Michael Dikman has concentrated his practice in Matrimonial & Family Law for over 45 years. He has been the Chairman of the Queens County Bar Association's Family Law Committee for 29 years, has held various offices and been a long time member of the Board of Managers of both the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the New York State Bar Association's Family Law Section. He has delivered annual lectures on the development of the Equitable Distribution Law since its 1980 passage, and has done  substantial other lecturing and writing in this field of law. He was one of only six unaffiliated Family Law practitioners appointed to former Chief Judge Judith Kaye's New York State Divorce Commission, which operated from 2004 - 2006. In 2004 he was given the Queens County Bar Association's first annual award for Academic Excellence.

Moderator/Speaker:

New York Equitable Distribution Law annual seminars and updates, Queens County Bar                  Association, 1980-2011.

Author:

Case Law and Statutory Developments in the Field of Family Law, Queens Bar                                             Bulletin, 1984, 1988 - 2011;

Do I Have Grounds for Divorce? Queens Bar Bulletin, April 1974;

Disclosure in Matrimonials, Queens Bar Bulletin, 1976;

Father's Liability for College Expenses, Queens Bar Bulletin, New York State Bar Association                Family Law Review, 1977;

Recent Developments in Family Law, Queens Bar Bulletin, 1977;

Radical Changes in New York Divorce Law, Queens Bar Bulletin, 1980;

The Role of Fault in Determining Financial Issues in Matrimonial Cases, New York                                      State Bar Association Family Law Review and Queens Bar Bulletin, 1972-1978;

Motion Practice, New York State Bar Association Family Law Review and Queens Bar                        Bulletin, 1985, 1986;

Child Support-Revolutionary Changes, New York State Bar Association Family Law                                Review and Queens Bar Bulletin, 1989.

Professional Affiliations:

New York State Divorce Commission:

Appointed by former Chief Justice Kaye, 2004 - 2006

Commission Report rendered 2006.

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers:

Board of Governors, Family Law Section, 1975 - to date;

              Vice President, 1982, 2007, 2011.

Queens County Bar Association:

Chairman, Family Law Committee, 1972-1978, 1984-1994, 1995- to date);

              Chairman, Committee on Entertainment, 1965-1990.

President - 1978;  First Vice-President - 1977; Second Vice President - 1977

              Board of Managers - 1971-1989;  Secretary, 1972-1975.

New York State Bar Association:

               Board of Governors, Family Law Section, 1975 - to date;

               Family Law Section, 1967-2011.

New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Federation Queens Lawyers Club,  President, 1972;

Brandeis Association,  President, 1975;

Queens Childrens' Shelter , Board of Managers, 1972-1976;

National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association

Education, Information, Other Experience:

Born in New York, N.Y., 1936

Dartmouth College (A.B., 1958)

Cornell University Law School (J.D., 1961)

Admitted to Practice Law, 1961, New York

                              Assistant District Attorney, Queens County, 1966-1967

                                        Small Claims Court Arbitrator, 1969 - 1989

Sample of Reported Appellate Cases

Thaler v. Klein, 55 A.D.2d 606 (1976) 2nd Department;

Kaplan v. Wallshein, 57 A.D.2d 828 (1977) 2nd Department;

Wienstock v. Weinstock, 122 A.D.2d 790 (1986) 2nd Department;

Tillinger v. Tillinger, 141 A.D.2d 535 (1988) 2nd Department;

Patricia B. v. Steven B., 186 A.D.2d 609 (1992) 2nd Department.;

Cassano v. Cassano, 85 N.Y.2d 649 (1995) Court of Appeals;

Otero v. Otero, 22 A.D.2d 328 (1995) 1st Department;

Schildkraut v. Schildkraut, 223 A.D.2d 585 (1996) 2nd Department;

Wilson v. Wilson, 226 A.D.2d 711 (1996) 2nd Deparment;

Brennan v. Brennan, 230 A.D.2d 700  (1996) 2nd Department;

Geller v. Geller, 247 A.D.2d, 364 (1998) 2nd Department;

Gezelter v. Shoshani, 283 A.D.2d 455 (2001) 2nd Department;

Harstrick v. Harstrick, 298 A.D.2d 429 (2002) 2nd Department;

Golub v. Golub, 282 A.D.2d 431 (2001) 2nd Department;

Shen v. Shen,  21 A.D.3d 1078 (2005) 2nd Department;

Varga v. Varga,  288 A.D.2d 210 (2001) 2nd Department;

Xikis v. Xikis, 43 A.D.3d 1040 (2007) 2nd Department;

Bains v. Bains, 308 A.D.2d 557 (2003) 2nd Department.

       Schwartz v Schwartz, 67 A.D.3d 989 (2009) 2nd Department

       Weintraub v Weintraub, 79 A.D.3d 856 (2010) 2nd Department

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