Background
Brettschneider, Rita Roberta Fischman was born on November 12, 1931 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Isidore M. and Augusta T. (Singer) Fischman.
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Rita Roberta Fischman Brettschneider
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Bachelor, CUNY, 1953; Juris Doctor, Brooklyn Law School, 1956; postgraduate, New York University, 1968-1969; postgraduate, National Institute Trial Advocacy, 1976.
Career
Private practice, Huntington, New York, since 1961. Instructor women and the law C.W. Post College, Brookville, New York, 1969-1970. Arbitrator medical malpractice arbitration committee Suffolk County (New York), 1974-1976.
Special associate professor philosophy and law New College Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, 1974-1976. Faculty New York Law Journal Conference Changing Concepts in Matrimonial Law, 1976. Legal advisor American Arbitration Association, 1977-1984.
Arbitrator night small claims court Nassau County, 1978-1983. Of counsel Nassau County Psychological Association, since 1987, Suffolk County Psychological Association, 1990-1995.
Achievements
Membership
President, board directors For Our Children and Us, since 1992. Member Nassau-Suffolk Women's Bar Association (chair judiciary committee 1974-1980), Nassau County Bar Association (demonstrating attorney mock trial contested matrimonial action 1975), Suffolk County Bar Association (demonstrating atty.mock trial contested matrimonial action 1976), American Arbitration Association(legal advisor 1977-1984), Nassau-Suffolk Women's Bar Association (president 1980-1981).
Connections
Married Bertram D. Brettschneider, June 25, 1950 (deceased November 17, 1986). Children: Jane King, Joseph Brettschneider. Married Bertram D. Cohn, June 30, 1991.
