Peter Sullivan Associate

psullivan@bergerschatz.com

PRACTICE AREAS: Divorce, Matrimonial Law

Peter Sullivan has extensive experience in all aspects of matrimonial and divorce law practice. Mr. Sullivan has relocated recently from New York City. Prior to joining Berger Schatz, he was a partner in the Manhattan matrimonial law firm Herman, Sloan, Robarge & Sullivan, LLP. Early in his career, he concentrated on corporate and securities litigation and white-collar criminal defense.

Mr. Sullivan is a member of the American Bar Association (Family Law Section), the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association (Matrimonial Law Committee). He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association (Family Law Section) and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. While in law school, he served on the staff of the Fordham Law Review.

Education

• Fordham University School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1987
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A., with honors, 1977

Bar admissions

Mr. Sullivan is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Publications

• “Consideration of Subchapter S Corporation Retained Income... as Income Available for Purposes of Establishing Maintenance and Child Support,” with Barry A. Schatz, for Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Business Valuation, Financial and Tax Issues Affecting Divorce (January 2007).
• "Departing from the Findings of Court-Appointed Experts in Child Custody Litigation," with William C. Herman, New York Law Journal (June 30, 1997).

Presentations

• "Matrimonial Agreements — What You Need to Know," New York State Bar Association (October 2003).

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