Joan Adams

Refer Profile

Profile

Education

SUNY at Buffalo/1988/Law

Admitted to Practice

NY 1988

Legal Organizations

Board Member, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter, Board of Managers, 2010-date
Certified Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1994 – present
Sustaining Member, New York State Bar Association Family Law Section
8th District Representative, 1992 – 2009
Member, Executive Committee, 1992 – present
Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2005 – present
Co-Chair, Membership Committee, 2000 – 2010
Co-Chair, Special Committee on Mediation and Arbitration, 1992 – present
Member, Child Custody Committee, 1992 – 2000
Special Committee on Biotechnology and the Law, Member, 1994 – 1995
Committee on Children and the Law, 1996 – 1998
Women and the Courts Committee Member, 1990 – 2001
Chair, Ruth Schapiro Memorial Award Committee, 1995 – 2001
Civil Practice Laws and Rules Committee Member, 1989 – 1993
Young Lawyer Section, Mentor to Young Lawyers, 1995 – 2004
Member, Bar Association of Erie County, Matrimonial and Family Law Committee, Chair, 1999- 2002, Member, 1988 – present
Practice and Procedure in Family Court Committee, Member, 1991- present
Judiciary Committee, Member, 2000-2004
2008-present
Law Office Management Committee, Chair, 1993-1995
Appellate Practice Committee, Member, 1991-1995
2002-present
Member, Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, 2000 – present
Member, Western New York Matrimonial Trial Lawyers Association, 2000 – present
Women Lawyers of Western New York, President, 1993 – 1994
Vice-President, 1992 – 1993,Member, 1991-1995
Adjunct Professor – Family Law, Medaille College, 1995 – 1997
Founding Board Member, GOLD Group (Graduates of the Last Decade, SUNY at Buffalo Law School, 1988 – 1990.

CLE Presentations

Frequent Lecturer and Author-Adjunct Professor University at Buffalo School of Law
AAML
NYSBA
BAEC
SUNY at Buffalo Law School & Ontario Bar Association: Adjunct Professor – Medaille College
Speaker: Valuation and Distribution in Changing Times, Practicing Matrimonial and Family law in Chaotic Times, NYSBA 2010
Section Executive Committee and list Serve
Tape Recordings and Wiretapping
use of Psychological and Forensic Custody Reports, NYSBA 2008
Business and Family Entities: What the Divorce Lawyer must Know
NYSBA 2008
Handling a Matter with Child Protective Services, BAEC 2002
Compelling Evidentiary Issues: A Survey of Evidence Problems from the Family Law Disclosure Motions, A Matrimonial Practice Odyssey, NYSBA 2001
Planning a Successful Strategy, Analyzing an Equitable Distribution Action for Settlement and Trial, NYSBA 2000
Domestic Violence Litigation
The Expanding World of the Matrimonial Lawyer: New Cases, New Procedures and New Areas of the Law, NYSBA 1999
Relocation, Matrimonial Law: The Realities of Practice, AAML 1999
Preparation of a Custody of Visitation Trial, BAEC 1995.

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