About
Jennifer Rosenkrantz is a founding partner of Karabatos Rosenkrantz DeMarco Schoenfeld, PLLC. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in December 1998. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa) and Brooklyn Law School (magna cum laude).
Upon her graduation from Brooklyn Law School, Jennifer was the recipient of the West Publishing Company Award for outstanding Overall Scholastic Achievement and the Judge Nathan R. Sobel Prize. While at Brooklyn Law School, Jennifer was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review, on which she served as an Associate Managing Editor for 1997-1998. Jennifer was a summer associate with Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein, Wolf & Schlissel, P.C. (the matrimonial department of which was a predecessor firm of Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC) during the summer of 1997 and continued as a law clerk from September 1997 through the date of her admission to the Bar. Since her admission to the Bar, she has practiced almost exclusively in matrimonial and family law, assisting in the preparation and trial of complex custody and equitable distribution cases.
Prior to joining Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC, Jennifer interned in the Family Court of New York State, New York County and at the Legal Aid Society, Family Law Unit in Brooklyn, New York. She is also acknowledged in the second edition of the two-volume work, Separation Agreements and Marital Contracts and credited with contributing to that work. She is a co-author of multiple articles which have been published in the Family Advocate, a journal of the American Bar Association Family Law Section, the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer, New York Family Law Monthly, and the Nassau Lawyer. Jennifer has also lectured on numerous matrimonial and family law topics at the Nassau County Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association, and the New York Family Law Inn of Court.
Leadership and Organization Positions
Chair, Nassau County Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee, 2017-2019
Chair and Founder, Nassau County Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee Rising Stars Subcommittee, 2017 - present
Counselor, New York Family Law American Inn of Court, June 2025 – June 2027
Secretary/Treasurer, New York Family Law American Inn of Court, June 2023- June 2025
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Member, Nassau County Bar Association Board of Directors, 2015-2018
Member, Matrimonial Special Masters Panel in Nassau County
Member, Attorney Client Fee Arbitration Program in the 10th Judicial District
Member, New York State Bar Association
Member, Nassau County Bar Association
Member, Suffolk County Bar Association
Member, Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association
Member, Nassau County Women’s Bar Association
Member, New York Family Law American Inn of Court
Member, Jewish Lawyers Association
Continuing Legal Education Presentations
New York Family Law American Inn of Court, “Tell Us Something You Don’t Know”, 2015-2026
Nassau County Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee, “The Impact of Domestic Violence as a Factor in Equitable Distribution”, March 12, 2025
Suffolk County Bar Association, “Child Support with 50-50 Parenting Time”, March 25, 2024
Suffolk County Bar Association, “Matrimonial Series #1 – Counsel Fee Motions, Contempt Motions and Online Criticism”, March 13, 2023
New York Family Law American Inn of Court, “The Interplay of Criminal and Matrimonial and Family Law: Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”)”, January 19, 2023
Publications
Nassau Lawyer, “The Impact of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act “MRTA” on Matrimonial and Family Law”, May 2023
Nassau Lawyer, “Temporary Maintenance Two Years Later: Still in a State of Confusion”, February 2013
Nassau Lawyer “The Mystery of Discounts in Matrimonial Cases”, May 2012; co-authored with Harold Dieters
New York Family Law Monthly, “Life Insurance: Should Custodial Parents Be Required to Maintain a Policy?”, June 2011
Special Distinctions
Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society whose membership is limited to less than one-half of one percent of North American lawyers, judges and scholars. Fellowship is by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation.
Named a Top Ten Leader in Divorce Law – Under 45, Long Island, New York from 2014 through 2020
Named Top Ten Leader in Divorce Law – Long Island, New York from 2021-2025
Selected as a “Super Lawyer – New York Metro” each year since 2015
Rated AV Preeminent Rated (4.8 out of 5) by Martindale-Hubbell