Susan Chana Lask practices in the following areas of law
Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals; Criminal Appeals; Criminal Law; Federal Criminal Habeas Corpus Appeals; Civil Rights; Police Brutality; Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Visitation Rights; Family Law; Bankruptcy; Immigration Law; Professional Discipline; Legal Malpractice; Real Estate; Contracts; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Employment Law; Adoption Law; Elder Law; Driving While Intoxicated; Traffic Violations; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Misdemeanors; Lemon Law; Commercial Litigation
Admitted
1989, New York Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005 U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Temple University
College
Temple University (B.A., Psychology, 1982; M.A.H., 1983);
Tel Aviv University, International Constitutional & Law Programs, 1982-1984
Member
Association of Arbitrators of the Civil Court of the City of New York.
Biography
Law Clerk, State Bar of California Ethics Counsel, 1985-1986. Recipient, Mayor's Hero's Award, 1995. Named New York's "High Powered Attorney". Legal Expert to News Channels and Media, 1995—. Quasi-Judicial Appointment by the State of New York to the Surrogate Decision Making Committee (SDMC) administered by the Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, 1995. Named New York's "High Powered Attorney", 2003-. Arbitrator, Small Claims Court for Civil Court of the City of New York, 2005-.
Reported Cases
Martin v, Hall 283 A.D.2d 615, 725 N.Y.S.2d 852 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 2001)-appeal divorce discovery non-compliance; Wilder v. GL Bus Lines, 258 F.3d 126, 168 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2203, 143 Lab.Cas. P 11, 052, 50 Fed.R.Serv.3d 314 (C.A.2, 2001)-appeal labor union wrongful termination; Campoverde v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002 WL 31163804 (S.D.N.Y.), 31 Media L. Rep. 1361 (S.D.N.Y., 2002)-breach of employment contract.
Born
New York, N.Y., 1962 |