Gary Solomon

December 11, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A family court lawyer's recent unsubstantiated assertion in a Law Journal column that that judges "allow[] themselves to be potentially influenced by their favorite AFC on the issue of a toddler's custody," is both nonsensical and insulting to the judiciary, a group of prominent Attorneys For Children write.

By Dawne Mitchell, Karen J. Freedman, Liberty Aldrich and Gary Solomon

5 minute read

August 05, 2019 | New York Law Journal

If other lawyers and the judge fail to properly discharge their responsibilities, the solution lies in improving their performance, not in twisting out of shape the role and ethical responsibilities of the AFC.

By Gary Solomon, Karen J. Freedman and Karen Simmons

5 minute read

October 22, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Tamara Steckler, attorney-in-charge of the Juvenile Rights Practice, and Gary Solomon, director of Legal Support for the Juvenile Rights Practice, write that for as long as lawyers have been representing children in New York state and elsewhere, the unfortunate backdrop for this otherwise noble and rewarding work has been an often heated debate regarding the proper role of a child's lawyer in neglect and abuse, permanency and termination of parental rights proceedings. Now, that has changed . . .

By Tamara Steckler and Gary Solomon

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