Attorney Profile

Alan L. Offen, Esq. has an active practice in the area of Family Law. He is a member of the Family Law Sections of the New York State and Monroe County Bar Associations, including being a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the Monroe County Bar Association. A graduate of Monroe High School, Michigan State University and New York University School of Law, Mr. Offen has been in practice in the Rochester, New York area since 1969 and has primarily devoted his practice to the area of matrimonial law for over the past 25 years.

He has been an instructor in the area of matrimonial law for both the National Paralegal Institute and the Greece Adult Education Program. In addition, he has lectured on behalf of the Monroe County Bar Association and is often consulted by other attorneys in the area of family law.

Mr. Offen has professional relationships with other attorneys and specific paralegals in the areas of estates and probate, estate planning, personal injury, commercial and business law, small business as well as residential and commercial real estate. As a result, he is able to provide you with extensive legal services in all of these areas. In this regard, you will receive personal and detailed professional services.

Areas of Practice

• Matrimonial Law: Litigation & Collaborative Law
• Small Business
• Real Estate
• Wills & Estates
• Family Law
• Adoption
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1969
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1970
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1976

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1968
  J.D.
  
  
• Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, 1965
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List, 4 Times
  Honors: Phi Eta Sigma
  Honors: Kappa Delta Pi
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: History
  Major: Education
  
  

Published Works

• Issues of Family Law

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer, Family Law Matters, New York State Bar Association
• Lecturer, Family Law Matters, Monroe County Bar Association
• Former Instructor, Family Law and Related Matters, National Paralegal Institute
• Instructor, Family Law and Related Matters, Greece, NY Adult Education

Honors and Awards

• Member, Beaumont Tower Society, Michigan State University
• Deans Award, Michigan State University

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section
  Member
  
  
• Monroe County Bar Association, Family Law Section
  Member
  
  
• Monroe County Bar Association, recent former Chairperson of the Family Law Section
  
  
• Association of Collaborative Family Law Attorneys, Inc.
  Member
  
  
• Michigan State University Alumni Association, Recent former member of the National Board of Directors
  Past Secretary; currently Chairman to rewrite By-Laws of Association
  
  
• College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University
  Member, Board of Directors
  
  
• Rochester, NY Chapter of Michigan State University Alumni Association
  Former President
  
  
• Rochester, NY Chapter of Michigan State University Alumni Association
  Secretary
  
  

Fraternities/Sororities

• Alpha Epsilon Pi

Birth Information

• 1943, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America