Dalcomo, Joanne M

Betty D. Friedlander specializes in birth injury cases, trial litigation, divorce, custody, and criminal law. She joined the firm in 1993 following her tenure as Judge of the Family and County Court for Tompkins County where she presided over felony criminal trials as well as surrogate and family court matters for 17 years. During her tenure as Family and County Court Judge she lectured at the Office of Court Administration Judicial Legal Education programs and she was a member of the Office of Court Administration Committee on Judicial Skills which prepared the programs for the Office of Court Administration Continuing Legal Education Programs for judges.

Attorney Friedlander graduated from Cornell Law School (class of 1959). She was the first Director of the Cornell Law School Legal Aid Clinic from 1959 to 1972. During this period, she also taught legal research at the law school for several years. From 1972 to 1978, she was in private practice specializing in trial litigation, matrimonial and criminal law. In 1972, she was elected the first woman Chairperson of the New York State Bar Criminal Justice Section. In 1984 she was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo to membership on the first New York State Commission on Child Support. She has lectured and prepared materials for the New York State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Programs including Matrimonial Law, and prepared a manual for the State Bar on Stipulations in Family Court.

She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Matrimonial Section of the New York State Bar. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice and is active in the Birth Trauma Litigation Group of AAJ. She has been admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court and the Federal District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York.