Ruth D. Raisfeld

Kathleen Donelli is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law and Collaborative Law: Family Law. Kathleen, who practices law in White Plains, New York, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kathleen is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dina S. Kaplan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Dina S., who practices law in White Plains, New York, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dina S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John A. Pappalardo is a Partner in the Pappalardo Law Group, PLLC, with offices in White Plains, New York and Roseland, New Jersey. The firm is involved in arbitration, mediation, and litigation. John has been an active Arbitrator, Mediator, and litigation attorney for 39 years. John has extensive experience in alternate dispute resolution (ADR), having served as an arbitrator and mediator in over 2,000 domestic and international matters. Throughout his career, John has presided over a broad ...

Evan Schein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Evan, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Evan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ms. Milone is a member of BodnarMilone LLP and an experienced matrimonial litigator, having so limited her practice over the course of the past 30 years. She has represented matrimonial litigants in the Counties of Westchester, New York, Kings, Nassau, Suffolk and Putnam in both Supreme and Family Court, and in the Appellate Divisions of the First and Second Departments. She is a member of the Family Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association an...

Brian Ginsberg is a partner at Harris Beach Murtha, based in White Plains, New York, and leads the firm's national Appellate Practice Group. He represents a diverse range of clients, including businesses, individuals, and governmental entities, in appellate courts across New York and the United States. Brian is actively involved in trials and administrative proceedings, contributing to legal strategies and handling critical motions. Additionally, he frequently provides legal commentary to net...

Lawrence Jay Braunstein is a partner in the law firm of Braunstein & Zuckerman, Esqs, in White Plains, New York. His practice includes the areas of Matrimonial and Family Law and related civil and criminal litigation. Since 1985 he has specifically focused his practice in the areas of child custody litigation and litigation involving allegations of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and abusive head trauma (shaken baby) in matrimonial, family and criminal cases. He is a Fellow of the Amer...

John P. Frucco brings a unique breadth of legal experience to the practice of matrimonial and family Law. With over five decades of trial experience, Mr. Frucco has successfully litigated cases involving the full spectrum of matrimonial and family law issues. He is also a seasoned and tough negotiator of favorable settlements. Mr. Frucco has been listed in various editions of Super Lawyers of the New York Metropolitan Area. Mr. Frucco’s courtroom work spans both sides of the bench and m...

Inspired by a steelworkers’ strike in 1975 directly impacting his family, Rich understood from a very early age the serious, and often dire consequences, labor disputes can wreak on both sides of the picket line and for every individual involved. His personal experience channeled Rich onto a one-way career path in labor law, which began when he attended the Cornell School of industrial and Labor Relations and ultimately brought him to Jackson Lewis in 1989 straight out of law school. Wi...

Joseph J. DiPalma is a principal in the White Plains, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and is a co-leader of Jackson Lewis' Practicing and Parenting resource group. He represents employers of varying sizes and industries in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including collective bargaining, union grievances, employment litigation and traditional labor matters. Joseph is a member of the firm’s Disability, Leave and Health Management Practice Group. He focuses a large par...