FAX: (516) 569-6331
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1976 - Present SONDRA I. HARRIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
MANAGING PARTNER
In charge of Matrimonial Section: handle and supervise cases involving family law, divorce, custody, grandparents' rights.
1972 - 1976 FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK (EAB)
ATTORNEY
In charge of loan documentation; responsible for compliance unit Federal Reserve regulations and computer acquisition.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Family Law Section 1979 - Present
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Parliamentarian Family
Law Section 1998 - 1999
ABA FAMILY LAW COUNCIL 2000 - 2002
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Family Law 1979 - Present
Section
NASSAU COUNTY SELECT COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC 1991 - Present
VIOLENCE, Member
NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, Family Law Section 1979 - Present
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Chair 1992 - Present
Cohabitation Committee
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Liason, Presidential Commission
On Diversity 2001 - 2002
NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION 1990 - Present
Conciliation Committee, Member
SMALL CLAIMS COURT, City of New York 1978 - Present
Arbitrator
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN 1976 - Present
President, 1980 - 1982
PENINSULA COUNSELING CENTER, Woodmere, N.Y. 1980 - Present
Board of Directors, Member/Secretary
WOODMERE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION 1990 - Present
Vice-President
NASSAU COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, 1990 - Present
Independent Review Board, Member
NASSAU COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, East Meadow, N.Y. 1991 - Present
Bio-Ethics Committee, Member
PUBLICATIONS
1999 Family Advocate, Primer of Artificial Reproduction Technology, 2/99
1998 Joy of Settlement, Contributed to ABA
1998 Divorce Litigation, Ethical Considerations regarding Pro Se litigants
1992 American Journal of Family Law, "Lottery Prizes in Divorce Generate Property and Support Issues." Vol. 6, pp. 255-257.
1990 Money & Family Law, "Lottery Prizes in Divorce: Who Really Wins?"
1989 American Journal of Family Law, "Lottery Prizes in Divorce: Who Really Wins?" Summer, v. 3, 2, pp. 145-148.
1981 Fairshare, "CHILD SUPPORT: Consideration of Uniform Gift to Minors Act Accounts Upon Divorce." Sept., v. 3, 9, pp. 4-5. June, v. 5, 6, pp. 41-48.
1979 Family Court Law Guardians Manual, Adoption Section.
1979 Family Law Review, "Gifts Under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or Now You See 'em, Now You Don't." December, v. 11, 4, pp. 6-7.