Family Law
Custody, support, visitation and the orders that hold a family together while it changes shape.
ExplorePrincipal Attorney
Charo Ezdrin, Esq.
Former prosecutor for the Nassau County Attorney’s Office. Opened her own firm in 2010.
Practice focus
- Family law
- Matrimonial law
- Criminal defense
Education
- J.D., Hofstra University School of Law
Affiliations
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Women’s Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association Matrimonial, Family and Criminal Law Committees
- Formerly a Commissioner on the Nassau County Bridge Authority
- Past President, Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce
Recognition
- Geraldine A. Ferraro Award for Courage and Grace
Personally
Mother of two daughters, Jacqui and Alexi.
Charo Ezdrin opened her own law firm in 2010. She is its principal attorney, and the firm now includes three associate attorneys and two paralegals.
Before that she was a prosecutor for the Nassau County Attorney’s Office, litigating abuse and neglect cases in Nassau County Family Court on behalf of the Department of Social Services. As Assistant Director of the Legal Department she provided legal counsel to Child Protective Services, to Services to Children and Families, to the Juvenile Detention Center and to the Office of the Commissioner. She represented the Department in Family Court and at fair hearings, including expungement, childcare applications, foster care removal and adoption, and she served on the Multi-Disciplinary Team at the Coalition of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Earlier still she was Director of Government Relations for Nassau County, promoted to the role by County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi. She was the liaison between the County Executive and the Nassau County Legislature on budgets, legislation and local laws.
She moved her practice from Mineola to Syosset in 2016 and went on to serve as President of the Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce.
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