Dolores Gebhardt's profile

    Dolores Gebhardt

    Top rated Family Law attorney in White Plains, New York

    Education Qualification:

    Hofstra University School of Law

    Practice Areas:

    Family law,

    Appellate,

    Child support,

    Custody & visitation,

    Divorce,

    Domestic violence,

    Mediation & collaborative law,

    Same sex family law

    81 Main Street, Suite 405White Plains, New York, 10601

    First Admitted: 1985, New York

    Professional Webpage: https://www.goldschmidtgenovese.com/attorney/gebhardt-dolore...

    Bar/Professional Activity:
    • New York, 1985
    • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1989
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1989
    • New York Association of Collaborative Professionals, Member, 2007 - present
    • Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, 1987 - present
    • White Plains Bar Association, Immediate Past President, 2015 – 2016; President, 2014-2015; Treasurer, 2012 -2014; Secretary, 2011-2012; Board of Directors, Member, 2003-2016
    • Westchester Women’s Bar Association, President, 2010–2011; Treasurer, 2009–2010; Vice President, 2006-2009; Elected Director, 2005-2006; Programs Committee, Co-Chair, 2004 – 2010 and 2011-2014; Annual Dinner, Co-Chair, 2009 and 2010; Matrimonial Law Committee, Co-Chair, 2013-present; Holiday Party Committee, Co-chair, 2014 - present; Sustaining Member; WWBA Foundation Board of Directors, Member
    • Westchester County Bar Association, Vice President, 2019-present; Community Recovery Task Force, Chair, 2020 to present; Secretary, 2017-2019; Director Representative for the WWBA to the Board of Directors, 2015-2017; Family Law Section Board of Directors, Member, 2018 – present; Appellate Practice Committee, Member; Cannabis Committee, Member; Task Force on Court Consolidation Proposal, Member; Sustaining Member
    • Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, Director, 2011-2015; Matrimonial and Family Law Committee, Co-Chair, 2014 - 2020
    • New York State Bar Association, Sustaining Member; Family Law Section, Member; Committee on Women in the Law, Member, 2018 - present; Committee on the Civil Practice Law and Rules, Member, 2016 - present
    • Founding Member, Judicial Restoration of Parent Education (JROPE)
    • Member, Post-Miller Commission Committee for Change, Office of Court Administration
    Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
    • K.C. v J.C., 50 Misc.3d 892, 25 N.Y.S.3d 798, 2015, Sup. Ct., Westchester County
    • PKG Associates, Inc. v. Mile Development Corp., 59 A.D.3d 693, 874 N.Y.S.2d 521 , 2009, 2d Dep’t
    • Pickens v. Castro, 55 A.D.3d 443 , 2008, 1st Dep’t
    • Herlitz-Ferguson v. Herlitz-Ferguson, 48 A.D.3d 418, 851 N.Y.S.2d 272, 2008, 2d Dep’t
    • Molloy v. Molloy, 33 A.D.3d 892, 823 N.Y.S.2d 209 , 2006, 2d Dep’t
    • Treanor v. Treanor, 2021 WL 1010572, 2021 NY Slip Op 08276 (2d Dep't 2021)
    Pro bono/Community Service:
    • NYS Unified Court System, Ninth Judicial District - Facilitator, Parent Education and Awareness ("PEACE") Program Member, Judicial Restoration of Parent Education Committee - January 2017-present Fee Arbitrator, NYS Unified Court System, Ninth Judicial District Member, Planning Committee for Pro Bono Assistance in Contested Matrimonial Cases, 2017
    • ACLD Westchester, Board of Directors
    • Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Alumni Association, Board of Directors
    • Cornell University Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network
    Honors/Awards:
    • The Kay Crawford Murray Award honors women in the profession who recognize the value of diversity in the legal profession and have dedicated their time to advancing the professional development of women attorneys. Future recipients will possess the following characteristics: a distinguished legal career or a rising star in the profession; an active member of bar associations for the purpose of advancing the professional and personal development of women attorneys; an active mentor to women attorneys., Kay Crawford Murray Award, New York State Bar Association, 2016
    • The Pace Setter Award is given annually to an attorney who embodies overall excellence in the practice of law., Pace Setter Award, Westchester Business Journal, 2016
    • Working Women of Westchester, featured in Westchester County Business Journal, 2008
    Educational Background:
    • Cornell University, BS, 1981
    Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
    • Lecture and 80+-page outline on how to collect counsel fees from your client and/or the client's spouse/partner in matrimonial actions and Family Court proceedings. I first gave this lecture in 2016, then again in 2021.  My outline is continuously updated, Author and Speaker, Whatever Happened to Prichep?: Counsel Fees in Matrimonial Actions and in Family Court, Westchester Womens Bar Association, Westchester County Bar Association, 2022
    • Collaborative Law: A Better Approach To Resolving Matrimonial Disputes, New York County Lawyers' Association, February 15, 2012
    • Special Considerations in Matrimonial Appeals, New York State Bar Association's Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction, November 18, 2011
    • New Matrimonial Laws: No Fault Divorce, Temporary & Post Divorce Maintenance Guidelines, Counsel & Expert Fees, Modification of Child Support & Orders of Protection, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, May 22, 2010
    • New Divorce Legislation - No Fault Divorce, Maintenance Guidelines, Counsel & Expert Fees, Modification of Child Support, Westchester Women's Bar Association, October 14, 2010
    • "Fiasconaro v. Fiasconaro' demonstrated the critical importance of a well-drafted, rock-solid prenuptial or postnuptial agreement in the era of no-fault divorce, Author, Summary Judgment in Divorce Case Granted Due to Well-Written Postnuptial Agreement, New York Law Journal, 2021
    • Ten years have seen an erosion of the lofty goals of 'Prichep' and the 2010 amendments, Author, The 2010 Amendments to DRL Section 237, 10 Years Later: Interim Counsel Fee Awards, New York Law Journal, 2020
    • For matrimonial attorneys, getting paid - rarely an easy feat - has become more difficult.  An unintended consequence of the 2016 amendments to the Domestic Relations Law rendered the common law and statutory right to a charging lien unenforceable in many matrimonial cases, Author, Charging Liens in Matrimonial Actions: A Vanishing Right, New York Law Journal, 2017
    • Adjunct Professior, Hofstra Law School -- Collaborative Law, 2010 to 2013
    • Author:  "Justice Abandoned:  Forty Years of Stalemate in Actions for Divorce on the Ground of Abandonment," 27 Pace Law Review 605 (2007), 2007
    • Forum: The Need for No-Fault Divorce, October 11, 2007, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
    • Author, “Call a Spade a Spade, and You May Get Paid,” Westchester County Bar Association Newsletter, April 2003
    Other Outstanding Achievements:
    • Certified Spinning Instructor, Madd Dogg Athletics
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