Firm: Rieger, LLP
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Law Offices of Irene Angelakis, P.C.
Practice Areas: Child Custody
Irene Angelakis is a dedicated and experienced matrimonial and family law attorney. Throughout the last nine years she has worked in both the private and public sector. Since her admission to the BAR, Ms. Angelakis has represented clients in matrimonial, child support, family offense, custody and visitation proceedings. Upon graduation, Ms. Angelakis worked in the private sector handling matrimonial and family court cases. In 2009, she joined the Children’s Law Center where she fiercely advocated for hundreds of clients in custody, visitation, paternity, neglect, termination of parental rights, family offense, substance abuse, and domestic violence proceedings. In that time, she successfully litigated over twenty trials involving complex issues of law and fact and was eventually promoted to “Senior Attorney.” In the Spring of 2014, she joined Schwartz & Ciesinski, LLP and one year later she founded her own practice dedicated to representing clients in matrimonial and family law matters. Several academic institutions have repeatedly invited Ms. Angelakis as a guest speaker including St. John’s University School of Law, Brooklyn Law School Clinic, CUNY Law, Long Island University and BramsonOrt. She has presented on topics including custody, visitation, ethics, confidentiality, basics of a matrimonial case, domestic violence and the role of the attorney for the child. In addition to presenting at various academic institutions, she has presented continuing legal education courses to colleagues such as “Ethical Considerations in Family Law Cases,” “Traumatic Exposure,” and “The Role of the Attorney for the Child.” From 2010 through 2014, she was an active member of several court based committees including the Family Court Domestic Violence Working Group, Child Protective Working Group, and the Disproportionate Minority Representation Working Group.. Currently, Ms. Angelakis is member of the Nassau BAR Association, Hellenic Lawyers Association, Nassau County Women's Bar Association and American Bar Association, Family Law Section. Since June of 2015, she has been the recording Secretary of the Nassau County Women's Bar Association, as well as the Co-Chair of the Solo-Practitioner and Small Firm Committee for the Nassau County Women's Bar Association. Ms. Angelakis serves as an Arbitrator for the Nassau County Fee Dispute Resolution Program as well as a Pro Bono Attorney for the Safe Center representing victims of Domestic Violence.. Ms. Angelakis was selected to the New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2016 and 2017 and was named "Top 40 Under 40" in 2017 by the National Advocates. In 2015, she was named "Who's Who of Distinguished Alumni" by the Worldwide Association of Notable Alumni.
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Firm: Law Office of Geri Pomerantz
Practice Areas: Child Custody
The Law Office of Geri Pomerantz was started by Attorney Pomerantz in May 2007. Geri is the sole proprietor of the firm, and the only attorney. Geri has been practicing law since 1988. She is an experienced attorney in several practice areas. The mission of the firm is to seek justice for its clients, and provide high quality legal representation in a manner that is compassionate, ethical, and affordable. The practice is focused on family and matrimonial law. Geri represents people in all family court matters, divorce and separation, adoption, and other family issues. Geri litigates on behalf of clients in Family and Supreme courts in several counties, including but not limited to Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, Schenectady and Greene. Geri is also a member of the Collaborative Divorce Association of the Capital District, and has represented several clients in alternative dispute resolution.. Attorney Pomerantz also provides legal services concerning selected civil rights and administrative issues. Amongst other things, Geri is a court appointed attorney for children in Columbia and Rensselaer counties.
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Firm: The Colwell Law Group, LLC
Practice Areas: Child Custody
Emily M. Kortright joined The Colwell Law Group as an Associate Attorney in July of 2022. Emily was previously employed as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Rodney Cunningham, J.S.C., at the Atlantic County Superior Court, Family Division, dealing with matters relating to child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, custody, and adoption.. Emily graduated from Penn State Dickinson Law, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in May of 2021 with a certificate in Cyberlaw, Data Privacy and Information Security. Emily was awarded the Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Clinic Student Award for her work with the Dickinson Law Children’s Advocacy Clinic in her second and third years. During her time at Dickinson Law, Emily worked as a Research Assistant in Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, Cybersecurity, Information Privacy, and National Security, and acted as the Executive Editor for Digital Media for the Dickinson Law Review and Secretary of the Public Interest Law Fund.. Prior to graduating, Emily completed internships at MidPenn Legal Services, where she worked on matrimonial and family offense matters, and Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP, where she gained experience in the legal areas of real estate, trusts & estates, business transactions, litigation, family, and more. As a Certified Legal Intern at the Children’s Advocacy Clinic, Emily primarily represented youth who were aging out of the foster care system, regularly appearing in court on her client’s behalf and advocating for their rights and best interests. During her final year of law school, Emily worked part-time as a Law Clerk for a local matrimonial law firm, and part-time as Student Contractor for the Future of Privacy Forum’s Youth and Education Privacy program, and completed an independent study in which she drafted legislation to protect the privacy rights of foster children in institutional living facilities within Pennsylvania.. Emily is a 2015 magna cum laude graduate of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with a double minor in Creative Writing and Business Management, and completed research in Marketing that she presented around the world and eventually published. Emily is an active alum of her a cappella group, the Skidmore Accents, and most recently performed in the Alumni Reunion Concert in the spring of 2022.. In her spare time, Emily enjoys hot power yoga, hiking, thrifting, skiing, rollerblading, and looking for vintage records to add to her collection.
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Firm: Eric Perlmutter, Esq.
Practice Areas: Child Custody
Eric Perlmutter, Esq. founded the Perlmutter Law Firm in August 2008. Prior to opening the firm, Mr. Perlmutter spent almost 5 years at the New York City Administration for Children's Services in Queens County in the Family Court Legal Services Division, where he represented the City and its contracted agencies in cases involving abuse and neglect of children. He was eventually promoted to hold a position as a team leader, in which he supervised a team of lawyers, consulted on thousands of cases and maintained his own robust caseload. Mr. Perlmutter took his knowledge of the child werfare system in New York City and of family law to represent families in need through the Assigned Counsel Plan and Law Guardian Panel, where he represents indigent individuals in all areas of family law, including abuse and neglect, custody, child support, visitation, orders of protection, paternity, foster care litigation and juvenile delinquency matters.. Mr. Perlmutter earned his law degree at Hofstra University School of Law School and participated in the Hofstra University Child Advocacy Clinic. He received his undergraduate degree at the University at Albany.. Mr. Perlmutter was admitted to the New York Bar in 2003 and is a member of the New York State Bar Association, New York County Bar Association and Nassau County Bar Association.
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Firm: Janover LLC
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Shane & Firkel, PC
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Claire Cody Miller
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Dane & Dane
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Beth Swendsen-Dowd, Esq. PC
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Sager Gellerman & Eisner
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Frank M. Galchus, Esq.
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Law Office of Jeffrey S. Berkun
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: John C Macklin
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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Firm: Family Court of Queens County
Practice Areas: Child Custody
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