2011-2012

Patricia Ann Grant graduated from Fordham University and received her J.D. from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. She is a partner at Grant + Appelbaum, P.C., where her practice focuses on matrimonial and family law. She also mediates and sits as an arbitrator in the New York City Civil Court. In addition to serving as NYWBA President, she has been on the Board, co-chaired the Dinner and Judiciary Reception Committees, and represented NYWBA on the Judicial Screening Committee. Ms. Grant was for many years a volunteer for Dachshund Rescue of North America, and she has had several Dachshunds of her own, all of whom have distinguished themselves during their show careers. She now has one Dachshund – Oliver (BGCh. Dikerdachs Redheaded Prince), who is a Bronze Grand Champion. She was also one of the owners of Burns, the Dachshund who won the Hound Group at Westminster and went to Best in Show in 2019. Ms. Grant shares her law practice with her husband, Michael W. Appelbaum, who is a past NYWBA Board member and Committee Chair, the 2020 recipient of NYWBA’s Doris S. Hoffman Service Award, and the newest inductee to the NYWBA Advisory Council.