Atty. Dawn M Cardi
Member, Pace University Law Review, 1978-1979. Member, Assigned Counsel Screening Panel and Certified Law Guardian in the First Department, Appellate Division.
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Dawn M Cardi is a Partner based in New York, New York, practicing at Cardi & Edgar LLP. They have 46+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1980. Their practice focuses on criminal defense, family law, and litigation. Admitted to practice in New York (1980), U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1987), and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1987). Educated at Pace University (J.D., 1979) and Fordham University (B.A., 1973). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Member, Pace University Law Review, 1978-1979
- Member, Assigned Counsel Screening Panel and Certified Law Guardian in the First Department, Appellate Division
- General Counsel, Advanced Immunity Inc. Past-Arbitrator, NASD
- Ms. Cardi began her legal career in 1979 as a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Division, where she was promoted to supervisor of trial attorneys
- In 1987, she was appointed Assistant Attorney General in the New York State Department of Law, in the division of Investor Protection and Security Fraud, where she received the New York State Special Achievement Award for successfully supervising a six-month, $34 million security fraud trial on behalf of the New York State Attorney General’s Office
- From 1990 to 1992, Dawn practiced corporate law and began her practice in matrimonial and family law as an associate at Baden, Kramer, Huffman, Brodsky & Go
- In 1992, Dawn opened her own firm, which evolved into Cardi & Edgar LLP in 2013 and continues to this date
- Over the past three decades, Dawn has focused her practice on matrimonial and family law, and state and federal criminal defense as a trier of her own cases and as trial counsel for other attorneys
- In addition to pursuing her busy legal practice, Dawn is committed to public service
- She performs extensive pro-bono work for the Network for Women’s Services, Sanctuary for Families’ Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services, New York Legal Assistance Corporation and other organizations
- She has served on the Board of Directors for the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Maternity Center Association (now called the Childbirth Connection), Brooklyn Young Mother’s Collective (BYMC), HOPE Charity and was a member of Community Board 6, and its various committees, in Brooklyn, New York where she lives with her husband and family
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Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in New York are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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