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Mario Alex Joseph

Born Cordoba, Argentina. Education: Queens College (B.A., 1992); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1995). Published: New York Real Estate Law Reporter. Background: Assistant Ombudsman to Governor Mario Cuomo, Department of State; Clerk, Judicial Commission on Minorities. Member: New York State Bar; New Jersey State Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court of New Jersey; U.S. Supreme Court. Associations: New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section; American Bar Association; New York County Lawyers' Association; Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Honorary Positions: Chairman, Business Advisory Council, 2003 National Leadership Award; Director, Chinese American Bar Association.  Recipient: National Republican Congressional Committee, 2003 Certificate of Recognition; National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Certificate of Achievement, 1997 Interstate Bike Tour; New York Academy of Sciences, Certificate of Merit, 1994. Profiled: Who's Who in America (55th Edition), and Who's Who in American Law (13th Edition). Speaker: New York County Lawyers' Association, Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee, Oct. 10, 2000. Legal Expert: FOXNews article "Importance of Mother's Role Gives Britney Spears an Edge in Court",  January 22, 2008. Advisory Panel: American Bar Association, 2008.

While it would not be appropriate to identify matrimonial clients and their conflicts, cases include; (i) E. H. v. L. H., seventeen day bifurcated trial before Hon. Judge Anthony Falanga, Supreme Court of Nassau County, secured custody of minor child for father/husband, defended application to terminate parental rights by mother/wife in the mental health profession, court appointed forensic expert determined the existence of Parent Alienation Syndrome; (ii) FAS Main Street v. C&Z 888 Inc., L&T No. 86324-99 (Queens, Feb. 3, 2000) against $113,000.00 rent arrears, petition for eviction of commercial tenant, and for dismissal of petition against officer-guarantors of respondent corporation in individual capacities; (iii) Matter of Fancy Windows, 244 A.D.2d 484, 664 N.Y.S.2d 113 (N.Y. 2d Dept. 1997) against the judicial dissolution of a corporation; (iv) Galvez v. Highland Care, 247 A.D.2d 363, 667 N.Y.S.2d 941 (N.Y. 2d Dept. 1998) for the disqualification of counsel in a wrongful death case; (v) Lai v. Huang Enterprises, (N.J. App. Div. 1998) against allegations of breach of contract; (v) State v. Jiang, (N.J. Super. 1998) for the dismissal of a criminal complaint on due process and equal protection grounds; and (vi) Matter of Local 32B-32J Service Employees International Union and EBM Development, (Case no. 9265, March 23, 1999) for the reduction of hours paid to union members. Litigated a civil rights case (Liv Osby, Morristown landlord may change plea, Daily Record, Nov. 21, 1997, at A4). 

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