Bonnie E. Rabin

Bonnie E. Rabin is a founding partner of her firm and a distinguished trial and appellate lawyer with over 35 years of exclusive experience in matrimonial and family law. She is widely recognized for representing high-net-worth individuals and celebrity clients with discretion, sophistication, and unparalleled legal skills.

Bonnie has extensive expertise in financially complex divorce matters, including cases involving substantial assets, professional practices, closely held family businesses, and intricate custody disputes. A dedicated advocate for parental rights, she is a leader in handling non-traditional family issues, reproductive rights, surrogacy, and parentage law.

Bonnie earned her Juris Doctor from Antioch School of Law after completing her undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Before entering private practice, she served 10 years with the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society, where she supervised attorneys handling cases related to custody, adoption, paternity, parental rights, abuse, and neglect. Her commitment to children’s rights remains strong, as the New York State Supreme Court frequently appoints her as an Attorney for Children in sensitive cases.

Throughout her career, Bonnie has helped shape modern family law through landmark cases involving child custody, child support, equitable distribution, contested adoption, and international child abduction under the Hague Convention. A respected legal educator, she has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School and is a sought-after speaker on family law, custody disputes, marriage equality, and domestic violence at leading law schools and bar associations.

Bonnie E. Rabin is a Super Lawyer’s Top 50 Women Lawyer, holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and has been recognized among the Top Attorneys in Metro New York. She has served as Chair of the Children and the New York City Bar Association Law Committee and is actively involved in numerous legal organizations. Her unwavering dedication to family law and exceptional advocacy for parents and children make Bonnie a leading authority in the field.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founding Partner, Rabin Schumann And Partners LLP
• Director and Former Co-Chair, Hetrick-Martin Institute
• Founding Member and Former Director, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, New York Women’s Bar Association
• Member, New York City Bar Association
• Member, New York County Lawyers Association

Licensed State

• New York

Education

• Antioch School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• State University of New York at New Paltz
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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