Susan Chana Lask practices in the following areas of law

Appellate Practice: Civil Appeals; Criminal Appeals, Federal Circuit  Appeals

Civil Rights, Police Brutality;

Criminal Law: Felonies/Misdemeanors, Driving While Intoxicated,Traffic Violations, Federal Criminal Habeas Corpus Appeals

Employment Law

Legal Malpractice

Matrimonial Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Visitation Rights, Family Law;

Professional Discipline

Wills; Trusts and Estates

Admissions

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

2009 U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Law School

Temple University & Tel Aviv University Summer Abroad Programs affilated with 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. 

 Legal Expert to News Channels and Media, 1995- to date.

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, 2008

Arbitrator & mediator, Civil Court of the City of New York, 2005-to date.

Reported & Unreported Decisions (click here to view cases)

• Martin v. Halll 283 A.D.2d 615, 725 N.Y.S.2d 852 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 2001)-won appellate decision ordering discovery for common law marriage case.
• 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)-won Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision reversing Federal District Court sanctions imposed without hearing or notice against attorney. The Circuit Court found the District Court decision actually praised counsel's work.
• Campoverde v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002 WL 31163804 (S.D.N.Y.), 31 Media L. Rep. 1361 (S.D.N.Y., 2002)-won New York Southern District Court Federal decision that contract existed between talk show and guest.
• Kozlowski v. Mangialino,36 A.D.3d 916, 830 N.Y.S.2d 557, N.Y(2 Dept.,2007)- won child custody appeal for mother alleged unfit by proving court appointed experts and Law Guardians do not determine custody decisions, and proved mother was a fit parent.
• Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 2008 WL 800970 (D.N.J. Mar 20, 2008) (NO. CIV. A. 05-3619)- (pro hac vice) won first Class Action Certification against two County Prisons in New Jersey for blanket strip searching non-indictable arrestees during initial processing.
• Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 595 F.Supp.2d 492 (D.N.J. Feb 04, 2009) (NO. CIV.A.05-3619)- won first Summary Judgment against two County Prisons in New Jersey for violating the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments for blanket strip searching non-indictable arrestees.
• Miken v. Hind, Not Reported in A.2d, 2009 WL 1686728(N.J.Super.A.D.,2009- Won Appellate decision that (i) equitable distribution was never granted in a domestic partnership termination, (ii) inheritance is not subject to any split upon terminating a domestic partnership and (iii) irreconcilable differences can not be used to terminate a domestic partnership.

New York, N.Y., 1962