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Joel R. Brandes, of the New York Bar, is a member of the Law Firm of Joel R. Brandes, P.C. in New York, New York. He concentrates his practice on appeals in divorce, equitable distribution, custody, and family law cases, as well as in post-judgment enforcement and modification proceedings. He also serves as counsel to attorneys with all levels of experience assisting them with their difficult appeals and litigated matters. He has been recognized by the New York Appellate Division as a ‘‘noted authority and expert on New York family law and divorce.” He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his wife Elizabeth.
Mr. Brandes is the author of Law and The Family New York, Law and the Family New York Forms, and the New York Matrimonial Trial Handbook. He wrote the Digest of Equitable Distribution Cases and Equitable Distribution Case Law, both published by the New York State Bar Association and has been a contributor to several law books. Mr. Brandes has written and lectured extensively on divorce and family law and international child abduction. He has authored more than 500 published articles that have appeared in legal journals. He is the author of “Law and the Family”, a regular monthly column in the New York Law Journal and a frequent contributor to the Family Law Review published by the New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section. He is a former co-chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section. In that capacity, he moderated and participated in more than 150 seminars. From 1977 to 2002 he wrote a quarterly column, entitled “Recent Decisions, Trends and Legislation,” in the New York State Bar Association, Family Law Review.
Since 2003 Mr. Brandes has written “Bits and Bytes™,” a bimonthly electronic newsletter for the New York divorce and family law bench and bar; a website, New York Divorce and Family Law (www.nysdivorce.com); and two blogs, “New York Divorce and Family Law” (brandeslaw.blogspot.com) and “A Child is Missing: The International Child Abduction Blog” (joelbrandes.blogspot.com). The United States Library of Congress has selected his website blog for inclusion in the historic collection of Internet materials related to the Legal Blawgs Web Archive. His website blog is considered by the Library of Congress to be an important part of this collection and the historical record. The following URL has been selected: https://joelbrandes.blogspot.com/
Part of Legal Blawgs Web Archive (265), Law Library of Congress (422,825). See  https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0038333/
Mr. Brandes was counsel in the landmark Court of Appeals cases of Morone v. Morone, Tucker v. Tucker, and McSparron v. McSparron, and has more than 120 reported New York trial or appellate decisions. He earned his J.D. at Brooklyn Law School and his LL.M. at New York University.
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