MEMBERS OF FIRM
Barry Berkman (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, September 4, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, New York; 1968, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Harvard College (B.A., 1962); Stanford University (LL.B., 1965). Former Adjunct Professor, Family Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Former Member, Committee on Matrimonial Law, Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Arbitrator, Civil Court, New York County, Small Claims Division, 1979. Member, Divorce Mediation Council of New York, Inc., 1989. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association (Former Member, Task Force on Standards of Practice in Mediation); New York Association of Collaborative Professionals (Founding Member). Practice Areas: Divorce; Collaborative Law; Divorce Mediation; Family Law; Equitable Distribution; Marital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Alimony; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Settlements; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification.Email: Barry Berkman
Walter F. Bottger (Member) born Syracuse, New York, September 12, 1938; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1966, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1961); Columbia Law School (LL.B., 1965). Shearman & Sterling LLP; Deputy Bureau Chief, New York State Office of the Special Prosecutor; Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard & Kristol. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section). Practice Areas: Alimony; Equitable Distribution; Family Law; Divorce; Divorce Litigation; Marital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Settlements; Paternity; Post Divorce Actions.Email: Walter F. Bottger
Jacqueline Newman (Member) born Suffern, New York, April 12; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey and New York. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., 1996); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Former Member, Executive Board of Young Lawyer's Committee); New York State Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section); New York State Women's Bar Association; Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York; New York Association of Collaborative Professionals. Practice Areas: Alimony; Equitable Distribution; Family Law; Collaborative Law; Divorce Litigation; Divorce Mediation; Marital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Settlements; Paternity; Post Divorce Actions; Annulment; Cohabitation Agreements; Collaborative Family Law; Divorce; Community Property Law; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Family Mediation; Family Arbitration; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; Marital Property Law; Matrimonial Law; Non-Traditional Family Law; Post Divorce Modification; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Uncontested Divorce; Restraining Orders.Email: Jacqueline Newman
OF COUNSEL
Richard A. Abrams (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, June 23, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1971, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: American University (B.A., 1965); New York University (J.D., 1968). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: New York Association of Collaborative Professionals; Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Divorce Mediation; Collaborative Family Law; Litigation.Email: Richard A. Abrams
Fellowes M. Rodd (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., April 24, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, New York. Education: Harvard University (B.A. English, 1962); Columbia University (LL.B., 1966).
ASSOCIATES
Meredith B. Cagan (Associate) born New York, New York, July 8, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey; 2004, New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1998); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section); The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York Association of Collaborative Professionals. Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Family Law; Collaborative Family Law; Divorce Mediation; Equitable Distribution; Marital Property Settlements; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Annulment; Marital Property Distribution; Post Divorce Modification.Email: Meredith B. Cagan
Elizabeth A. Fox (Associate) born Washington D.C., February 27, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., 2002); Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 2005). Member: New York State Bar Association; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Divorce; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Relations; Equitable Distribution; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce.