Thibeaux, Robert P.

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, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions. Mr. Tepper also has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers for 2007, 2008 and 2009. New York Super Lawyers previously selected him as one of the top 25 lawyers from all categories and one of the top rated matrimonial lawyers in the Hudson Valley region, as published by Hudson Valley Magazine. 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 and he served on the Statewide Committee from 1999 through 2009. He was one of two representatives to the Committee on Matrimonial Practice from the Third Department. In 2009, Mr. Tepper was appointed by New York's Chief Administrative Judge to the newly formed Unified Court System Matrimonial Practice Advisory Committee. He is one of two representatives from the Third Department to the newly formed Statewide Matrimonial Practice Advisory Committee. 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 served 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 and still serves on that committee. Mr. Tepper is a member of the Schenectady County Bar Association where he presently is co-chair of its 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 regions, 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 New York State Unified Court System. Mr. Tepper has also lectured on matrimonial law to the Appellate Division, Third Department. 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 previously served on the Board of Directors of the Schenectady Jewish Community Center and currently serves on the Board of Directors of 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. In 2003, Mr. Tepper was appointed to the Editorial Board for the Lexis/Nexis publication on New York Matrimonial Actions, and continues to serve on the editorial board.