Elena Karabatos

Elena is a partner in the matrimonial firm of Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC. Elena is a Past President of the Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA). She is a Past President of the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is a diplomat of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. She is a member of the Attorney for the Children Advisory Committee for the Tenth Judicial District. Elena is a member of the Matrimonial Practice Advisory and Rules Committee for the New York State Office of Court Administration. Elena is a member of the ADR Advisory Committee for the Office of Court Administration and she also serves on the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board. Elena is a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law section of the New York State Bar Association. Elena is a member of the New York Family Law American Inn of Court. She was Chair of the Matrimonial Law Committee of the NCBA (2009-2011) for which she received the NCBA Directors’ Award 2010-2011 for outstanding service as Chair. Elena has served as a member of the Judiciary Committee of the NCBA, and on various Task Forces for the NCBA. She is a co-author, with partner Stephen W. Schlissel, of the second edition of Separation Agreements and Marital Contracts (Michie 1997). Elena frequently lectures to various organizations such as the New York State and other local bar associations, the Practicing Law Institute, Office of Court Administration-Judicial Seminars, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Judicial Department. For over a decade, Elena taught a course on negotiation at Hofstra Law School. Elena is regularly selected for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America” and “New York Super Lawyers” in the area of Family Law. For the past five years, she has been listed as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the New York Metro Super Lawyers and as one of the Top 10 Lawyers in the New York Metro area in its 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions. She has been recognized by “Ten Leaders” in the field of Matrimonial and Divorce Law, Long Island, and recognized in the “Who’s Who in Women in Professional Services” for the Long Island Business News. In 2017, she was voted as one of Long Island’s Ten Top Legal Eagles by Pulse Magazine. Elena was also named one of Long Island’s Power Women in Business by Long Island Press. Elena is a Trustee for the Village of Sands Point, New York. Elena is married to Bryan Skarlatos, a partner in the law firm Kostelanetz &Fink, LLP.