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Biographical Information

Biography: Phi Delta Phi; Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy; Board Certified, Marital and Family Law and Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

Admitted: 1976, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1987, New York; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of New York.

Education

Law School: Stetson University, School of Law, J.D., 1976.

College: Bridgewater State College, B.A., 1972.

Professional Associations

Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Family Law Section, 1976); New York State (Member Family Law Section, 1987) and American Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Palm Beach County Bar Association, South Palm Beach County Bar Association; National Association of Distinguished Counsel as a Member of the Nation’s Top 1%.

 

Representative Cases

Hahamovitch v. Hahamovitch 2014 WL 51992, 39.Fla. L. Weekly 51992, (Fla. App. 4 Dist., 2014)

Joel M. Weissman of Joel Weissman P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Hahamovitch v. Hahamovitch 2014 WL 52761, 39 Fla. L. Weekly D107, (Fla. App. 4 Dist., 2014)

Joel M. Weissman of Joel Weissman P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant

 

Levine v. Levine 29 So.3d 464 (Fla. App. 4 Dist., 2010)

Joel M. Weissman and Kristen A. Floyd of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant

 

Sullivan v. Sullivan 54 So.3d 520, 521 (Fla. App. 4 Dist.,2010)
Joel M. Weissman and Kristen A. Floyd of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Sullivan v. Sullivan, 2009 WL 4827399 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
Joel M. Weissman and Kristen A. Floyd of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach for Appellant

 

Shinitzky v. Shinitzky, 16 So.3d 168 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
Joel M. Weissman of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Sarah A. Saull of Yaffa & Associates, Boca Raton, for Appellee

 

Kuchera v. Kuchera, 983 So.2d 776 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
Joel M. Weissman of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach for Appellee

 

Levine v. Levine, 964 So.2d 741 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
Joel M. Weissman of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach for Appellant

 

Perlow v. Berg-Perlow, 943 So.2d 878 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
Joel M. Weissman of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach for Appellee

 

Knipe v. Knipe, 840 So.2d 335 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
Joel M. Weissman, P.A., Doreen M. Yaffa, P.A., and Denise Calegan Desmond, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Osherow v. Osherow, 785 So.2d 743 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
Denise S. Calegan of Joel M. Weissman, P.A. and Doreen M. Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Wertkin v. Wertkin, 763 So.2d 465 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
Barbara J. Compiani of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., and Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Wertkin v. Wertkin, 763 So.2d 461 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
Barbara J. Compiani of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., and Joel M. Weissman, P.A., and Doreen M. Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Osherow v. Osherow, 757 So.2d 519 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
Joel M. Weissman, Denise S. Calegan of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., and Doreen M. Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Shepard

 

Osherow v. Osherow, 727 So.2d 1091, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D586, (Fla. App. 4 Dist., Mar 03, 1999)
Denise S. Calegan of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., and Doreen M. Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Petitioner

 

Keitel v. Keitel, 724 So.2d 1255 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)
Joel M. Weissman, Stephanie A. Russo and Denise S. Calegan of Weissman & Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Aunger v. Aunger, 705 So.2d 957 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
Joel M. Weissman and Stephanie A. Russo of Weissman & Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Catalfumo v. Catalfumo, 704 So.2d 1095 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
Joel M. Weissman and Stephanie A. Russo of Weissman, Manoff & Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant

 

Keitel v. Keitel, 701 So.2d 413 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
Joel M. Weissman, Doreen Yaffa, and Stephanie A. Russo of Weissman & Yaffa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Parry v. Parry, 543 So.2d 281 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)
Joel M. Weissman of Weissman and Chernay, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Respondent

 

Dean v. Dean, 526 So.2d 746
Joel M. Weissman of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., Palm Beach, for Appellee

 

Neustein v. Neustein, 503 So.2d 439 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987)
Joel M. Weissman of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., Palm Beach, for Appellant