About
Lisa R. Schoenfeld is a founding partner of Karabatos Rosenkrantz DeMarco Schoenfeld, PLLC. She is admitted to the New York State Bar, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the United States Supreme Court. Since her admission to the Bar, she has practiced exclusively in matrimonial and family law at our predecessor firm, Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC, and assisted the firm in the matter of Frankel v. Frankel, 2 N.Y.3d 601, 814 N.E.2d 37, 781 N.Y.S.2d 59 (2004), a significant decision that solidified the rights of non-monied spouses to receive counsel fee awards. Lisa has litigated and negotiated settlements of many complex custody and financial matters.
Lisa received her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and her Juris Doctor degree, with distinction, from Hofstra University School of Law where she graduated in the top five (5) percentile of her class.
While at Hofstra, Lisa was a member of the Hofstra Law Review and served as an Articles Editor. She authored two articles: “Are the Rockefeller Drug Laws Killing the Messenger for the Sake of the Message?”, published in the Hofstra Law Review at 30 Hofstra Law Rev. 557, and “It’s 10:00 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?”. This article dealt with parental kidnapping and was published in the Family Court Review at 40 Fam. Ct. Review 251. She and Stephen W. Schlissel, Esq. co-authored an article titled: “‘Frye’ and ‘Daubert’ Questions Crop Up in the Family Law Arena”, which was published in the New York Law Journal on July 1, 2003, at page 16, column 1.
Lisa was awarded a number of honors for academic achievement, including the Edward J. Hart Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, the Hofstra Law School Excellence in Family Law Award, the Brandeis Association Scholarship, a Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence and various other awards. She participated in the Hofstra Child Advocacy Clinic and the Courtroom Advocates Project/Domestic Violence Clinic where she represented individuals in court under the supervision of an attorney. She also appeared in the 2002 Edition of “Who’s Who: American Law Students”.
Lisa has lectured to the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Matrimonial Committee and Surrogate’s Courts Estates & Trusts Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Nassau Academy of Law, the Nassau County
Women’s Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, the New York State Family Law American Inn of Court, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Leadership and Organization Positions
New York State Bar Association Family Law Section – Vice Chair (2026-Present); Secretary (2024-2026); Treasurer (2022-2024); Co-Chair, Membership Committee (2013-Present); Executive Committee Member (2008-Present)
New York State Bar Association Section on Women in the Law - Co-Chair, Membership Committee (2017-Present)
New York State Bar Association Section Delegates Caucus (2024-Present)
New York State Bar Association Membership Committee (2010 – 2016)
New York State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section (Chair (2013-2014)
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – Board of Managers (2019-Present)
Nassau County Bar Association Judiciary Committee (2017-2024)
Nassau County Women’s Bar Association - Chair – Matrimonial Committee (2009-2013)
New York State Family Law American Inn of Court – Member
The New York Bar Foundation - Fellow
Special Distinctions
Selected for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America” since 2018.
Selected for inclusion in “New York Metro Super Lawyer” annually since 2016.
Selected for inclusion in the Top 50: Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers” in 2019 and 2020.
Selected for inclusion as a “New York Metro Rising Star” in Family Law each year from 2013 through 2015.
AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell.
Named one of the Top Ten Leaders in Divorce Law – Under 45, Long Island, New York.
Selected for the “Top Women in Law” recognition in 2016, as chosen by the Hofstra University School of Law, Center for Children, Families and the Law.
First recipient of the Young Matrimonial Attorney of the Year Award, presented by the Nassau County Bar Association’s Matrimonial Committee in 2009.
Recipient of the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association Bessie Ray Geffner, Esq. Memorial Award in 2009 in recognition of her demonstrated interest in improving the justice system and her service to the legal profession and the community.
2016 Access to Justice Pro Bono Recognition by the Nassau County Bar Association.
2013 Access to Justice Champion Recognition by the Nassau County Bar Association. This honor recognizes members with outstanding service and dedication of time and effort to provide legal representation, guidance or advice on a pro bono basis to serve those in Nassau County.
Recognized as Pro Bono Attorney of the Month in February 2010 by the Volunteer Lawyers Project.