Matrimonial and Family Law Services for Ultra-High Net Worth, High-Profile Clients in New York and New Jersey
Experience “special forces” caliber legal representation in complex divorce and family law matters with Mandelbaum Barrett PC – where our attorney specialists apply financial sophistication, fierce advocacy, and elite battle-tested trial skills to win the most difficult cases for our clients.
Protecting Your Interests with Power, Precision and Discretion
Led in New York by Partner Michael F. Bevacqua, Jr., Esq., (admitted in NY & NJ) and in New Jersey by Partners David Carton, Esq. (admitted in NJ), and Lynne Strober, Esq. (admitted in NJ) Ultra-High Net Worth Divorce is a specialty within the firm’s Matrimonial and Family Law Practice, focused on complex, high-stakes, highly contested interstate, domestic and international disputes and crisis management for ultra-high net worth individuals, celebrities, professional athletes, and others with heightened public profiles. Our attorneys are relentless, skilled advocates and negotiators, who stand ready to litigate and try the most difficult cases. Our clients receive the knowledge and expertise of elite attorneys specializing in the areas of complex divorce and family law for ultra-high net worth individuals, backed by the broad resources and reach of a large, multi-state, full-service law firm with corporate, real estate, tax, trust and estates, patent and trademark, entertainment, and criminal law departments. Highlights of the firm’s Ultra-High Net Worth Divorce and Family Law Practice include:
- contested and mediated complex divorce, custody and dissolution proceedings;
- crisis management and representation in sensitive and high-profile matters;
- servicing private equity, hedge funds, financial services, technology, celebrities,
entertainers, artists, professional athletes, physicians, and other wealthy individuals with
heightened public profiles; - asset location and recovery;
- matters involving complex business, tax, trust, estate, securities, and asset
valuation/division issues; - pre-marital and inherited asset protection;
- highly-contested interstate and international custody disputes;
- financial trials;
- prenuptial, postnuptial, separation, and intimate relationship agreements;
- domestic violence and restraining orders; and
- appeals.
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