Lisa R. Schoenfeld
Lisa R. Schoenfeld is a partner in the matrimonial practice of Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC, where she has practiced exclusively in matrimonial and family law since her admission to the Bar. She assisted the firm in the matter of Frankel v. Frankel, 2 N.Y.3d 601, 814 N.E.2d 37, 781 N.Y.S.2d 59 (2004), a significant decision that solidified the rights of non-monied spouses to receive counsel fee awards. Lisa has assisted in the preparation and trial of complex equitable distribution, support and child custody matters. She has also handled a significant number of matters in the Appellate Courts of the State of New York.
Lisa participated in the American Bar Association's Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute. Lisa has lectured to the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Matrimonial Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Nassau Academy of Law, the Nassau County Women's Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section. She also participated as a panelist in the 2008 Annual Conference of the New York Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Lisa has received a number of professional awards. She was the first recipient of the Young Matrimonial Attorney of the Year Award, presented by the Nassau County Bar Association’s Matrimonial Committee on June 10, 2009. Additionally, the Nassau County Women's Bar Association presented her with the Bessie Ray Geffner, Esq. Memorial Award on June 22, 2009 in recognition of her demonstrated interest in improving the justice system and her service to the legal profession and the community. She was nominated by the Nassau County Women's Bar Association to receive the Doris S. Hoffman Outstanding New Lawyer Award, which is awarded annually by the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York.
Admitted
- New York, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2003
Education
- Hofstra University School of Law, J.D.
- Graduated With Distinction in the Top Five Percentile of Class
- Hofstra Law Review, Articles Editor
- Appeared in the 2002 Edition of "Who’s Who: American Law Students"
- Recipient of the Edward J. Hart Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
- Recipient of the Hofstra Law School Excellence in Family Law Award
- Recipient of the Brandeis Association Scholarship
- Recipient of a Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence and various other awards
- Participated in the Hofstra Child Advocacy Clinic and the Courtroom Advocates Project/Domestic Violence Clinic
- Cornell University
Professional memberships
- New York State Bar Association
- Membership Committee, 2010–present
- Family Law Section
- Tenth District Representative, 2008–present
- Executive Committee, 2008–present
- Membership Committee, 2008–present
- Young Lawyers Section
- Secretary, 2011–present
- Tenth District Representative, 2007–present
- Executive Committee, 2007–present
- Co-liaison to Family Law Section, 2009–present
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Family Law and Matrimonial Law Committees, 2002–present
- Nassau County Women's Bar Association
- Chair, Matrimonial Committee, 2009–present
- American Bar Association, 2003–present
- Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County, 2003–present
- New York State Family Law American Inn of Court, 2004–present
- New York County's Lawyers' Association, 2003–2010
- Assisted Mr. Schlissel in his role as the Co-Chair of the Nassau County Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts
- Assisted with the administration of the PEACE program in Nassau County
Publications
- "Are the Rockefeller Drug Laws Killing the Messenger for the Sake of the Message?", published in the Hofstra Law Review at 30 Hofstra Law Rev. 557
- "It’s 10:00 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?", Family Court Review at 40 Fam. Ct. Review 251
- She and Stephen W. Schlissel, Esq., co-authored an article titled"'Frye' and 'Daubert' Questions Crop Up in the Family Law Arena," New York Law Journal, July 1, 2003, page 16, column 1
- "New Matrimonial and Family Law Legislation," Nassau County Women's Bar Association, October 2010 Newsletter
