About Michael Assaf

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, June 16, 1961; admitted to the New York State Bar in 1986; admitted to the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1987; admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1987; admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2010; admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit in 2010; admitted to the U.S. Tax Court.

Education – University of Michigan (B.A., with high honors and distinction 1983); Boston University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1986), Winner: American Jurisprudence Award, Property Law, Tauro Scholar; State University of New York (MBA, cum laude, 1992).
Member – New York Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association; Westchester County Bar Association, International Association of Collaborative Professionals , Collaborative Association of the Capital District

Practice Areas – Matrimonial and Family Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Business Law; Real Property Law, Real Estate Development, Land Use, Zoning, Planning and Permitting; Estate Planning and Estate Litigation; Bankruptcy, Workouts and Foreclosures; Municipal Finance (General Obligation and Revenue Bond Issues); Health Care and Employment Law; Criminal Law, Defense of Physician Discipline; Collaborative Law, Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution.