Carolyn will be speaking at an Alumni-Led Career Workshop at Oberlin College on March 5, on

"So You Want to be a Lawyer." 

Carolyn will speak about attending law school and what it means to be a lawyer in the venues in which one can use training in the law: non-profit legal advocacy groups, such as the ACLU and legal services for the poor; law firms; federal, state, and local government, and as law professors, to name but a few.

The New York Law Journal for March 1, 2010, featured a photograph of Carolyn with Chief Judge Raymond Dearie of the United States Eastern District of New York at a reception for pro bono attorneys.

David Lansner spoke about Civil Rights claims and Administrative Proceedings for victims of the Child Welfare System a the 2010 Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association, on January 27, 2010, at the Hilton New York. The program, "Beyond the Family Court: Appeals and Collateral Review," including David’s discussing of 1983 damage actions for cases of illegal removals by child protective workers and for children who were abused in foster care.

In a case handled by LKSZ pro bono through Sanctuary for Families, Jill Zuccardy defeated an appeal by a domestic violence perpetrator. The Second Department confirmed that a teenage girl should not be forced to visit with her parent where " The evidence established that the child's fear of the father was valid, as it was based upon the father's abusive and criminal behavior. The father had committed family offenses, emotionally and sexually abused the mother, abducted the child's older siblings, and intentionally exposed the child to graphic, sexually-explicit materials. The order precluding all contact was consistent with the child's wishes, the testimony and report of the court-appointed forensic psychologist, and the father's denial of responsibility for the emotional and psychological injury his behavior had caused."

 Matter of Samuel S. v. Dayawathie R.

63 A.D.3d 746, 880 N.Y.S.2d 685 (2d Dept. 2009)
 

In a recent matrimonial action, the firm secured a personal injury judgment of $1 million for the wife who was a victim of domestic violence. In M.E. v. C.N., partner Barbara Schaffer successfully argued not only that our client should be divorced on grounds of cruelty and obtain 100 percent distribution of the marital residence due to her husband's serious domestic violence against her, but that she should also receive compensatory and punitive damages. The Court agreed and awarded her the residence and $18,150 in lost wages; $400,000 in pain and suffering; and, $500,000 in punitive damages.