Best Lawyers:
The Family Law Issue
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Culin Sharp Autry & Day, P.L.C.
Fairfax, Virginia
1 Best Lawyers award
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Fox Rothschild LLP
Los Angeles, California
269 Best Lawyers awards
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Spencer Fane LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
204 Best Lawyers awards
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With an unshakable desire to start a different kind of law firm, Heather co-founded BAM Family Law (Broxterman Alicks McFarlane PC) with one vision: to build a law firm that recognizes and meets not just the legal, but the holistic human needs of all clients while helping them navigate the family law system. Heather brings extensive experience as well as patience, understanding, and careful attention to detail to all of her clients. She is very aware that most people in need of a family law a...
DENISE L. SCHNEIDER is a Partner at Gladstone & Weissman, P.A., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Marital and Family Law. Ms. Schneider earned her J.D. (magna cum laude) as well as her Bachelors of Science from Nova Southeastern University. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, Ms. Schneider worked in several Fort Lauderdale area boutique marital and family law practices. Following her admittance to the Florida Bar in 2002, Ms. Schneider has strictly limited her practice to complex matri...
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“Every family law case presents a unique, high-stakes puzzle. Whether an informative consultation, a collaborative mediation, a litigious trial, or a difficult appeal, finding the best possible solution to the puzzle is my passion and the reason I love this practice” - Steven Visioli Domestic relations is an increasingly complex area of law and requires a demanding set of experience, skills, and knowledge. An intelligent and careful analysis of complex circumstances is needed, tog...
Mr. Lapointe is an attorney whose practice includes representing clients in the defense of personal-injury claims, representing and advising insurance carriers regarding coverage of all types of insurance claims, and representing entities in the defense and prosecution of various tort and contractual claims. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2019. During law school he served as an extern for the Honorable Judge Stephen B. Jackson, Jr. of the United States District Cou...
Jeni is a member of the Trusts and Estates group at Harrison & Held LLP. She focuses her practice on estate and gift tax planning, business succession, and asset protection, particularly for business owners, professionals, and families. She also counsels individual and corporate fiduciaries regarding complex estate and trust administration and related tax issues.
Justin Contratto is an experienced family law practitioner and trial attorney. Prior to joining BodnarMilone, Justin was employed by well-regarded matrimonial firms in Manhattan and Northern Virginia, where he represented clients in complex matrimonial matters. Justin’s matrimonial practice has focused on the representation of high net worth individuals, including partners at major law firms, tech industry and finance executives, and high-profile public figures. Justin began his legal c...
Taylor Clay is a family law attorney in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is a Director at Woodruff Family Law Group and has been practicing family law since 2012. Her practice is focused on divorce and child custody cases. She represents clients in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, and throughout the Piedmont Triad area. Ms. Clay is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina a...
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Mr. Plitt is the chairperson for the firm's insurance coverage practice group. He is a preeminent and nationally recognized insurance coverage attorney. As the current senior author of Couch on Insurance 3d , Mr. Plitt's commentary on existing and emerging areas of insurance law is relied upon by courts and attorneys throughout the United States. He has also authored Arizona Liability Insurance Law and is a co-author of The Claim Adjuster's Automobile Liability Handbook , CAT Claims: Insuranc...
JEFFREY A. WEISSMAN is a Principal at the law firm of Gladstone & Weissman, P.A. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1994). Mr. Weissman is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law and is AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He was recently named “2018 Family Law Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America , and has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America , Florida Trend Legal Elite magazine, Florida Super Lawyers (&ldq...
PETER L. GLADSTONE is a Partner with law firm Gladstone & Weissman, P.A. He is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law (1999) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2003), having practiced exclusively in this field since 1988. Mr. Gladstone is AV-Rated by Martindale Hubbell and has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2005-2018 editions), Florida Trend Legal Elite magazine, Florida Super Lawyers (“Top 100 List – S. Flor...
As a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Marital and Family Law, Kenneth A. Gordon serves as the Head of Brinkley Morgan’s Family Law Department. With 20 years of legal experience, he focuses his practice on handling complex family law matters, including dissolutions of marriage, alimony, parental responsibility and timesharing disputes, business valuations, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, equitable distribution, adoption, domestic partnership agreements, appeals and all ot...
With 35 years of experience, Roberta Stanley is board certified by Florida Bar in marital and family law. She specializes in handling complex marital and family law cases for high-profile and high-net-worth individuals and business owners, including the preparation and enforcement of intricate prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, paternity and adoption issues, and dissolutions of marriage dealing with equitable distribution, business valuations, taxation issues, alimony, child support, and ...
With more than 40 years of experience, Thomas R. Tatum focuses his practice on the representation of title insurance underwriters and insureds, the resolution of disputed title matters and the investigation and resolution of real estate frauds and defalcations. His also represents clients in matters pertaining to liability insurance, defense and coverage disputes, and state and federal commercial and governmental litigation and administrative law disputes. AV Preeminent® rated by Martinda...
William S. Kramer is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate lawyer, specializing in both real estate law and business/corporate law. With more than 30 years of experience, he represents banks and other lenders, investors, developers, builders, buyers and sellers, and landlords and tenants in a wide range of complex real estate matters in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also serves as outside counsel to large and small closely held businesses and health care practices. Mr. K...
Kimberly Civins has worked with wealthy individuals, families, executors and trustees for over 20 years and utilizes that expertise to assist clients with accomplishing their goals for wealth structuring and transfers. Kim concentrates her practice in: Estate planning Estate administration Trusts Tax exempt entities (including public charities and private foundations) Transfer tax (estate, gift and generation skipping transfer taxes and IRS audits) Business succession planning Federal and sta...
Lawrence Brody retired as an Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law, after fifty years of teaching Estate Planning and Drafting. He is a visiting Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School, teaching a course on Life Insurance. Mr. Brody is the author or co-author of numerous articles and books on the use of life insurance in estate and employee benefit planning, including two BNA Tax Management Portfolios, two books for the National Underwriter Company, and a nu...
Louis S. Harrison has long been recognized as one of the premier estate planning attorneys in the country. A founding partner of Harrison & Held, LLP – one of the nation’s most elite estate planning firms – Lou’s practice encompasses all aspects of trust and estate planning, including estate and business planning for closely held companies. In addition to individuals in need of sophisticated planning, Lou represents numerous family offices, public figures, CEOs of ...
Matthew J. Madsen’s practice includes the representation of affluent private clients in the structure and implementation of complex estate and wealth transfer planning strategies, estate and trust administration and litigation, and audits of gift and estate tax returns. Mr. Madsen advises private clients on their charitable giving strategies, ranging from charitable pledge agreements, donor-advised funds, supporting organizations to private foundations. Mr. Madsen similarly advises tax-...
Stephen Daiker focuses his practice on estate, gift and income tax planning for high net-worth individuals, charitable planned giving, and succession planning for owners of privately-held businesses. He is a frequent speaker on these topics and has written articles for numerous publications, including Taxation for Accountants, taxation for Lawyers, The Florida Bar Journal, The Journal of the Missouri Bar, The Journal of Financial Planning, and the Tax Management Journal of Estates, Gifts and ...
Lee Rosenberg is a trial and appellate litigator with over 20 years of experience in all phases of matrimonial and family law practice. This includes the trial of complex custody, support and equitable distribution matters, as well as the important ability to settle these cases. Lee is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys (AAML) where he previously served as National Parliamentarian and as Chair of the AAML's National Chapter Leaders Committee. He is a member of the AAML'...
Craig Tractenberg is the leader of the Global Disputes team. He structures and resolves disputes through litigation and arbitration, dealing with franchises, licenses, intellectual property, business torts and insolvency issues. He has represented individuals, companies and governments in litigation before state and federal courts and in international arbitration forums such as AAA, ICDR, ICC and ICSID. What do you focus on? I focus on developing and protecting the financial equity and brand ...
In Brief
Family Owned and Operated
by David W. Holaday and John M. Goralka
In the era of sweeping tax reform, family businesses, particularly agricultural business, face many environmental and governmental risks. Outlined below are strategies to ensure family business survival in the face of these threats.
The Evolving Reproductive Landscape
by Justin Smulison
The Supreme Court’s thunderclap Dobbs decision sent abortion policy nationwide into utterly unfamiliar terrain. The ruling also has a colossal effect on surrogates, intended parents and anyone involved in family planning given the patchwork of state laws likely to emerge. What’s a family law attorney to do?
Where There’s No Will . . .
by Anthony J. Enea
. . . there’s no way for you to ensure your assets get distributed the way you would prefer. A guide to the consequences of exiting the stage without a last will and testament in New York.
Estate Plan Implications in Divorce
by April Will and James Vedder
It’s essential that family law practitioners consult with estate planning attorneys as they guide their clients through a marital breakup. Here’s what to what to consider when there is a trust, but the parties do not trust each other.
The Quarter-Century Childhood
by Joseph Trotti
In recent years, proposed and enacted laws have significantly expanded parental obligation for child support, receiving little attention. Even if well-meaning, they have their flaws, beginning with reduced parental rights.
Divorce in a Downturn
by Jennifer Brandt
Couples who choose to end their marriage during a recession must confront a host of difficult economic questions in addition to all the financial and emotional demands inherent in any divorce.
Ghosts of Christmas Past
by Steven M. Visioli
’Tis the season . . . for a vacation without the kids. A recommendation against sharing co-parenting holidays with your ex.
Making a List, Checking It Twice
by Lindsay Heller
Being a separated parent with kids can add stress to the holidays. These five tips can help you navigate the season, maintain your sanity—and ensure that the focus remains on the children’s happiness.
Confronting the Inevitable
by Theresa Jo Gaffney
It’s never easy to contemplate one’s mortality. Yet end-of-life planning is essential at any age, as I learned all too well when my husband contracted COVID-19 several months into the pandemic. The peace of mind such forethought brings is essential should the worst come to pass.
