LexisNexis AnswerGuide: New York Family Court Proceedings

Jeffrey M. Carpenter is the Chief Court Attorney in the Nassau County Family Court, where he also serves as Court Attorney/Referee by designation of the Chief Administrative Judge.  Mr. Carpenter has also served as Chief Court Attorney in the Nassau County Supreme Court. He joined the law department staff in the Nassau County Family Court in 2003, after having served as a Principal Law Clerk in both the Supreme Court and the Appellate Division, Second Department. Mr. Carpenter is a member of the advisory committees for both the Nassau County Attorneys for Children panel and the Nassau County Family Court Children’s Center. He has represented Nassau County at several statewide conferences addressing child welfare issues, and has served on stakeholder’s committees for permanency systems change initiatives in Nassau County. He is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, where he is a frequent lecturer on family law topics.

The Publisher sends its sympathies to Mr. Carrieri’s family. Joe was legendary at Matthew Bender. In addition to co-writing New York Civil Practice: Family Court Proceedings, he was the General Editor of this publication, and wrote chapters on adoption law in several other Matthew Bender publications including Warren’s Heaton on Surrogate’s Court Practice, Bender’s premier publication on estates practice. His work on adoptions changed countless lives and we are grateful that he shared his expertise with us.
Joe Carrieri graduated from Fordham University in 1958 and from Fordham Law School in 1961. While in law school, Mr. Carrieri worked as a summer intern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District, New York. Upon graduation, he became an associate with the Wall Street law firm of Blakely Platt Schmidt Hart & Fritz, where he represented his first foster care agency, Speedwell Services for Children. In 1995 Mr. Carrieri formed his own law firm of Carrieri & Carrieri, specializing in foster care and adoptions. He wrote profusely in the field of foster care, including dozens of handbooks for Practising Law Institute, where he chaired the annual Foster Child Seminar. He wrote many articles on the topic of foster care and termination of parental rights for the New York Law Journal and lectured to caseworkers of the Administration for Children’s Services, Nassau County Department of Social Services, and Suffolk County Department of Social Services. Mr. Carrieri, in representing SCO Family of Services and Little Flower Children’s Services, tried over 1,000 termination of parental rights cases in all Family Courts of the City of New York and Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Mr. Carrieri co-authored New York Civil Practice: Family Court Proceedings (LexisNexis Matthew Beder), comprising four volumes and encompassing every aspect of family law, including adoptions, foster care, and termination of parental rights. He lectured widely to foster care agencies on the topics of custody, adoption, and termination of parental rights. In addition to his work with the law firm, Mr. Carrieri wrote two sports books about the New York Yankees, entitled Searching for Heros: The Quest of a Yankee Batboy and Joe DiMaggio: The Promise. Mr. Carrieri served on the Law Guardian Panel for Nassau County Family Court and the Law Guardian Ad Litem Panel for Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County.