New York Civil Practice: Family Court Proceedings

David J. Lansner graduated from the University of Rochester in 1968 and from NYU School of Law in 1971 and worked for legal services programs and the Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division in New York City until 1979. Since then he has been in private practice in New York. In January, 1991, David and his wife, Carolyn A. Kubitschek, formed the law firm of Lansner & Kubitschek, which has eight attorneys, focuses on civil rights, family law and social security disability, and handles many pro bono and public interest cases for parents who are involved with the child welfare system and children who are the victims of mistreatment in foster care. Since 2001, David has been Co Chair of the New York State Child Protective Services Citizen Review Panel for New York City. He is the Co Chair of the N.Y.S. Citizen Review Panel for Child Protective Services in New York City. He is a consulting editor for Bender's New York Civil Practice volumes on ``Matrimonial Actions'' and ``Family Court Proceedings.''

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.