* Susan L Bender

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Manhattan Divorce Litigation Attorney | Brooklyn NY Divorce & Mediation Lawyer | New York City
* Agreements: Prenuptial, Postnuptial, Separation, and Domestic Partnership Agreements
* Child Support & Spousal Support
* Dissolution of Same Sex Partnerships and Relationships
* Appellate Litigation
* Attorney for the Child: Law Guardian
* Child Custody & Visitation
* Religious Jewish Divorces: Orthodox
* Geographic Relocation
* Divorce & Matrimonial Litigation
* Grandparent’s Rights: Custody and Visitation
* Equitable Distribution of Property
* Mediation

* Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Susan L Bender
Bender Rosenthal Isaacs & Richter LLP
451 Park Ave South - 8th floor
New York NY 10016-7390
Tel: 212 725-7111
Fax: 212 725-3737

Areas of Practice
* Matrimonial Law
* Family Law

I was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1980.

I have an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

In the nearly twenty-nine (29) years that I have been in practice, matrimonial practice has occupied approximately ninety (90%) percent of my time.

I am the Chair of the Matrimonial Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

I am a Fellow of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers.

I am a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Board of Governors and executive committee of the New York Chapter.

I am past President of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) and remain a member of WBASNY. I am a former co-chair of the WBASNY matrimonial committee. I am also a former member of the Board of Directors of the New York Chapter.

I am a former member of the Interdisciplinary Forum and formerly a member of its Executive Committee.

I am a founding member, former Vice President, Board Member and Secretary of Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA); a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Committee; a member of LeGal (Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association); and a member of the American Bar Association Family Law Section.

I have lectured and continue to lecture in many areas of family law and procedure for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, the New York State Bar Association, the Brooklyn Bar Association and have lectured at Pace University and for the Interdisciplinary Forum on many issues. I have also lectured at LeGal and American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. I also attended other conferences and lectures given by other state bar associations and various local groups, including The Fund For Modern Courts and the American Bar Association.

I completed the Domestic Arbitration Seminar in September of 1991, and a 40 hour Mediation Seminar held at the ABA Mid-Year Convention in Miami in February, 1995.

I was appointed by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye to the New York Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts, and am a former member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Practice having been appointed by former Chief Administrator of OCA, Matthew T. Crossen.

I was appointed by Judge Betty W. Ellerin to the First Department Judicial Committee to Certify Law Guardians and planned the Training Programs for law guardians, which were conducted on April 15, 2002 through the Fall of 2002 and November 14, 2003.

I was appointed by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye to the Matrimonial Commission chaired by the Honorable Sondra Miller.

I was appointed by Justice John T. Buckley to the Law Guardian Advisory Committee of the Appellate Division, First Department.

I have more than forty-five (45) reported Appellate Court decisions related to family law issues. I have been trial counsel in dozens of family law matters in both the Family Courts and the Supreme Courts in various counties throughout this State.

I have represented, over the years, hundreds of clients, submitted at least that many motions, have argued before many Courts and have participated as an arbitrator and advocate in arbitration proceedings.

I am the author of a chapter in the New York Practice Guide (Matthew Bender Publisher, 1988) entitled, "Enforcement of Money Judgments"; I am the author of a chapter in New York Family Law Strategies entitled Bringing Justice to a Flawed System (Thompson Reuters/Aspatore Press, 2009), and an article published by the New York Domestic Relations Reporter in 1989 entitled, "The Finality Rule Barrier to Court of Appeals Review of Appellate Division Orders in Matrimonial Litigation."