Background
Mendelsohn, Stephen A. was born on December 30, 1958 in New York, New York, United States.
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Stephen A. Mendelsohn
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Colgate University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1980). Hofstra University (Juris Doctor, 1983). Spoken languages: French and Spanish.
Career
Day v. Morgenthau, 909 F.2d 75 (2d. Circuit 1990); Society for Good Will v. Cuomo, 902 F.2d 1085 (2d. Circuit 1990); Langley v. Coughlin, 888 F. 2d 252 (2d. Circuit 1989); Winston v. City of New York, 759 F. 2d 242 (2d. Circuit 1985); Jones v. Board of Education, 632 F. Supp. 1319 (EDNY 1986); Kramer v. New York State, 555 North.Y.S. 2d 850 (2d Department 1990); Margolin v. Newman, 520 North.Y.S. 226 (3rd Department 1987); Board of Education v. DeSantis, 519 North.Y.S. 2d 395 (2d Department 1987); Hoerger v. Board of Education, 514 North.Y.S. 2d 395 (2d Department 1987); Faculty Association v. PERB, 508 North.Y.S. 2d 591 (2d Department 1986); Moore v. Board of Education, 500 North.Y.S. 2d 710 (2d Department 1986); Rippe v. Board of Education, 486 North.Y.S. 2d 713 (1985); Monroe-Woodbury v. Teachers Association, 481 North.Y.S. 2d 731 (2d Department 1984).Worked at Caruana, Langan, Lorenzen and Mendelsohn, P.A. (Miami, Florida) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts and before Administrative Agencies. Complex Commercial Litigation including Antitrust, Asset Recovery, Banking, Bankruptcy and Workouts, Construction, Corporate Dissolutions, Creditor"s Rights, Labor and Employment, Partnership Disputes, Probate and Securities, Marital and Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1984, New York and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1990, Florida and United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1995, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
1996, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Articles Editor, Hofstra Labor Law Journal, 1982-1983. Author: "Excessive Use of Force: Seeking Redress Foreign Constitutional Violations," The Florida Bar Journal, January, 1992, Volume LXVI, Number. 1, The Florida Bar. New York State Assistant Attorney General, 1987-1991.
Member, Grievance Committee 11 "K" Eleventh Judicial Circuit.
Member, Bankruptcy Bar for the Southern District of Florida. Caruana and Langan, P.A. was originally founded in 1983 by Albert G. Caruana, an experienced trial attorney, commercial litigator and family law and marital lawyer, and a former litigation partner in Greenberg, Traurig.
In 1992, Elena B. Langan, a family law, matrimonial and trial attorney, became a member after an association with Melvyn Frumkes. In 1996 Dirk Lorenzen became a member of the firm.
Mr. Lorenzen holds a Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology, and previously was associated with Rubin, Baum and Squires Sanders & Dempsey, where he practiced commercial litigation, health care and family law.
In 1996, Stephen Mendelsohn became a member of the firm after tenures with Meltzer, Lippe in New York and the New York State Attorney General, where he served as a trial attorney, commercial litigator and bankruptcy attorney. Susan Greenberg recently joined the firm after practicing with a medium-sized New Jersey Firm. Hadas Kohn became associated with the firm in 1996.
The firm limits its practice to litigation and related areas, and represents its clients in the resolution of difficult personal, business and professional disputes.
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Member, Grievance Committee 11 "K" Eleventh Judicial Circuit. Member, Bankruptcy Bar for the Southern District of Florida.
