Bonnie E. Rabin
Bonnie Rabin
New York
New York (NY)
Family Law
Profile
Bonnie E. Rabin, a partner in the firm, is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer who has concentrated exclusively in the field of matrimonial and family law practice for over 25 years. In 2010, two of her clients won landmark victories in the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court.
A well-known champion of the rights of parents and children in non-traditional families, as well as an outstanding trial lawyer in equitable distribution and divorce cases involving finances, Ms. Rabin has an AV Rating from Martindale Hubbell and has appeared in New York State trial and appellate courts on issues, inter alia, of custody and support, visitation, equitable distribution, Hague Convention cases (Federal Court), habeas corpus cases.
Ms. Rabin spent ten years with the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society as a supervising Attorney in Charge of the Manhattan Trial Office, where she represented, supervised and trained other attorneys representing children in cases involving custody, adoption, paternity, termination of parental rights, abuse and neglect, etc. She has been appointed law guardian (attorney for the child) by the Courts of New York County in numerous and complex child custody proceedings
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2007 - Metro
About Bonnie Rabin
Admitted: 1985, New York
Professional Webpage: www.crsslaw.com/attorneys/brabin.html
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Ms. Rabin has been a member or Chair of the matrimonial and family law committees and sections of the major bar associations, including the New York City Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers' Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York Women's Bar Association, among others, and has been the Chair of the Children and the Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Ms. Rabin is a founding member of the Center for Battered Women's Legal Services (1990), a director of Sanctuary for Families (1990-2002) and past Chair of the Legal Advisory Council (1996-2005).
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Bonnie Rabin has published articles on domestic violence, children's rights and other family law issues.
- Ms. Rabin lectures regularly, including CLE courses in the area of family law, custody, domestic violence and children's rights under the auspices of law schools and the major bar associations and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School where she has taught the Family Court Clinic.
Educational Background:
- Antioch School of Law (J.D. cum laude)
- State University of New York at New Paltz (B.A.)
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