Michael A. Mosberg

Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP
ATTORNEYS
Michael A. Mosberg
Michael, a partner of the firm, represents clients in all aspects of matrimonial and family law. Actively involved in city, state and national bar associations, Michael is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, By-Laws Committee), Chair of the Matrimonial Law Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and a member of the Family Law Sections of both the American Bar Association (Chair, Trial Practice and Techniques Committee; Executive Member, Sponsorship and Fundraising Committee) and the New York State Bar Association (Member, Executive and Membership Committees).

Michael frequently lectures both within New York State and nationally on topics involving family law and trial practice. Organizations before whom he has spoken include the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (NY Chapter), the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Legal Education Institute. He is also the author of Depositions Gone Wrong: The Seven Deadly Sins (Fall 2009), The Secret To Success: Using Witness Consultants to Prepare Your Client (Fall 2009), and co-authored Handling Your First Contested Divorce Case: Trial Preparation with firm partner, David Aronson. He has also contributed to the Matthew Bender and Co. publication New York Civil Practice: Matrimonial Actions and authored a chapter entitled Prenuptial Agreements in New York: An Overview for the treatise Drafting Prenuptial Agreements (Skoloff, Singer & Brown, Aspen Law & Business).

Michael was recently selected as one of the Ten Leaders in Matrimonial and Divorce Law in New York City under the age of 45 and a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Virginia M. Morgan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

He resides in Westchester County with his wife Karnit, also an attorney, and their two young children.
ADMITTED
New York, 1998.
United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1998.


EDUCATION
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1997. (Richardson Scholar; Moot Court Honor Society)
University of Michigan, B.A. (with Distinction), 1994.


LECTURES
The Keys to an Effective Deposition, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Spring CLE Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2011.

Bridge the Gap: Matrimonial Law, New York County Lawyers Association, May 2011.

Moderator, Matrimonial Practice in the Digital Age: What You Need to Know About Electronic Evidence & Why, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, November 2010.

The Secret to Success: Using Witness Consultants to Prepare Your Client, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 2010.

Moderator, Matrimonial Law in the Tri-State Area: The Critical Distinctions Every Practitioner Must Know, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter, June 2010.

What You Should Know, What You Never Knew, and What You Forgot About Privilege and Work Product Protection, American Bar Association Family Law Spring CLE Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2010.

Depositions Gone Wrong: Taking An Effective Deposition (with Jonathan W. Wolfe, Esq.), Legal Education Institute National CLE Conference, Vail, Colorado, January 2010.

Moderator and Co-Chair, Matrimonial Law in the Tri-State Area: The Critical Distinctions Every Practitioner Must Know & Hot Tips from the Experts, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, November 2009.

Practical Skills: Basic Matrimonial Practice, Chair and Moderator, New York State Bar Association, October, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Bridging the Gap: Consultation with the Client and Moving the Matrimonial Case Through the System, New York State Bar Association, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Summer 2010.

Depositions: Rewards and Pitfalls, American Bar Association Family Law Fall CLE Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 2008.

PUBLICATIONS
Avoiding Deposition Pitfalls, New Jersey Family Lawyer, Vol. 31, No. 3, November 2010 (with Jonathan Wolfe, Esq.)

Depositions Gone Wrong: The Seven Deadly Sins, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 2009.

The Secret to Success: Using Witness Consultants to Prepare Your Client, State Bar of Georgia Family Law Review, Fall 2009.

New York Civil Practice: Matrimonial Actions, (2d edition) Revision author, Matthew Bender and Co., 2005.

Handling Your First Contested Divorce: Trial Preparation, Co-author, Practising Law Institute, 1999.

A Guide to Researching the International Principle of Self-Determination, William S. Hein and Co., 1997.