How Do You Find and Select a Good Lawyer?

  “The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence.” – Abraham Lincoln It’s very important that the attorney you work with has experience and is specializing in the specific areas that are of interest to you and that you...

A Good Divorce?

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” – George Eliot Some people think that having a “good divorce” is an oxymoron. In her October 28th NY Times article entitled “The Good Divorce”, Susan Gregory Thomas admits that “. . ....

Roytberg Legal Alert

Mediator successfully quashes a subpoena in Suffolk County – Rosenthal v. Rosenthal, NY Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Justice Garguilo (August 5, 2011) When the parties started their mediation, they signed an agreement with the mediator with the following...

The Making of a Parenting Plan

“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son…” – The Talmud Children are precious. They are incredibly unique and yet they carry within them characteristics and mannerisms of our favorite ancestors, – a familiar twinkle, a turn of the head, a dimple on the...

The Consequences of Equality

“Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.” ~Isadora Duncan Recently the New York State legislature finally passed changes which now permit registration of marriages between persons of the same gender....