Neil Fredman
Neil Fredman is now “Of Counsel” to FBN, having been a founding partner of the predecessor firm in 1993.
Neil is a lifelong resident of Westchester County (White Plains High School Class of 1969). He graduated from Cornell University in 1973, and obtained his J.D. from Fordham Law School in 1977.
For more than 46 years, he has practiced exclusively in the area of Matrimonial Law, encompassing divorce and property distribution, child custody and visitation, support related matters and pre and postnuptial agreements. In addition to his expert litigation and negotiation skills, Neil is trained as a collaborative lawyer, a process that offers an alternative to the standard negotiation/ litigation model of conflict resolution. Neil is especially proud of his reputation for settling most of his cases without court intervention. He is also considered one of the “go to” Westchester County divorce lawyers for his in-depth understanding of financial issues and the use of the latest technology to help him craft creative settlements.
Neil has been named as one of Westchester County’s Family Law “Super Lawyers”, a peer-reviewed designation, since 2007, and was named one of its “Top 25” Westchester Area Super Lawyers in 2007. He has held Martindale Hubbell’s highest “AV” rating for over 30 years.
Neil was a Fellow of the Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), a peer elected national group of exceptional matrimonial lawyers from 1988 – 2026. In addition to his AAML Fellowship, Neil served as Chair of the Family Law Section of the Westchester County Bar Association and the Committee on Ethical Practices of the American Bar Association Family Law Section, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Rockland/Westchester Association of Collaborative Professionals and was a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
Neil was a partner at Fink Weinberger Fredman Berman & Lowell in White Plains and New York City until leaving that firm to form Scheinkman, Fredman & Kosan in 1993, which became Fredman & Kosan in 1998, Fredman Baken & Kosan in 2009, and Fredman Baken & Novenstern LLP in 2019.
He is also an accomplished guitar player, having started playing in 1964. If you ask him to recite the lyrics to almost any popular song from the 60s and 70s, he probably can. He was a member of a band known as “12 Foot 8” in the 1970’s, whose music will shortly be heard on most music streaming platforms.
He is married to Michele Wertheimer Fredman, Esq., a Trusts & Estates and Real Estate lawyer, for over 47 years (also a musician – flute player), and are the parents of two married adult children, and proud grandparents of two grandchildren. He and Michele play frequently in their synagogue’s Friday evening band and perform in an annual Rock Shabbat service, since 2001.
