If you need legal help with family law matters in New York, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. New York attorneys handle cases involving child custody, child support, adoption, paternity, guardianship, and prenuptial agreements, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Supreme Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

New York is an equitable distribution state, which determines how courts divide marital property and debts. Custody decisions in Supreme Court are based on the best interests of the child standard, and judges have significant discretion. The divorce process involves specific procedural requirements, and a New York family law attorney who regularly appears in Supreme Court understands the local expectations and timelines that affect every case.

The family law attorneys listed here practice throughout New York and can be filtered by location, reviews, and experience. Each profile includes practice area details, office locations, and client feedback. We recommend comparing several attorneys before making a decision — most offer free initial consultations, which gives you a chance to evaluate their approach and determine whether they're the right fit.

For a detailed overview of how family law law works in New York — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to family law law in New York. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Shiying Cai - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
LAW OFFICES OF SHIYING CAI, PLLC
 774 59th Street Suite 3A/3B BROOKLYN NY 11220
(646) 722-8080
Boston University School of Law
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Bar #5433420
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Family Law Immigration Law Real Estate Law
Michael Liptrot - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tully Rinckey PLLC
 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1601 New York NY 10170
Brooklyn Law School
English, Spanish
Bar #5215496
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Education Law
Cassandra H Donovan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Cassandra Donovan
 445 Broadhollow Rd Suite 25 Melville NY 11747
(631) 815-1864
English, French
New York Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Asbestos & Mesothelioma Business Law
Ronald Steven Nir - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Ronald Nir
 125-10 Queens Blvd Suite 15 Queens NY 11415
(347) 494-8509
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (1985)
Bar #2157527
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Cannabis & Marijuana Law Criminal Law Domestic Violence
Stephanie L Hanrahan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Stephanie L. Hanrahan
 89 North Broad Street Norwich NY 13815
(607) 226-7143
Bar #5718689
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
Brett S. Noonan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
NoonanBrown Law
 423 East Main Street Endicott NY 13760
(607) 953-6367
Albany Law School
English
Bar #4878211
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
J. Rochelle Cavanagh - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McNamee Lochner P.C.
 20 Corporate Woods Blvd #500 Albany NY 12211
(518) 447-3200
Albany Law School (2009)
English
New York Bar
Unknown Status
Divorce Family Law
Liam G.B. Murphy - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Shaw & Murphy, PLLC
 170 Main Street Groton NY 13073
(607) 273-2900
New York University School of Law (1985)
Bar #5438817
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Consumer Law
Bracha Etengoff - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law & Mediation Office of Bracha Etengoff
 43 West 43rd Street Suite 252 New York NY 10036
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (2002)
English, Hebrew
Bar #4417523
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Estate Planning Family Law
Leslie Silva - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tully Rinckey, PLLC
 441 New Karner Road Albany NY 12205
(518) 218-7100
Western New England University School of Law (2004)
English
Bar #4735957
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Family Law
Max Smelyansky - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Smelyansky Law Office
 602 Central Ave Ste 102 Albany NY 12206
(518) 688-2800
Baltimore International College
English
Bar #5009022
Unknown Status
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Btzalel Hirschhorn - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Shiryak, Bowman, Anderson, Gill & Kadochnikov, LLP
 8002 Kew Gardens Rd Ste 600 Kew Gardens NY 11415
(718) 263-6800
University of Baltimore School of Law
English
Bar #5289251
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Collections
Kyle Calabrese - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of Kyle W. Calabrese
 265 Union St Hamburg NY 14075
(716) 649-3311
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School (1993)
Spanish
New York Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law Divorce
David P. DeSantis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Nave Law Office
 231 Walton Street Syracuse NY 13202
(315) 948-3566
Syracuse University College of Law
English
Bar #5355383
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law DUI & DWI Family Law
Itamar Levy - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Barrows Levy PLLC
 538 Broad Hollow Road Suite 315 Melville NY 11747
(516) 744-1880
State University of New York - Buffalo (2001)
English, Russian
Bar #5106836
New Jersey Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Kaliopi Vasiliou - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Vasiliou Law
 30-97 Steinway St. Suite 301A Astoria NY 11103
(347) 967-6141
Touro College (2009)
English, Greek, Spanish
Bar #5087416
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce Family Law
V Julia Luyster - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
V. Julia Luyster, P.A.
 485 Sunset Drive Hamburg NY 14075
(716) 425-1868
Baylor Law School (1991)
English, Spanish
Bar #2445
Florida Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Divorce
Mairead Catherine Twohig - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Osorio Cachaya Law Offices, PLLC
 203 E Post Rd 1st Floor White Plains NY 10601
(914) 361-4728
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University (2016)
English
Bar #5565114
New Jersey Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Divorce Family Law
Michael Salvatore Pascazi - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1065 Main Street Suite D Fishkill NY 12524
(845) 897-4219
Albany
English, French, Italian
Bar #4367843
2nd Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Konstantinos Gaisidis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
LAW OFFICES OF KONSTANTINOS GAISIDIS
 43 West 43rd Street. Suite 240. , NY New York NY 10036
(212) 859-5056
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Bar #5277314
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Criminal Law
Sam Giacona - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Giacona Law, P.C.
 9 Court St. Auburn NY 13021
(315) 255-1122
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law (1983)
New York Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Divorce DUI & DWI
Megan B. Van Aken - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McNamee Lochner P.C.
 20 Corporate Woods Blvd #500 Albany NY 12211
(518) 447-3365
Albany Law School
English
New York Bar
Active License
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
David Pierre Turchi - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
David P. Turchi, Esq.
 305 Madison Avenue, Ste. 4600 New York NY 10165
(212) 324-1707
American University Washington College of Law (1997)
English, French
Bar #3907441
Connecticut Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Collections Construction Law
Benjamin Karl Bergman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jackson Bergman, LLP
 477 State Street Binghamton NY 13901
(607) 296-4190
State University of New York - Buffalo (1995)
English
Bar #2976033
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
Sean Imran - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Sean Imran, LLC
 10 Lakeview Dr Kings Park NY 11754
(631) 533-2233
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School (2017)
English
Bar #5875208
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Ghenadie Rusu - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Ghenadie Rusu PLLC
 140 Broadway 46th 4615 New York NY 10005
(347) 907-1248
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
English, French, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
Bar #5993357
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Joseph C. Crozier - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tiveron Law PLLC
 43 Central Ave Lancaster NY 14086
(716) 636-7600
SUNY Buffalo Law School
English
Bar #6021885
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Domestic Violence Entertainment & Sports Law
Mark Winston Bobb - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Bobb Law Office PLLC
 44 S Broadway, Suite 100 White Plains NY 10601
(866) 994-2622
Florida International University College of Law (2017)
English
Bar #5654223
Ontario Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Divorce Family Law
Peter Mandi - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Peter V. Mandi & Associates, Inc.
 4875 Sunrise Highway Suite 301 Bohemia NY 11716
(631) 265-0052
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (2002)
English, Hungarian
Bar #4660023
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Family Law Real Estate Law
Debra J. Cohn - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Debra Cohn; Tully Rinckey PLLC
 4100 Vestal Road Suite 104 Vestal NY 13850
(607) 206-5506
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
English
Bar #4570941
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Elder Law Estate Planning
Lori Nevias - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 24 Princeton Street Rockville Centre NY 11570
(516) 724-0314
Cardozo Law School
English, Hebrew
Bar #2687721
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Harry Michael Forman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Harry M. Forman Attorney at Law
 644 Soundview Ave Bronx NY 10473-2938
(917) 733-6590
Brooklyn Law School
Bar #1264233
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
Ariel A. Bauerle - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
HoganWillig, PLLC
 43 Central Ave Lancaster NY 14086
(716) 636-7600
SUNY Buffalo Law School (2019)
English
Bar #5795174
New York Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Business Law Divorce Estate Planning
Jason Bost - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 26 Court Street Suite 2511 Brooklyn NY 11242
(844) 533-3367
Rutgers School of Law-Newark (2009)
Bar #5576335
Federal Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Divorce
Jon Michael Probstein - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Jon Michael Probstein
 21 Turn Lane Levittown NY 11756
(212) 972-3250
St. John s University School of Law (1973)
English
Bar #1430206
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Jack Richard Lebowitz - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lebowitz Legal Services, PLLC
 175 Broad St., Ste. 414 PO Box 4244 Glens Falls NY 12804-0244
(518) 282-4472
Boston University (1973)
Bar #1186030
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Richard Jennings - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tully Rinckey PLLC
 4100 Vestal Road, Suite 104 Vestal NY 13850
(607) 722-1520
University of North Dakota School of Law
Bar #5337696
Pennsylvania Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Criminal Law Family Law
Ivan Alter - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 60 East 42nd Street Suite 4600 New York NY 10165
(914) 861-2400
Columbia University (2008)
Bar #2595361
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Family Law
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