What are some of your proudest recent achievements? In 2022, after a lengthy trial that spanned 20 trial dates over four years (both in-person and virtual during COVID), I secured a dismissal of a Family Offense Petition which had been brought against my client by his ex-wife. The decision came down to the court’s finding that my client’s ex-wife was not credible—the direct result of my examination of her. My client cried tears of joy when we got the decision, as he had been subject to a four-year Temporary Order of Protection based on totally false allegations.

In 2021, I convinced a New York appellate court to recognize (for the first time) a grandparent’s right to an expedited hearing as a matter of constitutional due process in a pro bono matter. My efforts helped a grandmother rescue her grandchildren from an abusive foster home and obtain full custody.