First Admitted: 1980, New York

Bar/Professional Activity:

Director, Women's Bar Association
Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Family Law Section
Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Matrimonial Law Committee
Assistant Attorney General in the New York State Department of Law, in the division of Investor Protection and Security Fraud, 1987
Co-Chairperson, Women's Bar Association, Matrimonial Committee
New York State Criminal Bar Association
Member, New York County Lawyers Association

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Appointed by the Appellate Division, First Department, to the 18B Screening Committee for Criminal Law
Arbitrator for the NASD
Appointed as a certified Law Guardian in the First Department of the Appellate Division
Member of the Homicide, Appellate and Felony Panels

Pro bono/Community Service:

Honors/Awards:

New York State Special Achievement Award
Member of the Law Review, Pace University Law School
Co-chairperson of the Matrimonial Committee of the Women’s Bar Association of New York
Founding Partner
AV Preeminent Rated - Martindale Hubbell

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Ms. Cardi is regularly invited to teach courses and lecture on topics related to trial advocacy, criminal and matrimonial law (including Fathers Custody Litigation, Rape Trauma and Battered Women's Syndrome, etc.) in such forums as bar associations and law schools, where she also conducts NITA trial advocacy programs

Dawn M. Cardi