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 and still serves on that committee. 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 Statewide Matrimonial Commission and served on the Matrimonial Commission from 2004 until 2006. Ms. DeCoursey is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section where she serves on the Executive Committee as co-chair of the Committee on Substantive Law Relating to the Family, and where she previously served as the 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 is the 2008 recipient of the Legal Project's Stanley A. Rosen award given for litigation on behalf of victims of domestic violence. In 2009, Ms. DeCoursey received an award from the Schenectady County Bar Association and from the Schenectady County Judiciary in recognition of her pro bono services. Ms. DeCoursey currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York. Ms. DeCoursey was selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers as one of the top rated matrimonial attorneys in the Hudson Valley in 2009, as published by Hudson Valley Magazine.
