Karen Golden, Esq. - Partner

Karen Golden, Esq. was graduated from St. John’s University School of Law. Since her admission to the bar, Ms. Golden has devoted herself nearly exclusively to the practice of matrimonial law. She has personally represented clients in all phases of divorce proceedings, appeared at numerous trials and hearings, negotiated and prepared settlements, and written briefs and argued matrimonial appeals in the Appellate Division in both the First and Second Departments.

Ms. Golden started her career as an associate with the prominent matrimonial “boutique” firm of Clair & Daniele, P.C., in New York City in 1995. In 1997, the firm joined with Rosenman & Colin, LLP and formed the core of the matrimonial litigation department in that firm. Rosenman & Colin later merged with the Katten Muchin Zavis, and became Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman LLP (“KMZR”). Ms. Golden left KMZR and relocated her practice in 2002 to East Hampton, New York.

Ms. Golden is a certified Law Guardian for children in the Appellate Division, First Department, having completed all of the necessary course work and received recommendations from judges and adversaries for such certification. She also is a trained P.E.A.C.E. facilitator, and has led numerous sessions with litigants in divorce and custody cases in the First Department. In recognition of her reputation and expertise, Ms. Golden has been recognized by her peers with an “AV” rating in the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, which signifies a lawyer reaching a “very high” to “preeminent” reputation at the bar. She was a regular contributor to the New York Family Law Monthly published by the New York Law Journal Press

Ms. Golden has been involved in a myriad of high profile cases. One of her most significant cases was the groundbreaking, Matisoff v. Dobi, in which Ms. Golden, contributed substantially to the brief to the Court of Appeals, that resulted in a unanimous decision reversing the holding of the Appellate Division, First Department, which had denied the wife all relief on account of the existence of an executed, but unacknowledged, nuptial agreement. Matisoff v. Dobi, 90 N.Y.2d 127 (1997). On remand, the First Department unanimously affirmed the trial court's decision, leaving undisturbed the wife's enhanced earnings award.