Warshaw Burstein, LLP today announced that the firm hosted in their offices in midtown Manhattan the first of a two-part series as part of the Mentorship Initiative for AAML-NY. The Mentorship Initiative seeks to identify future leaders of the matrimonial bar and share the knowledge and tools that AAML Fellows have accrued over their careers.

Fertility Law Group Partner Alexis Cirel will be speaking on “Third Party Reproduction: Providing A Space for All in Their Family Planning Journeys”, during a panel at the 3rd annual Reproductive Health Innovation Summit (RHIS) happening February 15th and 16th.

Spring Medical, a fertility care provider with locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, hosted Alexis Cirel, the founding partner of the Fertility Law Group, for their second live panel in a series led by two of Spring’s Medical Directors, Dr. Monica Pasternak and Dr. Catha Fischer to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade on fertility patients.

On April 7th, partner Alexis Cirel appeared as the featured guest on Jonathan Shenkman’s Spring Webinar Series entitled Death, Divorce, and Assisted Reproductive Technology: Estate Planning and Family Law Considerations.

Compensated Gestational Surrogacy Has Arrived: The Child Parent Security Act Becomes Effective February 2021 – Part II (Webinar), New York State Bar Association, February 18, 2021

Gestational Surrogate Parenting Has Arrived: The Child Parent Security Act Becomes Effective in February 2021 - Part I (Webinar), New York State Bar Association, Annual Meeting, January 28, 2021

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.

Where: New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section Annual Meeting
When: January 28, 2021
Program: "TIERS (TEARS) OF PARENTAGE: All Parents are Not Equal in the Eyes of the Law"

Alexis Cirel presented "Who is the Parent? - How the New World of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Is Affecting Decisions in Divorce, Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York" on November 4th.

Eric Wrubel is co-chairing a CLE webinar, “Going Stir Crazy?” for the New York Chapter of the AAML. Scheduled for Monday, May 18, 2020 at 12:00-2:00, the webinar will present an update on Matrimonial Issues and a debate on Custodial Issues.

Alexis Cirel presented "The Child Parent Security Act: Parentage After Assisted Reproduction & Compensated Surrogacy (Webinar), New York State Bar Association" on May 7th.

Eric Wrubel, Chair of Warshaw Burstein’s Matrimonial Department, spoke at the New York State Bar Association Bridging the Gap CLE Program. The program, held on March 8, 2019, was under the auspices of the Young Lawyers Section and the Continuing Legal Department of the New York State Bar Association. The program was geared primarily to new attorneys who are developing a foundation in the practical skills, techniques and procedures essential to the practice of law.

2018 FALL CLE CONFERENCE

Where: JW Marriott Tucson Starr Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona
When: October 5, 2018
Program: "TIERS (TEARS) OF PARENTAGE: Whose Child am I? The Fertilization of ART and Marital Presumptions"

Alexis Cirel presented "Surrogacy and New York Parentage Laws, Time for a Change?" at the New York Women’s Bar Association on June 5th.

Warshaw Burstein, LLP partner Eric Wrubel spoke at The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York on June 2 about the landmark family case he litigated, Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A.C.C. His presentation was titled "Tripping Down the Rabbit Hole: The Brook S. B. Aftermath".

Warshaw Burstein, LLP partner Eric Wrubel spoke at a family law conference on May 21 about the landmark family case he litigated, Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A.C.C.

Alexis Cirel presented "Will the 'Real' Parent Please Stand Up?" at the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), New York Chapter, on June 14.

Alexis Cirel presented "Death, Divorce and Reproductive Technology: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know About Planning For the Future; Resolving Disputes over the Distribution of Frozen Embryos in the Context of Divorce" at the American Bar Association, 2015 Joint Fall CLE Conference, September 2015