Alton Abramowitz

Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP

Profile

Education

Rutgers University School of Law – Camden/1972/JD

Admitted to Practice

NY/1973

AAML Position(s) Held

National
  • President, Vice President, Secretary, Parliamentarian, Governor at Large, Governor
State
  • President, Vice President, Member/Manager – Board of Managers

Legal Organizations

  • American College of Family Trial Lawyers, Diplomate 1998-Present
  • New York State Bar Assn. (Family Law Section, Chair 2013 – 2015
  • Executive Committee 1986-1996, 2001-Present, Co-Chair Committee on Legislation 2001-Present, Secretary 2010-2012
  • Co-Chair Committee on Pensions & Retirement Benefits 1986-1989
  • Special Committee of the Association to Improve Courthouse Facilities 1985-1987
  • Trial Lawyers Section
  • Special Committee on Balanced Lives in the Law 2004-2006)
  • Assn. of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Matrimonial Law 1983-1986, 2004-2008 [Chair 2005-2008]
  • Committee on Family Court and Family Law 1986-1987
  • Committee on State Legislation 1988-1991
  • Committee on Lectures and Continuing Education 1991-1993
  • Long Range Planning Committee 1993-1996
  • Long Range Planning Committee 1993-1996
  • Delegate to New York State Bar Assn. House of Delegates 1993-1996, 2008-2011)
  • American Bar Assn. (Family law Section, Litigation Section)
  • Westchester County Bar Assn. (Family Law Section)
  • New York County Lawyers Assn. (Co-Chair Matrimonial Law Section 2001-2004).

CLE Presentations

  • New York City Bar Association, “Child Custody Forensic Evaluations: Science, Art or Neither?”,2004
  • “Divorce in New York in the 21st Century ” Who Gets What and How Much”, 2007
  • New York State Bar Assn.”Analyzing an Equitable Distribution Case for Settlement or Trial”, 2000, “No Fault Legislation”, 2003
  • New York County Lawyers Association, “Psychiatric Evaluations in Child Custody Litigation- A View from the Couch, Bench & Bar”, 2001
  • “Drafting Prenuptial Agreements”, 2001
  • “Everything New York Lawyers Should Know About New Jersey & Connecticut Divorce Law”, 2004
  • Practising Law Institute, “Drafting Matrimonial Agreements”, 2000,2001
  • “Understanding Child Custody and Support” (Chair), 1998, 2000
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers- National, “Hot Tips”, 2001
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter, Spring Seminar, 2000
  • “Cross-Examination of a Child Custody Expert”, 2001
  • Rockland County Bar Assn. & National Assn. of Certified Valuation Analysis, “Examination of a Neutral Business Appraiser at Trial”, 2001
  • Suffolk County Bar Ass. Academy of Law, “Matrimonial Agreements (Pre-nups, Post-nups, & Everything in Between), 2007
  • Association of Family & Conciliation Courts – NY Chapter, “Post Marital Income Guidelines” 2010.

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