Polly Nicole Passonneau
Member
Email: P.N.Passonneau@att.net

Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Family Law; Commercial Litigation.

Admitted: 1985, Massachusetts; 1986, New York; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, J.D., 1984

College: Washington University, A.B., cum laude, 1978; L'Universite de Strasbourg, Diplome 2eme, 1978; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, M.A. Comparative Literature, 1987

Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Section on Family Law); New York Criminal Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New York County Lawyers Association.

Biography: Chairperson, Equal Justice Foundation, 1983-1984. Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, 1984-1988.

Languages: French, Spanish.

Reported Cases: Sellan v. Kuhlman, 261 F.3d 303 (2d Cir. 2001); U.S. v. Rahman, 189 F 3d88 (2d Cir. 1999); U.S. v. Goris, 1998 Lexis No. 22292 (2d. Civ. 1998); Blaine v. Unum, 249 AD2d 633 (3rd Dept. 1998); People v. Vesprey, 183 A.D.2d 212 (1st Dept.); People v. Wakefield Financial Corp., 155 Misc. 2d 775 (N.Y.C. 1991) (Bradley, J.); Bartha v. Bartha, 15 A.D.3d 111 (1st Dep't 2005).

Born: St. Louis, Missouri, November 4

ISLN: 904567098