(Mineola, NY) – Nassau County Bar Association President Marian Rice announced today that matrimonial attorney Lee Rosenberg of Huntington has been presented with the 2013 Directors’ Award in recognition for his dedication and excellent work as chair of NCBA’s Matrimonial Law Committee.
For the past two years, Rosenberg has served as a member of the NCBA Board of Directors and as chair of NCBA’s largest committee, providing educational programs for attorneys and judges on the newest developments in matrimonial law. He also presented numerous resolutions from the Committee to advance substantive and procedural changes in matrimonial law, which were approved by the NCBA Board of Directors. Those resolutions became official positions of the Bar, and provided Nassau County with a strong voice to be heard the Court System as well as the Executive and Legislative branches in Albany on issues ranging from marriage equality to dissemination of forensic custody evaluations to spousal support legislation, among others.
Lee Rosenberg is a partner at Saltzman Chetkof & Rosenberg LLP in Garden City practicing in the field of matrimonial and family law for over 20 years as a litigator and appellate counsel.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers where he is National Parliamentarian and a member of the New York Chapter Board of Managers. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Barrister of the New York Family Law American Inn of Court. Rosenberg continues to be listed in “Best Lawyers in America” and as a New York Super Lawyer in family law in the New York metropolitan area, which recognizes a very small percentage of attorneys within their field of practice.
Rosenberg is a frequent lecturer and published author and has been widely quoted by the New York Law Journal, the Wall Street Journal, Newsday and others on many matrimonial law issues. His articles have been cited by the trial and appellate courts of this State.
In addition to his litigation and appellate practice, Rosenberg was trained in divorce mediation by the New York State Judicial Institute and acts as a Fee Dispute Arbitrator in matrimonial matters.
Nassau County Bar Association
Founded in 1899, the Nassau County Bar Association, with a membership of nearly 6,000 private and public attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students, is the largest suburban bar association in the country. NCBA demonstrates its commitment to the community by offering a variety of services for the public, including lawyer referral services, senior citizen and mortgage foreclosure clinics, judicial screening, public education programs and support for the Volunteer Lawyers Project, which provides much-needed free legal services for the indigent of Nassau County. The WE CARE Fund, the NCBA’s charitable arm, assists children, the elderly and others in need, through countless projects and donations.
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