Kathleen Donelli's Email & Phone

Kathleen Donelli is a member of the firm concentrating her practice in the areas of Appellate Practice, Business Litigation, Collaborative Law and Matrimonial and Family Law. In 1996, Ms. Donelli won a landmark New York State Court of Appeals custody decision in Tropea v. Tropea, 87 N.Y.2d 727, 665 N.E.2d 145, 642 N.Y.S.2d 575 (1996) and she has frequentlyl lectured on child relocation issues. Tropea established that courts should determine if a custodial parent should be permitted to relocate with a child based on the "best interest" of the child. Kathleen is also a founding member of the Association of Collaborative Lawyers of Rockland/Westchester, dedicated to resolving matrimonial and custody disputes without court intervention. Ms. Donelli is a Past President of the Westchester Women's Bar Association and the White Plains Bar Association. She is the Co-Chair of the Westchester Women's Bar Association's Matrimonial Committee. She is also a Member of the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District and a Co-Chair of the Westchester County Bar Association's Grievance Committee. Ms. Donelli has also been recognized as a New York Super Lawyer in the areas of Family Law/Collaborative/Appellate.