Denis A. Scinta practices in the areas of business, matrimonial and family law, with a primary emphasis upon a Family Court practice, which encompasses abuse/neglect, custody/visitation, paternity and child support matters. Mr. Scinta appears almost daily in Family Court being involved, in addition to the above, with termination of parental rights proceedings, adoptions, Person in Need of Supervision (P.I.N.S.) and Juvenile Delinquency (J.D.) matters, as well as matters relating to New York Adoption and Safe Children's Act. He has extensive background in Family Law matters, in particular, the rights and responsibilities of parents and their children, as it relates to emancipation and other child support issues.

Mr. Scinta is legal advisor and Board of Director Member of Parents in Crisis - Tough Love, has served as President, Director and Legal Advisor for the National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation, Inc. - Western New York Chapter. He was active in the Town of Amherst Youth Board and Amherst Y.U. He was previously on the Executive Committee, Task force co-chair - Prevention and Education, Chairman - By laws drafting committee and nominating committee chairman for the Community Commission on Alcohol & Substance Abuse in Erie County. He is currently a Moot Court Competition Judge for the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. Previously a member of the Town of Amherst Youth Board Foundation and Community Prevention Network of Western New York, Inc.

Bar & Court Admissions

• New York, 1970
• United States District Court, Western District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 1969
• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1965

Speaking Engagements

• Lectures regarding children's rights and parental responsibilities, drug awareness, and juvenile and criminal justice matters
• Lectures for the New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Matrimonial and Family Law Programs and in-service training for all staff personnel and counselors at Renaissance House
• Speaker for the Erie County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education

Professional Activities

• Previous President, Vice President, a member of the Board of Directors, and Campaign '95 Chairman of the Erie County Bar Foundation
• Member, Matrimonial & Family Law Committee and the Practice & Procedure Commmittee in Family Court of the Erie County Bar Association
• Previously, member of the Criminal Law Committee, Young Lawyer's Committee, Liason to Practice and Procedure in Family Court Committee, Liason to Matrimonial and Family Law Committee, Liason Representative to the Community Commission on Alcohol & Substance Abuse in Erie County, Co-Chairman, Access to Justice for the Poor Committee, Sub-chairman, Access to Justice for the Poor Committee, Liason by and between legal services providers in Erie County, Nominating Committee, and Continuing Legal Education Chairman for the Erie County Bar Association