Warshaw Burstein, LLP is a proud sponsor of the Pace Women’s Justice Center Annual Spring Cocktails for a Cause Party on May 24, 2022.

Eric Wrubel, a partner in and Chairman of the firm’s Matrimonial Group and Co-Chair of its Fertility Law Group, and Alan Pollack, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Group, have filed a complaint on behalf of their clients in Albany State Supreme Court against the CNY Fertility Center (CNY) and several of its physicians.

by Eric Wrubel

To fix the child custody system requires an acknowledgment that “the system” is broken. The legal system is ill-equipped to handle the dissolution of the family and its re-ordering post-divorce.

Wrubel will become president in 2023 and serve a two-year term
Eric Wrubel, Chair of the Matrimonial Group and Co-Chair of the Fertility Law Group at Warshaw Burstein, LLP, was elected President-Elect for the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers at its annual meeting on January 20, 2022.

Sophie Jacobi-Parisi, Partner in the Matrimonial and Family Law Group, and Eric Wrubel, Partner in the Matrimonial and Family Law Group and Co-Chair of the Fertility Law Group, have both been named Best Lawyers in America for the New York Area in 2022. Ms. Jacobi-Parisi was recognized in the area of Family Law and Family Law: Mediation and Arbitration, and Mr. Wrubel was recognized in the practice area of Family Law.

The event was designed to educate intended parents and the public on what the path to surrogacy looks like now that the Child-Parent Security Act has made compensated gestational surrogacy legal in New York State. 

In a new piece from Authority Magazine, matrimonial practice leader Eric Wrubel shares his top five things to keep in mind to survive and thrive during and after a divorce.

If you plan to pass your business to your offspring, there is more to keep in mind when creating your succession plan than your descendants—there is also their spouses—especially if they become ex-spouses. In a piece for Bloomberg Tax, matrimonial practice group leader Eric Wrubel lists some considerations to keep in mind.

Warshaw Burstein, LLP, a full-service law firm in New York City, today announced Alexis L. Cirel has joined the firm as a partner and launched the Fertility Law Group, which combines the talents of Ms. Cirel, and partner and Matrimonial Department chair, Eric Wrubel, to create a first-of-its-kind practice group in New York.

Thirteen Warshaw Burstein lawyers were ranked as 2020 Super Lawyers in their respective practice areas in the New York Metro area, including four lawyers who were ranked on the Rising Stars list. 

On January 28, 2021, Matrimonial and Family Law partner Eric Wrubel will be a speaker at the New York State Bar Association’s Family Law Section's Annual Meeting. 

On October 29, partner Eric Wrubel will moderate an American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers New York Chapter CLE program on "Travel During Your Access Time: Is Your Spouse's 'No' the End of the Discussion?"

Warshaw Burstein, LLP, a full-service law firm in New York City, today announced that Eric I. Wrubel and Sophie Jacobi-Parisi have been named to The Best Lawyers in America® list.  

Both attorneys are well-known matrimonial lawyers who represent individuals in prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, divorce and post-judgment divorce matters. 

Mr. Wrubel, chair of the Matrimonial Department, also has been involved in precedent-setting cases involving surrogacy as well as family law issues as applied to members of the LGBTQ community. He has been named to this list since 2010.

Ms. Jacobi-Parisi, partner in the Matrimonial Department, also handles complex custody matters including for those whose families have children with challenges. She has been named to this list since 2013.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and the publication received over 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.

Eric Wrubel, partner and chair of the Matrimonial Law Department, wrote an article for the New York Law Journal, “Blurred Lines: Balancing Parenting Roles Post Divorce Amid COVID.”