New York Family and Divorce Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

260 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10025

Linda Rosenthal has extensive experience in all aspects of family and matrimonial law, including divorce, equitable distribution, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, child support and custody, and post-divorce judgment disputes. Among other matters, Ms. Rosenthal has handled: highly-contested emergency custody applications; complex litigation and pre-nuptial disputes involving international law issues; and significant high-conflict equitable distribution cases. Ms. Rosenthal is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer. She appears regularly in New York courts and has argued in numerous Federal district and appellate courts, and state Supreme Courts throughout the country. Ms. Rosenthal recently secured interim leave to appeal from the Family Court in New York County and subsequently won a successful 5-0 decision from the Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department. Ms. Rosenthal graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law. Before focusing her practice exclusively in matrimonial and family law, she was a constitutional litigator at the Center for Reproductive Rights and a complex civil litigator at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. She has appeared on television and given numerous press interviews. Ms. Rosenthal is admitted to practice in New York State and is a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the appellate courts for the Second, Fifth and Seventh Circuits, and numerous federal district courts.

Family and Divorce Law

935 McLean Ave, Yonkers, NY 10704, USA

Lisa L. Johnston is the principal member of the Law Offices of Lisa L. Johnston & Associates with offices in Yonkers and New York City. She is a cum laude graduate of The American University, attended Brooklyn Law School and was admitted to the New York State bar in 1992. She is admitted to practice in the Eastern and Southern Districts of the United States District Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. Lisa is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and sat on the Special Committee for LGBT People & the Law, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and the NY County Lawyers Association. She is a founding member of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center a non-profit agency which provides assistance to immigrants and served on its Executive Committee for over 20 years. She served on the board of and was the Legislative Director for the Irish Immigration Reform Movement. She frequently lectures and conducts seminars on immigration and family-related topics. Ms. Johnston was recognized for her commitment to immigrants and immigrant families by the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in 2001. In 2009 Ms. Johnston was recognized by the Irish Voice as one of the top 75 Influential Women in Irish-America.

Family and Divorce Law

19 Prince St, Rochester, NY 14607, USA

Ms. Siragusa received her B.A. in psychology, cum laude, with minors in biology and human development from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1991. Ms. Siragusa graduated cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law in 1994 where she served as a member on the Legislative Research Bureau and also received an American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. While attending law school, Ms. Siragusa interned at the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and for the New York State Supreme Court. Prior to joining Brown & Tarantino, LLC, Ms. Siragusa was an Assistant District Attorney for Monroe County. As an Assistant District Attorney, Ms. Siragusa’s assignments included the Rochester City Drug Court and the Special Investigations Bureau. She also was on the Drug Task Force for the Town of Greece Police Department. Ms. Siragusa then served as a Principal Law Clerk for New York State Supreme Court Justice David Michael Barry. Ms. Siragusa is currently on the Board of Directors for Cobblestone Arts Center, an organization for mentally and physically disabled persons, and Best Foot Forward children’s theater. She is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Webster Youth Football Organization. Ms. Siragusa is an Attorney Representative for the Rochester Chapter of Youth and Government. She has been actively involved in coaching through Webster Youth Baseball, YMCA, Catholic Youth Organization, Northcoast Basketball and is currently an AAU Liason for Rochester Lady Royals Basketball. Ms. Siragusa participates in the Attorneys for Children Program which is dedicated to the provision of the highest quality of legal representation for children in many kinds of court proceedings (such as juvenile delinquency, custody and visitation and child protective proceedings) in the twenty-two counties comprising the Appellate Division Fourth Department. In 2014, Ms. Siragusa was honored as a recipient of the Honorable Michael F. Dillon Attorney For Child Award for her work in the Attorneys for Children Program. Additionally, Ms. Siragusa has served on fundraising committees for Our Lady of Mercy and McQuaid Jesuit High Schools. Additionally, Ms. Siragusa is a parent representative for Rochester Volleyball Club and a consultant for Paradigm Volleyball. Ms. Siragusa and Brown, Gruttadaro & Prato, PLLC, were named Best Criminal Defense Firm by Rochester Business Journal’s Reader Rankings in 2018 In 2021 and 2022, Ms. Siragusa was named to the Daily Record’s “Power 20” for Family Law from 2021 through 2023. Lisa has received Avvo’s Client Choice Award from 2019 through 2023, and has been consistently designated a Martindale-Hubbell “Client Champion” from 2019 through 2022.

Family and Divorce Law

140 Grand St, White Plains, NY 10601

Lisa Zeiderman focuses her law practice solely in Matrimonial and Family Law. As both an Attorney and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Ms. Zeiderman is uniquely equipped to understand, negotiate and if necessary litigate high net worth and/or complex financial matters. A Fordham University of Law graduate who is also certified as an Attorney for Children, Ms. Zeiderman is a strong advocate who throughout her career worked hand in hand with her clients to reach the most favorable resolution in both custody and financial matters. Ms. Zeiderman is a member of the Legislative Committee of the Family Law Section for the New York State Bar Association and on the executive board of the Justice Brandeis Law Society. She is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York Women’s Bar Association and the Westchester Women’s Bar Association.

Family and Divorce Law

75 S Broadway suite 400, White Plains, NY 10601, USA

Lori Greene graduated cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 1994 and received her undergraduate degree, with honors from Tufts University in 1991. She is a certified mediator and an attorney, licensed to practice law in New York, with over 20 years of combined legal and business experience. Lori’s broad range of experience and skills include: complex family law matters, insurance coverage disputes, and commercial litigation cases, allowing her to skillfully assist clients in resolving all of their business and legal issues involved with divorce. In her private family law practice, working as a divorce mediator and collaborative attorney, she is gratified by helping her clients reach workable, out of court solutions for a legal separation or a divorce. Lori is a member of many esteemed professional mediation and legal organizations, including The New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, and the NYSCDM divorce mediators group.