Mario Alex Joseph
Joseph & Smargiassi, LLC 1024 Broadway Woodmere, NY 11598 Practice Area(s): Family Law, Business Law call (212) 625-9949 fax (212) 625-9193 visit website
Biographical Information
Born: Cordoba, Argentina
Admission Dates & Jurisdictions
New York State Bar
New Jersey State Bar
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit;
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court of New Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
Education
Queens College (B.A.)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D.)
Honors & Awards
AV Preeminent certification, Martindale Hubbell / LexisNexis
Certificate of Appointment, Business Advisory Council to National Republican Congressional Committee
National Leadership Award, National Republican Congressional Committee
Who’s Who in American Law
Certificate of Merit, New York Academy of Sciences
Professional Associations
Past and Present Associations:
New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
American Bar Association
New York County Lawyers’ Association
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Member Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
American Bar Association
5 Towns Civic Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York County Lawyers’ Association
New York State Bar Association
Chinese American Bar Association
Press
FOXNews: “Importance of Mother’s Role Gives Britney Spears an Edge in Court”
iSportsTimes: “Danica Patrick Divorce: Net Worth, Assets And Alimony”
New York Magazine 12th Edition (2016), “Reasons to Love New York”; New York’s Leaders In The Law
Representative Cases
While it would not be appropriate to identify matrimonial clients and their conflicts, cases include;
- Mizrahi-Srour v Srour (2016 NY Slip Op 02788, Appellate Division 2nd Dept.) a husband’s support obligation was increased upon his refusal to give a Get, to correct the adverse economic consequences which result from his refusal to remove barriers to the remarriage of his spouse;
- Kestler v Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, (Bergen County Law Division, 2017) pro bono representation of ORA when it was sued by a recalcitrant husband upset by ORA’s facilitating of a Get process;
- E. H. v. L. H., seventeen day bifurcated trial before Hon. Judge Anthony Falanga, Supreme Court of Nassau County, secured custody of minor child for father/husband, defended application to terminate parental rights by mother/wife in the mental health profession;
- FAS Main Street v. C&Z 888 Inc., L&T No. 86324-99 (Queens, Feb. 3, 2000) against $113,000.00 rent arrears, petition for eviction of commercial tenant, and for dismissal of petition against officer-guarantors of respondent corporation in individual capacities;
- Matter of Fancy Windows, 244 A.D.2d 484, 664 N.Y.S.2d 113 (N.Y. 2d Dept. 1997) against the judicial dissolution of a corporation;
- Galvez v. Highland Care, 247 A.D.2d 363, 667 N.Y.S.2d 941 (N.Y. 2d Dept. 1998) for the disqualification of counsel in a wrongful death case;
- Lai v. Huang Enterprises, (N.J. App. Div. 1998) against allegations of breach of contract;
- State v. Jiang, (N.J. Super. 1998) for the dismissal of a criminal complaint on due process and equal protection grounds;
- Matter of Local 32B-32J Service Employees International Union and EBM Development, (Case no. 9265, March 23, 1999) for the reduction of hours paid to union members;
- Litigated a civil rights case (Liv Osby, Morristown landlord may change plea, Daily Record, Nov. 21, 1997, at A4);
- Steifman v. Khenin, (decision dated June 22, 2011) nine day trial before Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman, Supreme Court of Westchester County, prosecuted and defended multiple causes of action between business partners involving claims of wrongful termination, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, lockout, faithless servant, fraud, misrepresentation and claims for dissolution;
- Eydelman v. Eydelman, jury trial on matrimonial grounds before Hon. Debra Silber in Supreme Court, Kings County. Unanimous decision on Aug. 4, 2011 for both constructive abandonment and cruel and inhuman treatment.
Speaking Engagements
- Lecturer. New York County Lawyers’ Association, Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee
- Lecturer. Brandeis University, “The Interaction between Religious Divorce Law and Secular Family Law in North America; A Workshop on Practical Approaches and Theoretical Perspectives”.
Publications
New York Real Estate Law Reporter