Attorney Profile

Rosemarie Bruno received her law degree summa cum laude from Touro College, Jacob D.
Fuchsberg Law Center, where she graduated second in her class. Ms. Bruno holds an M.S.W.
from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she also received her Bachelor
of Arts Degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. While at Touro, Ms. Bruno served as
Editor-in-Chief of the Touro Law Review. She also served as an intern for the Honorable
Leonard D. Wexler, Senior United States District Court Judge, E.D.N.Y.

Prior to opening her own practice, Ms. Bruno was an Associate at a large commercial and
insurance law firm on Long Island in the Litigation & Appeals Practice Group. As a
commercial litigator, Ms. Bruno represented clients in a variety of business industries,
including the banking, real estate and insurance industries. Her diverse litigation
experience includes handling matters ranging from basic business disputes to complex
statutory claims, including claims brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act (RICO), as well as claims brought under various banking and real estate
statutes, including the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Truth In Lending
Act (TILA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Ms.
Bruno also handled insurance coverage litigation involving bad faith and extra contractual
claims.

Ms. Bruno also served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Stan Bernstein, a United States
Bankruptcy Court Judge in the Eastern District of New York, where she had the opportunity
to work in the field of bankruptcy on a day to day basis during a time of tremendous change
that occurred as a result of the new bankruptcy laws that took effect in October 2005.

Ms. Bruno is not only a practicing attorney, but she is also a licensed Social Worker (LMSW).
She was educated and trained as a Social Worker at Stony Brook University's School of
Social Welfare. During her time at Stony Brook, Ms. Bruno gained practice experience at an
acute care inpatient psychiatric unit on Long Island, providing individual, group and family
therapy. She also assisted the Hon. Nicolette M. Pach, Family Court Judge, Suffolk County,
NY, in the management of child abuse and neglect cases, developing effective client service
plans for the families that came before the Court.

Ms. Bruno was trained as a mediator by the New York State Unified Court System's Certified
Mediation Training program. Ms. Bruno received additional training in divorce mediation
from the Ackerman Institute for the Family in Manhattan. Ms. Bruno has also participated
in various other mediation training programs and seminars run by a variety of well-know
organizations, such as the American Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association
and Stony Brook University's School of Professional Development. Ms. Bruno received
Collaborative Law training from the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals in
conjunction with The Center for Mediation in Law. She continues to receive ongoing
mediation and collaborative law training and updates through the professional
associations she holds membership in. Ms. Bruno's diverse training and background in the
law and social work have given her a unique orientation and the ability to approach
dispute resolution from a multidimensional perspective.

Ms. Bruno has also taught as an Adjunct Professor at Touro Law Center's new state of the
art campus in Central Islip, New York.

Ms. Bruno is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Lawyers Assistance
Committee; Family Law Section); the American Bar Association (Alternative Dispute
Resolution Section); The Suffolk County Bar Association (Alternative Dispute Resolution
Committee; Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law Committee; Lawyer's Committee on Alcohol &
Drug Abuse); the American Bankruptcy Institute; the National Association of Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys; the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals; the
Collaborative Law Association of New York; the New York State Dispute Resolution
Association; the Association for Conflict Resolution; the New York State Council on Divorce
Mediation; the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York; the National
Association of Social Workers; and the American Psychological Association.

Ms. Bruno is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, the Eastern and Southern
Districts of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States.