About Denise Lanchantin
Denise Lanchantin Dwyer earned her law degree from New York Law School in 1984 after completing a Bachelor of Arts at Fordham University in 1980. She came of age professionally during a period of shifting practice patterns in New York and New Jersey. Those formative academic years set the stage for a career built around courtroom practice and federal filings.
Her admissions include the bars of New York and New Jersey, and she is authorized to appear in several federal forums, among them the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Those credentials reflect a practice that has long crossed state and federal lines.
Dwyer has operated in private practice under the banner of her own firm, Law Office of Denise Lanchantin Dwyer LLC. Running a small firm has meant handling many aspects of client work personally. She manages filings, court appearances, and client communications directly. The structure allows her to handle matters that require appearances in both trial courts and appellate settings.
Colleagues describe her as practical and steady in court. She prefers clear pleadings and direct oral argument. Over the years she has developed a routine that emphasizes preparation. That preparation shows in the files she brings to court. It also shows in how she advises clients about procedural choices and deadlines.
Outside the courtroom, Dwyer’s background includes the work that supports litigation: drafting motions, preparing appellate briefs, and navigating federal practice rules. She has kept up with developments in federal procedure and local rules in the districts where she appears. That attention to procedure is a recurring theme in her practice and in how she trains support staff.
Her legal education remains a touchstone. New York Law School provided the professional credential. Fordham supplied the undergraduate foundation. Together they shaped a lawyer comfortable in both state and federal practice.
Denise Lanchantin Dwyer continues to maintain her practice through the Law Office of Denise Lanchantin Dwyer LLC. She concentrates on matters brought in New York and New Jersey state courts and the federal courts to which she is admitted, including the district courts and the Third Circuit.
