Best Lawyers in America for Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation
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Jeffrey A. Weissman is a Principal/Shareholder of the law firm of Gladstone, Weissman, Hirschberg & Schneider, 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 Preeminent Rated by Martindale- Hubbell. He is a Fellow in the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is also a Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator and is formally trained in Collaborative Law. Mr. Weissman was rece...
Paul J. Reinstein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law, Family Law Mediation and Mediation. Paul J., who practices law in Annapolis, Maryland, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Paul J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Amy Stern is a Partner with the law firm of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford P.C. , having joined the firm in 1995. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Montgomery Bar Association. She is a member of the Family Law Section of the Montgomery Bar Association and past Chair of the Family Law Section Mediation Committee. Ms. Stern's work focuses primarily on estate planning and estate administration law, domestic relations law and family mediation. She is certified in F...
Carolé C. Krogmann is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law and Family Law Mediation. Carolé C., who practices law in McLean, Virginia, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Carolé C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Elizabeth A. Garrett is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law, Family Law Arbitration and Family Law Mediation. Elizabeth A., who practices law in Nashville, Tennessee, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Elizabeth A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Mr. Schilawski is a partner in the law firm of Wake Family Law Group in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971, his M.Ed. degree from North Carolina State University in 1976 and his J.D. degree from Campbell University in 1982. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Campbell Law Review. Mr. Schilawski's principal area of practice is family law. In 1989, he was board certified as a specialist in family law by the North Car...
Bar Admissions: New Jersey New York District of Columbia U.S. District Court U.S. Supreme Court Jerry S. D’Aniello, a member of the firm, devotes his practice exclusively to all aspects of divorce and family law. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, he has worked with clients whose needs lie in all areas of matrimonial and family law, including divorce litigation, mediation, and arbitration; post-judgment litigation; custody and parenting time issu...
Andrew C. Mallor leads Mallor Grodner Plummer LLP’s private client division, handling all legal needs of the firm’s private clients, from complex matrimonial cases to wealth management and family wealth planning. Andy has been a leading family lawyer in Indiana for over 45 years. He is board certified in family law and is an acclaimed trial lawyer. By applying his many years of experience and his innate creativity to the issue at hand, Andy is often able to devise unique solutions...
Susannah A. Stinson has successfully handled and favorably resolved hundreds of family law disputes for a wide array of clients. Her decades of experience range from difficult divorces involving high net worth/complex property issues and emotionally-charged child custody matters, to paternity suits, modifications, protective orders, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements, to the many types of enforcement matters inherent in family law matters. In addition to being Board Certified by the Texas B...
A partner of the firm since 2000, Eric Robertson provides compassionate assistance, creative solutions, and honest advice to his clients. Eric’s areas of expertise include divorces involving the valuation and division of complicated assets, drug and alcohol addiction, and mental health issues. His clients include business owners, professionals, and their spouses. He is known for his financial acumen, and for helping individuals in long-term marriages successfully transition to the next ...
Glenn M. Cooper is the chair and senior member of the firm’s Litigation and Family Law practices. He frequently appears before federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels, and before arbitration panels and professional disciplinary boards. The majority of his practice is devoted to complex business, financial, commercial and domestic litigation involving significant business issues. A number of Mr. Cooper’s cases have helped shape the current state of the law i...
Curtis Harrison is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and a partner at Goranson Bain Ausley in Plano. With over 31 years practicing exclusively in family law, Curtis was named Best Lawyers in America's “Lawyer of the Year” for Family Law Mediation in the Dallas/Fort Worth region (2022) and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Family Law, Family Law Mediation, and Collaborative Law: Family Law (2017–present). He has been named a ...
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