Our Attorneys
About Our Family Law, Custody, Matrimonial and Divorce Attorneys
LAWRENCE M. GORDON, ESQ.
Lawrence M. Gordon is a partner in our family law, custody, matrimonial, and divorce law firm and was born in Albany, New York on June 2, 1941. Mr. Gordon graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. degree in 1963, and from Syracuse University Law School with a LL.B. degree in 1966 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1968. A leading family law, custody, and divorce attorney in the Albany, Schenectady, and Saratoga region and Upstate New York, he is admitted to the New York Bar and to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Mr. Gordon is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, and a member of the Schenectady County Bar Association where he was formerly co-chair of the matrimonial committee and currently serves on the grievance committee. Mr. Gordon serves on the Board of Directors for the Schenectady Jewish Community Center where he previously held the offices of assistant treasurer, treasurer, and vice-president. Mr. Gordon was a member of the panel of arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association, and has lectured on matrimonial and family law for various community and professional organizations throughout the region.
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ERIC A. TEPPER, ESQ.
Eric A. Tepper is a partner in our family law, custody, matrimonial, and divorce law firm, and was born in Schenectady, New York on February 5, 1957. Mr. Tepper graduated from Hamilton College with a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, in 1979, and from George Washington University Law School with a Juris Doctor degree, with honors, in 1982. He has been selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America" for the 2005, 2006. 2007 and 2008 editions. In 2007, Mr. Tepper was also selected for inclusion in the upstate edition of New York Super Lawyers, which also selected him as one of the top 25 lawyers from all categories in the Hudson Valley region. A leading divorce, family law, and matrimonial lawyer in the Albany, Schenectady, and Saratoga region and Upstate New York, Mr. Tepper is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts Bars, and to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York and the District of Massachusetts. In 1999, Mr. Tepper was appointed by New York’s Chief Administrative Judge to serve on the Statewide Committee on Matrimonial Practice. He is one of two representatives to the Committee on Matrimonial Practice from the Third Department. Mr. Tepper serves on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section, where he is co-chair of the Committee on Substantive Law Relating to the Family. He also serves on the Family Law Section's ethics hot line. In 2004, Mr. Tepper was appointed to the Continuing Legal Education Committee for the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Tepper is a member of the Schenectady County Bar Association where he is presently chair of the matrimonial committee.
Mr. Tepper has lectured extensively, and written course material on family law, divorce, and matrimonial issues for judicial education and New York State Bar Association continuing legal education programs for many years throughout the Albany, Schenectady and Saratoga region, and throughout the State of New York. Mr. Tepper has lectured on matrimonial law to Supreme Court and Family Court judges on numerous occasions at Judicial Education Seminars ("judge school"). Mr. Tepper has also lectured on matrimonial and family law to court attorneys for the Office of Court Administration. In 2004, Mr. Tepper lectured on matrimonial law to the Appellate Division, Third Department. In 2003, Mr. Tepper was appointed to the Editorial Board for a Lexis/Nexis publication on New York Matrimonial Actions, and continues to serve on the editorial board. Mr. Tepper has also lectured on matrimonial, divorce, custody, and family law for the Business Law Institute, Capital District Women’s Bar Association, Schenectady County Legal Professionals, Schenectady County Bar Association and for other community organizations. Mr. Tepper currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Schenectady Jewish Community Center and on the Center for Community Justice. Mr. Tepper is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts ("AFCC"). He previously was on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Parent and Child Society for nine years.
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ELEANOR M. DeCOURSEY, ESQ.
Eleanor M. DeCoursey is a partner in our family law, custody, matrimonial, and divorce law firm and was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 3, 1958. Ms. DeCoursey graduated from Marist College with a B.A. degree in 1980, and from New York Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1984. A leading family law, custody, and divorce attorney in the Albany, Schenectady and Saratoga region, and Upstate New York, Ms. DeCoursey has been admitted to the New York Bar since 1984. In 1999, Ms. DeCoursey was appointed to the Character and Fitness Admissions Committee for the Fourth Judicial District. In 2004, she was appointed to the New York State Unified Court System Family Violence Task Force where she continues to serve. Also in 2004, Ms. DeCoursey was appointed by New York ’s Chief Justice to the newly formed Statewide Matrimonial Commission. Ms. DeCoursey is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section where she currently serves on the Executive Committee as a Fourth Judicial District delegate and as co-chair of its Legislative Committee. Ms. DeCoursey previously served on the Schenectady County Bar association Board of Directors where she held the offices of president and vice president and also served as delegate to the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates. She is a member of the Capital District Women's Bar Association and previously served on the Board of Directors of The Legal Project. Ms. DeCoursey currently serves on the board of directors of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York. She has lectured on divorce, custody, and family law for various community organizations throughout the region.
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JENNIFER POWERS RUTKEY, ESQ.
Jennifer Powers Rutkey is an associate in our family law, custody, matrimonial, and divorce law firm and was born in Schenectady, New York on December 23, 1970. Ms. Rutkey graduated from Union College with a B.S. degree, with honors, in 1992, and from Albany Law School with a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, in 1995. As one of our valued associate attorneys, Ms. Rutkey is admitted to the New York Bar and is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section and Schenectady County Bar Association where she serves on the matrimonial committee. In 2002, she was named "Young Lawyer of the Year" by the Schenectady County Bar Association. Ms. Rutkey has lectured on divorce, custody, and family law for numerous continuing legal education programs sponsored by the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, throughout the Capital District. In 2004, Ms. Rutkey lectured to Supreme Court and Family Court confidential court attorneys at a training program sponsored by the New York State Office of Court Administration. She has also lectured to the Schenectady County Legal professionals. In addition to handling divorce, family law, custody, support matters and appeals, Ms. Rutkey also represents both biological and adoptive parents in New York adoptions, interstate adoptions and international adoptions.
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TAMMY J. ARQUETTE, ESQ.
Tammy J. Arquette is an associate in our family law, custody, and divorce law firm and was born in Plattsburgh, New York on May 6, 1965. Ms. Arquette graduated from Fordham University with a B.A. degree in 1987, with honors, and from Albany Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1990. One of our trusted family law, custody, and divorce associates, Ms. Arquette is admitted to the New York Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Ms. Arquette serves on the board of directors of the Duanesburg Education Foundation, Inc. Ms. Arquette is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section and Schenectady County Bar Association, where she serves on the matrimonial committee.
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JENIFER M. WHARTON, ESQ.
Jenifer M. Wharton is one of our associate family law, custody, and divorce attorneys, and was born in Schenectady, New York on October 20, 1969. Ms. Wharton graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.A. degree in 1991, and from Albany Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1994. Ms. Wharton is admitted to the New York Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Ms. Wharton is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section and the Schenectady County Bar Association where she serves on the matrimonial committee. She in an attorney advisor for the Schenectady County Bar Association mock trial program and a judge for the Albany Law School family law moot court competition. Ms. Wharton serves on the board of directors of Family and Child Service of Schenectady, Inc.
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