York


evaluation training

$court-sponsored training and

participant as mediator and arbitrator

from inception of fee dispute

resolution program to date


participant as both lecturer and

[email protected]

www.newyorkdivorce.com

$Moderator, Lecturer and panel

member of Family, Matrimonial Law

and Ethics meetings and programs,

including for New York County

Lawyers Association and the

Association of the Bar of the City of

New York

$Volunteered and participated in a

multitude of pro bono programs,

including SHIELD, PEACE, Office

of the Self-represented and others.

ABreak out@ session leader PEACE

program


participant as evaluator in initial pilot

Neutral Evaluation program

Jaqueline W. Silbermann, Esq.

Of Counsel

Dobrish Michaels Gross LLP

757 Third Avenue, 18th FL

New York, NY 10017

Tel (212) 532-4000

[email protected]

New York, First

Dep=t, 1973

Bryn Mawr College,

BA 1959

Fordham Law School,

JD 1972

$Matrimonial Justice for 21 years

$Matrimonial Practice since 2009

$President, New York Women=s Bar

Association

$Executive Committee of Dispute

$Resolution Section of State Bar

$Chair, Committee on Judicial

Discipline of State Bar

$Vice-President of Fordham Law

Alumni Association


State Bar and New York County

Lawyers

$Member, Council on Judicial

Administration of City Bar


evaluation training

$30+ hours Mediation training on

panels of CPR and AAA

$Collaborative Law Training

Jane R. Slavin, Esq.

59 East 54th Street, Suite 52

New York, NY 10022

Tel. (917) 494-0451

[email protected]

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

District of

Columbia

SUNY at

Binghamton (Harpur

College) BA

Boston University -

School of Arts and

SciencesBhistory,

MA

Rutgers, JD

$22 years experience in private

practice specializing in

matrimonial and family law. All

phases of litigation, including

appeals.

$Previously, court attorney for

Supreme and Civil Court judges

sitting in criminal and civil parts,

primarily in New York County


Lawyers Association and NYCLA

Matrimonial Committee



$Participant in NYWBA

pro bono matrimonial

representation


evaluation training

$Mediation Training with Center

for Mediation Training, Ken

Neumann, Ph.D., March 2012

Robert G. Smith, PLLC

950 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

New York,

1974

Brooklyn College,

BA 1970

$40 years of Matrimonial trial and

appellate experience

$Qualified attorney for Children,


evaluation training

$court-sponsored Collaborative Law


Tel. (212) 499-0940

[email protected]

Rutgers University

Law School, JD 1973 First Department

$AV Martindale Hubbell rating,

20 years


Association




Association

$Frequent moot court judge at the

New York City Bar and Yale

University

Training 2007

Vivien I. Stark. Esq.

Vivien I. Stark, P.C.

370 Lexington Avenue, Ste.

901

New York, NY 10017

Tel. (212) 349-1600

Fax (212) 349-1601

[email protected]

New York,

1986

New Jersey,

1986

SUNY Albany, BA

1986

St. John=s School of

Law, JD 1985

$25 years of experience as a

matrimonial and family law

attorney

$Mentor for the New York County

Lawyer=s Association Legal

Clinic-2010 to present date.

$Lecturer: Continuing Legal

Education (CLE) for Legal Clinic

of the New York County Lawyers= Association in the areas of

Matrimonial and Family law

including: Divorce, Separation,

Annulment, Child Support, Child

Custody Enforcement and

Equitable Distribution. September

2011 and September 2012

$Member of the New York State

Bar Association

$Member of the New York

County Lawyers= Association

$Member of the American Bar

Association

$6.0 hours of court-sponsored

neutral evaluation training

Chaim Steinberger, Esq.

Chaim Steinberger, P.C.

150 East 58th Street

#2701

New York, NY 10155

Tel. (212) 964-6100

Fax (212) 500-7559

[email protected]

Website:

www.theNewYorkDivorceLaw

yers.com

Fluent in Yiddish, some

knowledge of Hebrew

New York

Southern and

Eastern District

of New York

US Sup.Ct.

Adelphi University,

BA 1983

Brooklyn Law

School, JD 1994

(cum laude)

$ 2000-Present, principal, Chaim

Steinberger, P.C. $Practicing exclusively ADR (in all areas, since 1995) and matrimonial and family law (ADR & litigation) since 2000;

$ 1999-2000, of Counsel,

Rosenthal & Herman, P.C.;

$ 1996-1998, associate, Morgan,

Lewis & Bockius LLP;

$ 1995-1996, law clerk, Honorable

Edward R. Korman, U.S.D.J.,

E.D.N.Y.;

$ 1994-1995, associate, Schulte,

Roth & Zabel;

$ 2009-2011, chair, American Bar

Association Family Law Section

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Committee (vice-chair 2008-

2009);

$ 2008-2010, co-chair, New York

State Bar Association Dispute

Resolution Section Collaborative

Law Committee;

$ 2010-2013, vice-chair, ABA


evaluation training

$1992 Safe Horizon Mediation

Training Program (>40 hours, Lila

Love and other instructors);

$2006, NYS Judicial Institute

Advanced Mediation Training

$2008, Center for Mediation in Law

Collaborative Law Training (~ 24

hours)

$2008, Supreme Court Commercial

Division Advanced Mediation

Training

FLS Ethics, Professionalism &

Grievance Committee (exec.

member 2008-2010);

$ Mediator/Aribtrator: SDNY

Mediation Panel; NYS Supreme

Court Commercial Division

Mediation Panel (NY & Kings

counties); NYS Supreme Court

Matrimonial Mediation Project

(Westchester & Queens counties);

Part-137 Attorney-Client Fee

Dispute Program (Kings county);

NYC Civil Court, Small Claims

Part

$ Member, NYSBA Task Force on

Family Courts;

$ Member, American Bar

Association, NYS Bar Association,

New York City Bar Association,

New York County Lawyers

Association, Brooklyn Bar

Association;

$1997 recipient, NYC Bar

Association Certificate of Pro

Bono Service

$Author, Mediation Techniques

Every Litigator Can Use; New

York County Lawyer; 10-14

Diane Steiner, Esq.

GreenspoonMarder

590 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Tel. (212) 524-5000

New York,

1990

Adelphi College

Cardozo Law School

$Practiced matrimonial law

exclusively since 1990

$Fellow, AAML and IAML

(Executive Committee)

$Family Law Committee at

Cardozo


Association


Association


evaluation training

$Completed a course in

mediation in law school

Daniel H. Stock, Esq.

Daniel H. Stock, PLLC

Law Offices

New York Office

60 East 42nd Street, Suite 4600

New York, NY 10165

Tel. (212) 324-1702 [email protected]

m

New York,

1985

Southern and

Eastern District

of New York,

1985

Queens College of

the City University

of New York, BA

1974

Pace University

School of Law, JD

1981

$27 years of legal experience, 11

in family law and matrimonial

$Former assistant county

Attorney, Special Prosecutor and

Law Guardian

$Authorized Collaborative

Divorce practitioner


Association

$Member, Dutchess County Bar

Association


Association


Association Matrimonial Law

Committee

$Member, Hudson Valley

Collaborative Divorce & Dispute

Resolution Association

$Guest speaker on radio programs

on divorce, WKNY (Kingston,

NY) WHVW (Poughkeepsie, NY),

$6.0 hours of court-sponsored

neutral evaluation training

$Collaborative Law

training, Bear Mountain, NY

WNRQ (Poughkeepsie, NY);

conducted workshops and

speaking engagements on divorce

and Collaborative Divorce in

Poughkeepsie, NY

Brett S. Ward, Esq.

Partner

Blank Rome LLP

The Chrysler Building


New York, NY 10174

Tel. (212) 885-5394

Fax (917) 332-3809

[email protected]

New York,

2001

Massachusetts,

2001

Connecticut,

2008

United States

Supreme Court,

2009

Eastern District

New York,

2001

Southern

District New

York, 2001

Brandeis University,

BA 1997

Benjamin N.

Cardozo School of

Law, J.D. 2000

$Blank Rome Matrimonial

Department Partner since 2011 and

Associate from 2004-2011

$Lansner & Kubitschek as an

Associate from 2000 until 2004

$Co-chair Young Lawyers= Section at NYCLA

$Family Court Committee at

NYCLA

$Member, NYSBA


evaluation training

$Divorce Mediation Class at

Cardozo School of Law

Elliot Wiener, Esq.

Phillips Nizer LLP

666 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10606

Tel. (212) 841-0726

Fax (212) 262-5152

[email protected]

New York,

1977

Boston University,

BA 1973

Buffalo Law School,

JD 1976

$Practicing family law since 1977

with Juvenile Rights Division of

Legal Aid Society then in private

practice since 1981

$Former co-chair, NY County

Lawyers Association, Matrimonial

Law Section

$Former co-chair and current

member of executive committee,

Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental

Health and Family Law

$Member, Executive Committee

NYS Bar Association, Family Law

Section

Member, American Academy of

Matrimonial Lawyers


evaluation training

$Mediation Training (Ackerman

Institute for the Family)

$Collaborative Law (New York

Collaborative Law Group)

May 15, 2020

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