Stephen Gassman

Stephen Gassman practices matrimonial and family law in Garden City, New York, as senior partner of Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C. Litigation and appellate practice are also listed in his individual profile. The firm confines its work to matrimonial and family law.

Writing and teaching have been part of Gassman’s work alongside practice. He wrote Cross Examination: A Primer for the Family Lawyer and, with Rosalia Baiamonte, the Library of New York Matrimonial Law Forms. At Touro Law School, he taught Advanced Family Law as an adjunct professor. His lectures have included matrimonial law programs for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau County Bar Association.

In Nassau County, Gassman served as bar association president in 1988–1989 and chaired its Matrimonial & Family Law Committee. He also founded the association’s charitable arm, the We Care Fund. At the state level, he chaired the New York State Bar Association’s Family Law Section from 1992 to 1994. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Other service has included membership on the Second Judicial Department’s Judicial Hearing Officer Screening Committee and the Tenth Judicial District’s Law Guardian Advisory Committee. Gassman holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from New York Law School. He is admitted to practice in New York.