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Lawyer Overview

Lee Rosenberg is a partner at Saltzman Chetkof & Rosenberg LLP and was admitted to practice in the State of New York in 1987. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys. He is a Vice Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Matrimonial Committee and a Barrister of the New York Family Law American Inn of Court. In addition, Lee is a member of the Family Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, as well as the Matrimonial Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association. He serves as an Arbitrator for the Office of Court Administration's Matrimonial Fee Dispute Panel and is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Lee is a litigator of 20 years with experience in all phases of matrimonial and family law practice. This includes the trial of complex custody, support and equitable distribution matters as well as the important ability to settle these cases and to draft intricate prenuptial, postnuptial, separation and settlement agreements. "AV" peer-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Lee is a prolific writer and frequent lecturer. He has lectured on complex divorce issues and ethical considerations to other attorneys, is listed in the Millennium Edition of Strathmore's Who's Who and has served as consultant to out-of-state law firms in the area of New York matrimonial practice. He has been interviewed on the subject of New York divorce law by a number of publications including the New York Times, Newsday, the New York Post, Elle, and Worth Magazine. He served as a non-judicial participant at the Miller Commission Symposium on Improving Justice for Children of Divorce and Separation and the New York State Office of Court Administration's Forum on No-Fault Divorce.

A frequently published author, his articles on various topics in matrimonial law have appeared in the New York Law Journal, Family Law Review, the New York State Bar Association Journal, Nassau Lawyer and New York Family Law Monthly. He is Co-Editor of the Nassau County Bar Association's Recent Decisions in Matrimonial Law. He is a member of the Board of Editors of the New York Family Law Monthly. He is Assistant Editor of the Family Law Review published by the New York State Bar Association. He is also the General Editor of LexisNexis' New York Consolidated Laws Service Family/Matrimonial Practice Insights and authored many of the Practice Insights as well as having authored the Filing and Drafting Tips for Lexis Nexis' New York Family Law Forms. Lee has been honored by LexisNexis for his service as General Editor of their Family/Matrimonial Practice Insights, and was selected as one of the Ten Leaders in Matrimonial and Family Law for Long Island for Attorneys under the age of 45.

Lee was featured in New York Super Lawyers- Metro Edition in the New York Times Magazine and is included in the 2008 edition of Who's Who in America. Recently, he has served on the formation committee which established a pilot program in Nassau County Supreme Court Matrinonial Part to commence oral argument of temporary support applications in emergency situations and the formation committee which has established a program entitled "View From the Bench: A Series of Exchanges Between the Matrimonial Bench and Bar".

Representative Cases

• Kammerer v Kammerer, 38 AD3d 846 (Appellate Division Second Dept 2007)
• Manfredo v Manfredo, 33 AD3d 1007 (Appellate Division Second Dept 2006)
• Calandriello v Calandriello, 32 AD3d 450 (Appellate Division Second Dept 2006)
• DelDuca v DelDuca, 304 AD2d 610 (Appellate Division Second Dept 2003)
• Beil v Beil, 192 AD2d 498 (Appellate Division Second Dept 1993)
• Amana Express Int'l, Inc. v Pier Air Int'l, Inc., 211 AD2d 606 (Appellate Division Second Dept 1995)
• Richter v Richter, 156 AD2d 653 (Appellate Division Second Dept 1989)
• Renee C. v Vincent C., NYLJ 9/8/06, 22, col. 1 (NY County Supreme Court 2006)
• Doe v Doe, NYLJ 5/8/01, 22, col. 1 (Nassau County Supreme Court 2001)

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Collaborative Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Litigation & Appeals, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1987
• District of Columbia, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1987
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Nassau County Bar Association (Second Vice Chair (Matrimonial Committee))
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)
• NY Family Law American Inn of Court (Barrister)
• American Bar Association (Member (Family Law Committee))
• NY State Bar Association (Member (Family Law Committee))
• Suffolk County Bar Association (Member (Matrimonial Committee))

Honors and Awards

• New York Super Lawyers-Metro Area in Family Law (2007)
• Ten Leaders in Matrimonial and Family Law for Long Island for Attorneys under the age of 45
• LexisNexis General Editor Matrimonial/Family Practice Insights
• Millennium Edition of Strathmore's Who's Who

Classes and Seminars

• Preventing Critrical Financial Mistakes During Divorces, National Business Institute, December 3, 2007
• Attorney-Client Relations in Matrimonial Cases, "Law You Should Know" - Radio Broadcast, January 26, 2007
• Samurai Attorney: Practicing Law Under a Code of Honor, NY Family Law American Inn of Court, September 20, 2006

Education

• Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Huntington, New York, 1986
  J.D.
• Suny at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA, 1983
  B.A.
  Major: History

Published Works

• Same-Sex Marriage: Right to Divorce But Not to Marry", NY Law Journal, March 2008, 2008
• On Matrimony, the Miller Commission, Legislative Failure, New York Law Journal, Oct 2007, 2007
• Issues in Establishing Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident Spouses (Part 2), New York Family Law Monthly, Oct 2007, 2007
• Issues in Establishing Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident Spouses (Part 1), New York Family Law Monthly, Sept. 2007, 2007
• Matrimonial Rules: Substantial Compliance, Fees, NY Law Journal, Feb 2007, 2007
• Involuntary Servitude and the Matrimonial Attorney, Family Law Review, Spring, 2006
• Challenges in Preparing the Prenuptial Agreement: The Delicate Balance Between Advocacy and Detente (Part 1), NY Family Law Monthly, Feb 2006, 2006
• Challenges in Preparing the Prenuptial Agreement (Part 2), NY Family Law Monthly, Mar 2006, 2006
• Matrimonial Rules: Counsel Fees, Ethical Considerations, NY Law Journal, Oct 2005, 2005
• Electronic Discovery and the Matrimonial Case, NY Law Journal, June 2005, 2005
• No Fault' Divorce: A New Twist on Constructive Abandonment, NY Family Law Monthly, May 2005, 2005
• No Fault' Divorce: A New Twist on Constructive Abandonment, NY Law Journal, Mar 2005, 2005
• Separate Property Revisited-Appreciation and Proof, Family Law Review, Spring 2005, 2005
• Financial Discovery in Matrimonial Law: Preparation, Analysis and Use of the Statement of Net Worth, Nassau Lawyer, Feb 2005, 2005
• The Matrimonial Rules: Counsel Fees and Ethical Considerations, NY Law Journal, Jan 2005, 2005
• Is it Time for No-Fault Divorce?, NY Law Journal, Oct 2004, 2004
• Double-Dipping Lives On. Holterman and the Continuation of the O'Brien Dilemma, NY State Bar Association Journal, Sept 2004, 2004
• The Latest Nelson DeMille Mystery. Did Bloomfield Do It?, Family Law Review, Fall 2004, 2004

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