Sandra L. Schpoont

Sandra L. Schpoont graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1977 and earned her Juris Doctorate at Northeastern University School of Law in 1982. Ms. Schpoont began her career at Lans Feinberg and Cohen, a boutique matrimonial firm, where she first became acquainted with family law practice. She then went to the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society, where she handled a wide range of family law matters on behalf of children. In 2001 Ms. Schpoont started her own firm handling all areas of family law. As a partner at Schpoont & Cavallo, Ms. Schpoont concentrates her practice in the areas of family and matrimonial law and litigation. For many years her practice has included the negotiation and drafting of pre and post-nuptial agreements and custody, visitation and property settlement agreements. She also has broad experience in child support, domestic violence, neglect and abuse matters. Sandra has extensive experience working with parents who are litigating over child custody arrangements, and is certified in the First Department as an attorney for the child in hotly contested disputes over custody and visitation.

Ms. Schpoont is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, serving on its Matrimonial Committee, the Family Law Section of the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York and the Brooklyn Women's Bar Association and is a member of the Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental Health and the Law.

Ms. Schpoont is admitted to practice law in the State of New York. Ms. Schpoont has been named to New York Super Lawyers 2011, an honor reserved for the top five percent of New York lawyers.