Steven L. Sarisohn

Floyd Sarisohn and Bernard “Budd” Sarisohn founded our firm in 1957 when they opened their doors for business in a small two room office on Jericho Turnpike in Commack. The Sarisohn brothers firmly planted their roots in the Commack Community and helped many families move into the neighborhood and establish new businesses. They became known by all who met them for their compassion, accessibility and commitment to their clients.In 1984, Steven L. Sarisohn, a second -generation member of the family, joined the firm to continue the traditions established by his uncle and father of giving clients practical and effective legal advice and representation. Learning from and expanding upon his father’s teaching and experience, Steven has completed an excess of 400 adoptions in his career; helping expectant mothers develop and execute their birth plans and standing with traditional couples, single and foster parents, stepparents and members of the LGBT community every step along their journey as they grow their families.Creating a family by way of adoption can be stressful. Working with expectant mothers and their unique situations and dealing with potential scammers seeking to take advantage of vulnerable potential parents requires an experienced and steady legal advisor. Universally acclaimed for his calm and patient demeanor, Steven provides guidance combining those qualities with the toughness of a former prosecutor, courtroom experience of a criminal defense attorney and determination of a mediator trained to resolve conflicts.Clients of Sarisohn Law Partners have found members of their forever family from from all across New York State, 28 states, and several countries. Steven has appeared in or completed adoptions in Suffolk and Nassau counties, all the boroughs of New York City, and Westchester, Dutchess and Orange counties.Adoption practices have evolved over the years with many families now choosing to have open adoptions. Clients rely upon and draw from Steven’s extensive experience negotiating and drafting Post Adoption Contact Agreements (PACA’s) to meet their particular needs.Steven Sarisohn is an Adoption Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys. (AAAA) The Academy is an organization of nearly 500 highly vetted attorneys dedicated to the competent and ethical practice of adoption and assisted reproductive law. It includes attorneys, law professors and judges who are recognized as having extensive experience in the practice of adoption and ART law. Fellows have rapid access to legal resources in other states and countries and to each other for ideas and strategies. Steven is also a member of New York Attorneys for Adoption and Family Formation. (NYAFF) It is a group of adoption and assisted reproduction law attorneys and other child-welfare professionals from across New York State, who work with adoptive families, birth parents, adoption agencies, children, child welfare agencies and the court system to protect and advocate for the rights of adoptive children, children born through assisted reproduction and their families.Steven is the 2021 recipient of the Angel in Adoption Award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute and rated “Distinguished” by Martindale-Hubbell, the facilitator of anonymous attorney peer reviews by members of the judiciary and bar.Steven Sarisohn completed his undergraduate studies in 1980, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University, and went on to attend the Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. After receiving his Juris Doctor in 1983 – and his license to practice law in 1984– he became admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.