Anthony Markus of Markus & Sheridan, LLP has over twenty-eight years of experience as a family law and estate planning attorney. He has handled hundreds of divorce matters to successful conclusion through various methods including collaborative process, negotiated settlements, and litigation.
He has been a member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals for over 13 years, co-authored the NYACP Protocols of Practice and presently serves as Co-Chair of the Training and Education Committee. He has advised divorce clients ranging from those involving straight-forward legal and financial matters to the complex, involving multi-million dollar businesses, comprehensives pensions, corporate benefit packages and unqualified plans. He has conducted numerous CLE lectures concerning collaborative practice, spousal and child support, qualified retirement plans, revocable trusts and the probate process for the New York City Bar Association and the National Business Institute.
Mr. Markus is a former instructor for the Parent Education and Awareness Program (P.E.A.C.E program) where he taught parenting skills to couples going through divorce and is co-author of Collaborative Practice: Efficient Dispute Resolution for In-House Counsel for the Inside Journal of the New York State Bar Association. He is a founding member of the New York Civil Collaborative Group and participated as panel member of professionals in a 2012 CLE Video Webinar for the International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution on the application of Collaborative Law in employment disputes.
Areas Of Practice
Matrimonial Law
Family Law
Trusts and Estates
Wills
Bar Admissions
New York, 1986
Connecticut, 1985
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1992
Education
Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York
J.D. – 1985
Honors: Dean’s List
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Dean Galante Award – Outstanding Contribution – Student Gov’t
Major: Economics and Finance
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New York Association of Collaborative Professionals, Member, 2007 to Present
- International Association of Collaborative Professionals, Member, 2007 to Present
- Co-Chair – Education and Training Committee of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals
- Former instructor for P.E.A.C.E program providing education regarding Divorce and Children
- Yorktown Bar Association, Former President
- Family Law Section for New York State Bar Association, Member
- Family Law Section for Westchester County Bar Association, Member
- Wills, Trusts and Estates Section of New York State Bar Association, Member
- American Youth Soccer Organization, Former Assistant Regional Commissioner
- Deputy Mayor – Village/Town of Mount Kisco, New York
Ancillary Businesses
Village Trustee – of the Town of Mount Kisco, New York