PRACTICES
LitigationMatrimonial and Family Law
Trusts and Estates Litigation
EDUCATION
Tehran American High School, Tehran, IranBoston University, School of Fine Arts, B.Music, Performance/Voice Major
Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, Certificate of Study, Voice
University of Detroit School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1983
ADMISSIONS
- 1983, Michigan
- 1985, New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
LANGUAGES
- French
Linda Genero Sklaren
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Family Law partner Eric Wrubel was named one of just three finalists for 2017 Attorney of the Year by The New York Law Journal, which featured him in a prominent profile in its October 17 issue. The award covers New York-based lawyers from all practice areas combined. Click here to continue reading.10/26/2017 | New York Law Journal
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Our partner, Linda Genero Sklaren, was quoted extensively in the lead story in the October 6, 2017 New York Law Journal regarding the milestone New York State Appellate Division ruling establishing “Presumption of Legitimacy” for children born into same-sex marriages in the case, In re Maria-Irene D. “In a decision some gay-rights lawyers are calling a landmark,” the NYLJ wrote, a state appeals court has recognized for the first time that New York state’s family law “presumption of legitimacy” - which says that a child born during a marriage is presumed to be both spouses’ child—applies to a child born to a same-sex married couple. Click here to read more.10/10/2017 | New York Law Journal
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Warshaw Burstein partner, Linda Genero Sklaren, who represents the co-temporary administrators of the Estate of a deceased mother and the estate of her youngest son, obtained a reversal of a trial court decision that dismissed the mother’s statutory survival action and the younger son’s wrongful death action, brought against the mother’s oldest son who was found not criminally responsible for the mother’s murder by reason of insanity. In a unanimous decision entered March 30, 2017, the case was reinstated and remanded back to the trial court. Additionally, the Appellate Division vacated the lower court’s determination that the insane son was entitled to inherit from his mother. Click here to read the full decision. Ms. Genero Sklaren was quoted in the March 7, 2017 New York Post with respect to this matter.04/06/2017
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Warshaw Burstein partner, Linda Genero Sklaren, was quoted in the March 7, 2017 New York Post article entitled “Schizophrenic Who Stabbed his Mom to Death to Inherit $3.2M.” Ms. Sklaren represents the Estates of the Mother and her youngest son who survived her, in statutory wrongful death and survival actions brought against the mother’s oldest son, who was found not criminally responsible for the murder by reason of insanity. Click here to read the article in its entirety.03/09/2017 | New York Post
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The Parent Paradox in a Post-Obergefell World - by Eric I. Wrubel and Linda Genero Sklaren04/15/2016 | Family Advocate
