New York Family and Divorce Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

107 Greenwich St 25th floor, New York, NY 10006, USA

Bryan is a Partner of GHSK and the head of its Matrimonial & Family Law practice. Bryan’s practice embraces a diverse set of clients and the challenging issues they face. Bryan understands the situations many of our family law clients are enduring can be arduous, delicate, and emotional. Bryan approaches each client’s matter with knowledge, compassion, and understanding. He collaborates with clients to determine their desired outcomes and develop creative strategies to achieve them. Bryan provides representation at every level, including complex and sophisticated family law matters for high-net-worth individuals. He handles a wide variety of family law matters, from the negotiation of pre- and postnuptial agreements to separation and divorce proceedings (contested, same-sex, and uncontested). He is a skilled and constructive negotiator when clients attempt to settle issues by agreement, and a powerful advocate when the determination of the Court is necessary. Bryan’s divorce clients face many issues including custody and parenting time/visitation, child support, spousal maintenance/alimony, equitable distribution of assets, as well as domestic violence and orders of protection. He also helps clients traverse the ever-changing landscape of family law as it relates to same-sex couples. Bryan was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers each year since 2020 and earned the recognition of the Top 10 Attorneys under 40 by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He frequently presents at various forums discussing divorce and considerations involved such as financial issues and LGBT+ issues. He has also been quoted in articles by various media outlets such as USA Today.

Family and Divorce Law

666 Old Country Rd suite 801, Garden City, NY 11530, USA

Byron C. Chou practices exclusively in matrimonial and family law, bringing a unique blend of litigation acumen and deep forensic/financial expertise to his clients' matters. He represents high-net-worth individuals in complex matters involving equitable distribution and asset valuation; negotiates prenuptial, postnuptial, and separation agreements; and litigates high-stakes matrimonial, child custody and support disputes. Prior to joining Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, Mr. Chou built a distinguished career in forensic accounting and business valuation at KLG Business Valuators and Forensic Accountants. There, he advised hundreds of clients, attorneys, and judges in both contested and mediated divorces — as well as in personal injury and estate matters — by conducting financial/forensic audits, projecting asset values, valuing publicly and closely held businesses and interests, and evaluating executive compensation packages. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University and his Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Kenneth Wang Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Chou spent his youth between Taipei, Taiwan and Syosset, New York and currently resides in Huntington, New York. Because of his diversified upbringing, Mr. Chou is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese, an invaluable resource in the effective representation of his clients from Long Island and throughout the New York metro region. A respected leader in the New York metropolitan legal community, including Nassau and Suffolk County, Mr. Chou serves on the Board of Directors of the Nassau County Bar Association and has previously chaired both its New Lawyers Committee and LGBTQ Committee. He is the Vice Chair of the Asian American Attorney Section (and organizes the Annual Chinese Lunar New Year and Diwali celebrations), a Board Member of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inns of Court, and in 2023 was appointed to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Asian Leaders Advisory Council. Mr. Chou is frequently invited by Judges, bar associations, and civic organizations to lecture on topics ranging from matrimonial law to artificial intelligence. His professional achievements have earned him numerous honors, including recognition as a New York Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Lawyers of Distinction, the Nassau County Bar Association President’s Award, and the Nassau County Comptroller’s Achievement Award and other acknowledgements from the Town of North Hempstead and Town of Huntington.

Family and Divorce Law

527 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Carly Krasner Leizerson practices in all areas of matrimonial and family law including high conflict financial cases, child custody, relocation, child support modification actions, and the negotiation of prenuptial and separation agreements. She has also appeared before the Federal Courts in actions brought pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction. A litigator by training, she is a zealous advocate for her clients. Her deep understanding of the unique emotional and financial challenges facing families and individuals during the separation and divorce process allows her to find creative out-of-court solutions whenever possible, and her litigation background provides her with the tools and experience to aggressively litigate cases through trial and appeals, when necessary. Beginning in 2018, Carly has been recognized by her peers in Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in the areas of matrimonial and family law, and in 2019, she was recognized by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys as a “Top 10 Under 40”. Prior to joining the Firm, Carly was an associate at McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, where she practiced matrimonial and family law. Carly received her law degree, cum laude from Pace University School of Law in 2012, where she was the Symposium and Submissions Editor of the Pace International Law Review. Carly is a member of the Family Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Family and Divorce Law

222 Bloomingdale Rd, White Plains, NY 10605, USA

Carol Most has several decades of experience in Family and Matrimonial Law. Ms. Most is capable of harnessing her experience and knowledge to get favorable results for her clients. To her clients, Ms. Most is warm and caring. Ms. Most’s warmth, however, is carefully balanced by her aggressive advocacy in court. Ms. Most is uniquely gifted in knowing what approach will best serve her clients and capitalizing on that approach when negotiating with adversaries and arguing in court. Ms. Most places the needs and desires of the client first when determining the approach taken in court. In addition to representing parties, Ms. Most also devotes a portion of her time to representing children. This experience enables her to more easily relate to judges and adversaries when child custody is at issue. Ms. Most’s experience includes all aspects of Family and Matrimonial Law including child custody, child support, maintenance, and equitable distribution. Ms. Most’s experience includes divorces where parties have many millions of dollars in assets held in complex structures to W-2 wage earners. For child custody, Ms. Most’s experience runs the gamut of involved caring parents, to issues involving drugs, abuse, alienation, and mental health issues. Ms. Most is capable of taking her extensive experience and knowledge and effectively applying it to You. If you are going through a divorce, you know that you need a divorce lawyer who will be a good listener and an effective negotiator. You need an attorney who knows how to be understanding about your situation, and how to get tough in court. You need the experienced matrimonial law attorneys at Most & Schneid, P.C.

Family and Divorce Law

5O West street, 7D, NY, NY 10006