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David Lansner Print E-mail

David Lansner is a partner in the New York law firm of Lansner & Kubitschek. He has been representing parents and children in child welfare cases for 35 years. He defends parents accused of child abuse and neglect and has an active domestic relations practice.

With his law partner, Carolyn Kubitschek, Mr. Lansner has brought numerous successful civil rights actions on behalf of families where children have been illegally removed or detained by child protective services or have been abused in foster care. He served as Counsel to the New York State Assembly Committee on Children and Families for 12 years and is currently the Co-Chair of the New York State Citizen Review Panel for Child Protection in New York.

 

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Issue #12 of the Family Defender is here!

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This letter perfectly expresses what so many of our clients (and thousands of families across the nation) have faced due to wrongful investigations by DCFS and other child welfare agencies.  Even the best of intentions can have serious repercussions!

Read: Dear Neighbors

 
In response to legislation introduced in the wake of the recent Penn State scandal, see the Family Defense Center's Analysis of S. 1877 - the "Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act" (Click Here) and a listing of Child Abuse Misreporting Cases in the Docket of the Family Defense Center (Click Here).
 

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