Undergraduate degree, with honors, from the University of Michigan; attended Harvard Law School; law degree Columbia Law School. Specialised in the area of matrimonial and family law since 1970. Extensive background and experience in separation, divorce, custody, support, paternity, prenuptial and marital agreements as well as related matters. Served as expert witness on New York family law in several jurisdictions. Chair of Lawyers Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York. Member: American Law Institute; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Family Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Has taught family law at University of Chicago Law School and New York University Law School. On Board of Editors of the New York Law Journal.