Susan L. Bender

Practice Areas

Matrimonial and Family Law

Career

Attorney

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

American Bar Association

American College of Family Trial Lawyers

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Attorney General of the State of New York

Civil Practice Law and Rules Committee of the Office of Court Administration

Committee to Certify Law Guardians for Appointment in Domestic Relations Matter in the First Judicial Department

Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert

Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Greater New York (LeGal)

Matrimonial Advisory Committee of the Unified Court System

Matrimonial Commission

New York Bar Association

New York Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts

New York State Matrimonial Commission

Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York

Publications

Susan penned notable references in New York law. Her first article, “The Finality Rule Barrier to Court of Appeals Review of Appellate Division Orders in Matrimonial Litigation” was published by the New York Domestic Relations Reporter. She also authored a chapter entitled, “Enforcement of Money Judgments” in one of the most regarded references in New York law, New York Practice Guide (Matthew Bender Publisher, 1988). Most notably, she wrote the chapter, “Bringing Justice to a Flawed System” in the New York Family Law Strategies (Thompson Reuters/Aspatore Press, 2009).