Top Amherst, NY Family Lawyers

Mattingly Cavagnaro, LLP, serves clients throughout Amherst. It handles a wide variety of matrimonial and family law cases, including child and spousal support, same-sex and international divorce, and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreement issues. It also handles property and asset division, annulment, and mediation. Its attorneys have more than 40 years of combined experience handling family and matrimonial law cases. Christopher S. Mattingly, co-principal of the firm, served as president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers' New York Chapter.

For more than 30 years, Kevin P. Shelby, Attorney at Law, has been catering to clients in Amherst dealing with family law matters. The legal team guides couples going through a divorce, helping them resolve paternity, custody and visitation, and child support issues. It also helps with pre- and post-nuptial agreements and equitable property distribution. Additionally, the firm litigates cases that may result in criminal charges, such as domestic violence and neglect. The founding lawyer is associated with the Family Court Practice & Procedure Committee.

Matrimonial Mediation Services of Buffalo, Inc., offers legal representation to families and individuals in Amherst and the surrounding areas. Its family lawyers assist couples in resolving conflict with respect. Its team of mediation attorneys helps clients identify, collaborate, and negotiate an agreement that is acceptable to both sides while meeting their short- and long-term needs. The team also handles same-sex divorce, legal separation agreements, parental plans, post-divorce financial mediation and child custody, and post-nuptial agreements.

Bengart & DeMarco, LLP, has been catering to Amherst-based clients for more than 30 years. Its team consists of attorneys and paralegals who work with spouses and families in litigation proceedings and negotiations concerning divorces, alimony, child custody, and asset division. They help resolve disputes by connecting both parties and communicating their respective goals in line with their long-term domestic, financial, and legal needs. Bengart & DeMarco also negotiates child and spousal support modifications, explains adoption requirements, and coordinates estate and business planning initiatives.

DiPasquale & Carney, LLP, offers legal counsel to individuals, couples, and families in Amherst and the surrounding areas. The firm handles various aspects of family law, including divorce, child custody and support, paternity matters, and enforcement of orders. Ryan Carney, one of its lawyers, has litigated cases in New York's Surrogate, Family, City and Town, County, Supreme, and Administrative courts. He also gives back to the community through Buffalo City Mission, where he helps homeless men and women with their legal problems.

Ashlea L. Palladino Attorney at Law provides counsel and representation for clients undergoing family conflicts. The firm serves individuals and couples throughout Amherst and the surrounding areas, focusing on various areas of family law such as legal separation and divorce, property division, alimony, child support, and enforcement and modification of orders. It also assists with filing orders of protection in cases of abuse or neglect. Palladino has been practicing family law since 2010 and serves on the board of Women Lawyers of Western New York.

Elaina M. Monte, Attorney at Law, serves clients in the Amherst metro and the surrounding areas. It offers legal advice and representation to individuals facing family law issues. The firm has experience helping people pursue justice for child neglect, seek child custody, divide assets during a divorce, and set up a protection order. Its attorney, Elaina M. Monte, has been practicing law for over 10 years. She is a board member of the WNY Veterans Housing Coalition.

Gabriele Law PLLC is a boutique firm that represents Amherst residents in family and matrimonial law litigation. It assists individuals and families in resolving divorce cases and related matters in a timely and cost-effective manner. Vanessa Gabriele and her team help with adoptions, prenuptial agreements, mediation, and protection orders. In addition, they handle high net-worth divorce cases. Gabriele is a member of the executive committee of the New York State Bar Association's Family Law Section.

Kate Johnson Law deals with the family-related matters of Amherst residents. The firm represents clients in negotiations, settlements, and court proceedings to help them achieve favorable outcomes in cases involving uncontested or contested divorce, asset division, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, child custody and support, spousal alimony, and enforcement or modification of family court decisions. Additionally, Kate Johnson Law handles estate planning matters to assist clients in making plans for their children's future and safeguarding properties for their families.

Schaus & Schaus LLP Attorneys at Law is a fourth-generation law firm that handles the legal needs of the people of Amherst. Its family lawyer, Barbara A. Schaus, guides clients through the complicated and emotionally-charged processes of divorce, child custody and support, timesharing, and alimony. She also helps with debt and property division. Barbara is admitted to practice before all courts in New York State, including the United States District Court, Western District of New York, and the United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York.