19 Best Fort Lauderdale Family Lawyers

Brodie & Friedman PA, located in Boca Raton, is a family law firm that represents clients in the Fort Lauderdale area. The firm helps develop parenting plans, custody arrangements, and child support terms. Additionally, it assists with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and the division of finances and assets. Brodie & Friedman PA handles cases involving paternity suits, DNA testing, parental relocation, and aspects of family law related to LGBT marriage.

Family Matters Law Group PA is located in Plantation and provides a holistic approach to family law cases throughout Fort Lauderdale. The firm helps clients resolve divorce, child custody, and domestic violence issues. It starts with mediation and collaborative law approaches for resolution without a trial. Its attorneys use their experience as certified family law mediators to guide families through peaceful resolution. Founding attorney Nazarena Ocon Hauser puts her former prosecutor experience to work when cases go to trial.

The Gainza Law Group, located in Fort Lauderdale, helps individuals sharing a domestic connection understand their legal responsibilities regarding divorce, child support, alimony, and custody. When a divorce is contested, the firm helps clients reach a settlement through mediation, negotiation and, when necessary, court representation. The legal team also handles personal injury cases, including wrongful death and motor vehicle accidents, and it assists foreign nationals with obtaining student visas and employment-based green cards.

Located in Davie, Geller Law and Mediation represents clients in the tri-county area in family law matters. The firm handles cases involving divorce, paternity matters, alimony, domestic violence, and children's issues. It prefers a collaborative law approach, using mediation to resolve matters, but it represents clients in court proceedings when necessary. Founding attorney Jessica Lassman Geller is certified as a family law mediator through the Florida Supreme Court, and she trains others in mediation.

Founded in 2014, Heitner Legal provides family law legal services in Fort Lauderdale. The multi-attorney team deals with divorces, paternity suits, domestic violence cases, child support and alimony modifications, and court proceedings. It also handles divisions of assets, as well as prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Founding attorney Darren Adam Heitner, Esq., who has more than 10 years of legal experience, is a member of the Florida State Bar Association and holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Law Office of Kelley A. Joseph PA has handled family law cases in Plantation and the Fort Lauderdale area for over two decades. The law office helps to establish the paternity through marriage, getting a signed admission from the father, or DNA testing. Joseph also assists in property division, spousal support, and child custody and support issues during divorce, as well as seeking modifications to agreements after a divorce has been finalized.

The Law Offices of Mark Abzug PA is a family law firm that has served clients in Coral Springs and the greater Fort Lauderdale area for over two decades. Abzug represents clients in proceedings involving child custody, time-sharing, visitation, child support, alimony, and paternity, as well as handling parental relocation, property division, divorce, and modifications to order. He also helps clients enforce court orders and negotiated agreements between parties and obtains restraining orders in domestic violence cases.

The Law Offices of Steven E. Blumenthal serves family law clients in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties from its Fort Lauderdale office. The firm seeks to resolve family conflicts through mediation and collaborative law, offering litigation services for clients who can't resolve out of court. The legal team counsels clients through divorce, paternity, custody, child support, modifications, and other family law situations. Founding attorney Blumenthal previously worked as a licensed marriage and family therapist.

Ft. Lauderdale-based Leifert & Leifert has 15 offices throughout the state and has offered family law representation for over 30 years. The firm helps its clients navigate the legal system as it pertains to the aftermath of divorce, including child custody, support, visitation, time-sharing negotiations, and equitable distribution litigation. It advocates for its clients in court when cases cannot be negotiated by mediation. Douglas & Brian Leifert also handle criminal defense cases.

Levinson & Capuano LLC is a family law firm serving the residents of Fort Lauderdale and the nearby communities. The firm helps clients develop prenuptial agreements, file paternity actions, and modify existing postnuptial orders regarding time-sharing. It also has experience with divorce and its related issues, such as property division, child custody and visitation, and spousal and child support. Partner Arielle Capuano has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

The Law Office of Daniel E. Forrest PA handles family law cases from its Ft. Lauderdale office. Its family law services include child custody, paternity establishment, and post-judgment modifications. It additionally represents clients in domestic violence cases. The firm focuses on high net worth divorces involving investment properties, businesses, and other assets. Founding attorney Daniel E. Forrest is certified as a family mediator by the Florida Supreme Court. He's also board-certified in marital and family law.

The Law Offices of Barry I. Finkel PA is a family law practice in Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton focusing on the best solutions for families. It has served clients in the Tri-County area since 1983 in complex family law cases, such as high-net-worth divorces. Matters the law firm handles include alimony, child support and custody, division of property, and post-judgment modifications. It uses forensic accountants, psychologists, and other professionals to assist with cases.

Founded in 2009, the office of Troy Legal PA is located in Boca Raton and represents clients in divorces, marriage dissolution, and related family law matters. While it is capable of defending its clients' rights in court, it understands that this process can be stressful, especially for children. As such, the firm seeks to amicably resolve issues, such as child support and custody, through mediation and uncontested dissolution options. Troy Legal also helps draft prenuptial, postnuptial, and cohabitation agreements.