Margaret S. Alter

Senior Partner

Attorney, Margaret S. Alter, is a senior partner in the Law Offices of Mark E. Alter who joined the firm in 1993.

Margaret’s legal career concentrates in the areas of Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Matrimonial, Family, Domestic Relations and Tax Law. Her litigation experience includes Motion practice, writs, general litigation, appeals and a multitude of other legal writings which are essential aspects of our practice and utilized in resolving, reducing and addressing many important concerns that may detrimentally impact our clients’ claims and cases. Mrs. Alter is also our firm’s tax litigator who has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax liability for many of our clients.

Margaret Alter graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. During her studies there, she completed an internship with the New York State Justice Department, Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau. Obtaining her Juris Doctorate and graduating Cum Laude from the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center of Touro College in 1992, she was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for Professional Ethics. She also participated in many internships during her legal education including internships with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Major Offense Bureau, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office and with the Nassau County Legal Aid Society.

Margaret Alter is admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York and is a member of both the New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations. She also is a member of the Criminal Court Law & Procedure, Family Court Law & Procedure, District Court, Ethics, Matrimonial Law, Plaintiff’s Round Table and Insurance Law Committees of the Nassau County Bar Association