Domestic Relations & Family Law

Overview

The Domestic Relations & Family Law attorneys represent clients in the complete array of family law matters with a particular emphasis on the economic aspects of marriage and divorce. This emphasis includes, among other things, consideration of the valuation and division of complicated marital assets such as corporations, proprietorships, partnerships, professional practices, stock, stock options, retirement plans, and pensions.

The attorneys in this group have a broad range of experience in counseling clients regarding the implications of the complex legal and economic issues arising from family relationships with the goal of resolving intensely personal disputes in the most efficient and effective manner by utilizing, if necessary, mediation or trial.

Recognizing that avoiding disputes at the outset of a marriage can be accomplished in an effective fashion, the attorneys draft premarital agreements that can creatively protect personal and business wealth, as well as provide competent succession planning in the event of divorce or death of a business principal.

In the family law area, the attorneys prepare agreements for couples not contemplating marriage and prenuptial agreements.