Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC Matrimonial & Family Law

Lisa R. Schoenfeld is a partner in the matrimonial practice of Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in January 2003 and has also been admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Since her admission to the Bar, she has practiced exclusively in matrimonial and family law at Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, and 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 also provides pro bono legal services for clients through the Volunteer Lawyers Project. She has lectured to the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Matrimonial Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association and the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association.

Lisa received her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and her Juris Doctor degree, with distinction, from Hofstra University School of Law in May 2002 where she graduated in the top five (5) percentile of her class.

While at Hofstra, Lisa was a member of the Hofstra Law Review and served as the Articles Editor for the 2001-2002 school year. She authored two articles: “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, and “It’s 10:00 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?”. This article dealt with parental kidnapping and was published in the 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”, which was published in the New York Law Journal on July 1, 2003, at page 16, column 1.

Lisa has been awarded a number of honors for academic achievement, including the Edward J. Hart Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, the Hofstra Law School Excellence in Family Law Award, the Brandeis Association Scholarship, a Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence and various other awards. She participated in the Hofstra Child Advocacy Clinic and the Courtroom Advocates Project/Domestic Violence Clinic where she represented individuals in court under the supervision of an attorney. She also appeared in the 2002 Edition of “Who’s Who: American Law Students”.

Lisa is a member of numerous organizations, including the Nassau County Bar Association, Family Law and Matrimonial Law Committees; Nassau County Women’s Bar Association; New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section (Tenth District Representative; Executive Committee Member; Membership Committee Member) and Young Lawyers Section (Tenth District Representative; Executive Committee Member); New York County Lawyers’ Association; American Bar Association; Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County; and the New York State Family Law American Inn of Court. She has assisted Mr. Schlissel in his role as the co-chair of the Nassau County Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts and has also assisted with the administration of the PEACE program in Nassau County.