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About Michael J. Langer, P.C.
Learn more about the attorney working hard to ensure that your rights are defended during all of your legal matters. Michael J. Langer, P.C. is an honest attorney with more than 23 years of legal experience. The majority of our clients are referrals and repeat clients, so we are certain you'll be satisfied with our representation of you.
Education
Hofstra University School Of Law, Hempstead, NY
- J.D., with distinction May 2001
- Hofstra Law Review
St. John’s University, Queens, NY
- May 1998 B.S. (Summa Cum Laude)
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
- May 1996 A.A.S. (Summa Cum Laude)
Experience
Over the years, Mr. Langer has represented numerous individual and business clients in all phases of litigation, focusing on matrimonial and family law, commercial litigation, criminal defense and estate litigation. His representation, in addition to attempting to resolve disputes, involves every aspect of litigation, including pleadings, motions, discovery, depositions, subpoenas, hearings, trials and appeals.
Mr. Langer began his legal career after graduating from the Hofstra University School of Law, with distinction, where he was a member of the Hofstra Law Review
in which his Law Review Note was published. Even during law school, Mr. Langer represented indigent tenants in the Hofstra Law School clinic system, handling several trials and numerous other matters as a third-year law student under a student practice order. After graduation, Mr. Langer was appointed to the prestigious position as a Law Clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Staff Attorney’s Office, where he interfaced with many judges, writing bench memoranda, analyzing pending appeals and appellate motions, and recommending dispositions. Upon completion of that clerkship, Mr. Langer was appointed as a Deputy County Attorney in the Nassau County Attorney’s Office, representing the County of Nassau, its agencies and employees in federal and state court on civil rights matters arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VII, the Americans With Disabilities Act, and in various contractual matters and Article 78 proceedings. Before starting his own practice, Mr. Langer worked in a Nassau County law firm for many years in which he developed and shaped his career to its present level. Dozens of decisions in cases in which Mr. Langer represented clients, both at the trial-level and on appeal, and in numerous different courts, have been published and appear in many legal publications and online. Mr. Langer has prepared and persuasively argued dozens of appeals in addition to his usual responsibilities in representing clients, and he has been interviewed and quoted in the New York Law Journal with respect to various cases. Mr. Langer’s adversaries, in addition to his clients, often commend him on his strong advocacy and professionalism.
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Langer is a contributing editor to the Nassau Lawyer, a Nassau County Bar Association monthly publication, and he has written a number of articles for publication, largely on the area of family law. He also serves as an arbitrator for the Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program under Part 137 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator, and for many years, has served and continues to serve as an instructor at Hofstra University School of Law for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) program, as well as other trial, appellate and skills programs.
Publications/Presentations
Presenter/Lecturer, A Lawyer's Obligation To Communicate With Clients And Each Other (And Be Reasonable), Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association (live lecture given on November 18, 2021)
Presenter/Lecturer, The Lawyer's Obligation Under the Rules Of Professional Conduct To Undertake Remedial Measures In Correcting Misstatements, Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association (live lecture given on October 17, 2019)
Kenneth J. Weinstein & Michael J. Langer, Strategic Disqualification of Matrimonial Counsel, NASSAU LAWYER (May 2015)
Kenneth J. Weinstein & Michael J. Langer, Domestic Relations Law § 236 – ‘Automatic Orders’ Violate Years of Authority, NASSAU LAWYER (February 2010)
Michael J. Langer, The “New Era” of Ethics Rules: Are They Really New? NASSAU LAWYER (May 2009)
Kenneth J. Weinstein & Michael J. Langer, Where The Petitioner In A Family Offense Proceedings Is A Child, And The Parent Is A Respondent, Should The Court Require The Testimony To Be Given
In Open Court Or In Camera? NASSAU LAWYER (July/Aug. 2007)
Kenneth J. Weinstein & Michael J. Langer, An Immediate Evidentiary Hearing Should Be Required When a Temporary Order Of Protection Is Granted In Criminal Cases Involving “Family Offenses”, NASSAU LAWYER (Sept. 2006)
Kenneth J. Weinstein & Michael J. Langer, The Potential Pitfalls Of Failing To Provide Notice Of A Trial Subpoena Duces Tecum, NASSAU LAWYER (Jan. 2006)
Elizabeth Cronin & Michael J. Langer, Is The Door To Review Locked Or Just Closed When An Alien Is Removed From the United States While The Case Is Pending? FED. BAR COUNCIL NEWS (Feb. 2003)
Michael J. Langer, Note, Can Anyone Stop Big Brother? New York’s Drunk Driving Laws Do Not Pass The Constitutional Test, 28 HOFSTRA L. REV. 1147 (2000) (cited by McKinney’s NY Statutes and American Jurisprudence)
Professional Appointments
Arbitrator for the Nassau County Supreme Court Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program (Part 137 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator) (2015-present)
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University School of Law
Appellate Advocacy moot court “bench” panel member, Hofstra University School of Law
Special Program faculty participant for various skills classes, Hofstra University School of Law
Call 516-308-2740 to schedule your appointment today.
Michael J. Langer, P.C. is a member of the Nassau County Bar association, Hofstra University School of Law faculty participant, and Arbitrator for Nassau County Supreme Court Fee Dispute Resolution Program.