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Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP
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New York, NY 10019

Eleanor Breitel Alter

Member of the Firm of Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP May 2016-Present; Member of the Firm of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP July 1997-May 2016; Member of the firm of Rosenman & Colin as of May 1, 1982 -June 30, 1997; Member of the firm of Marshall, Bratter, Greene, Allison & Tucker from April 1, 1974 - April 30, 1982; associate, Marshall, Bratter, Greene, Allison & Tucker 1968 - 1974; Associate, Miller and Carlson 1966-1968; Attorney, Office of General Counsel, New York State Insurance Department 1964-1966.Trustee, Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York, 1983 -2013;Chairman 1985 -2010.Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University Law School, 1983 -1987.Board of Visitors, University of Chicago Law School, 1983 -1987.Board of Editors, New York Law Journal, 1986 - 2013. Ulysses S. Schwartz Fellow, University of Chicago Law School, 1988. Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School, Spring Quarter 1990, 1991, 1993.

Education
  • L.L.B. Columbia Law School - 1964
  • Harvard Law School - 1961
  • B.A. in Anthropology with Honors University of Michigan - 1960
Awards & Accolades
    • Who's Who in America
    • The Best Lawyers in America©
    • Super Lawyers®
  • Associations & Memberships
    • American Law Institute, Member
    • Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member
      • Judiciary Committee, Member 1996
      • Nominating Committee, Chair, 1994
      • Judiciary Committee, Member,1994-1995
      • Executive Committee, Member 1991-1993
      • Matrimonial Law Committee, Member, 2002-2005
    • New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
    • American College of Family Trial Lawyers, Member
    • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
    • International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow