Sharon M. Faulkner, Esq.
- Attorney
Ostertag O'Leary Barrett & Faulkner
301 Manchester Road, Suite 201
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
(845) 486-4300
Bio:
Raised in Dutchess County, Sharon Faulkner returned to New York in 2001 after practicing law in Hawaii for nine years.
Sharon’s background includes family law, estate planning, consumer rights, and all facets of poverty law; she now concentrates her focus on Matrimonial and Family Law and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Sharon has previously been appointed as Attorney for the Child to represent the interest of minor children involved in custody and visitation disputes by Dutchess County Supreme Court and Family Court Justices. She was the recipient of the Dutchess County Family Court’s “Law Guardian of the Year” award in 2008.
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Education:
Douglass College, Rutgers University (BA 1989)Western New England University School of Law (JD 1992)
Collaborative Training:
Advanced Collaborative Law Training, 2012
Intermediate Collaborative Law Training, 2012
Basic Collaboration Law Training, 2011
Advanced interdisciplinary Training, 2010
18th Annual IACP Networking and Educational Forum, 2017
Practice Areas:
Family Law
Matrimonial Law
Practice Groups:
Dutchess Collaborative Practice Group
Licenses:
New York 2002
District of Columbia 2001
Hawaii 1992
U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1995
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2002
Activities:
Member, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1992 - Present
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association, 2001 - Present
Member, New York State Bar Association, 2002 - Present
Member, Dutchess County Bar Association, 2002 - Present
Immediate Past President 2016-2017; President 2015-2016; President-Elect 2014-2015; Vice President 2013-2014; Secretary 2012-2013; Assistant Treasurer 2012-2012
Member, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, 2002 - Present
Member, American Bar Association, 1992 - Present
Member, Rotary Club of Maui, Maui, Hawaii, 1994 - 2000
Rotary Club of Maui, Maui, Hawaii, 1996 - 1997
Community Service Director
Rotary Club of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie, New York, 2004 - 2005
Member
Member, Maui County Bar Association, 1992 - 2001
Member, Maui County Estate Planning Council
President 1995-1996
Member, Dutchess County Family Court Advisory Board, 2007 - Present
Dutchess County Bar Association Grievance Committee
Member, Vassar Brothers Medical Center Foundation Board 2017-present
Memberships:
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Fellow
Hudson Valley Collaborative Divorce Association
