SHARON STEIN
sharon@steinott.com

Sharon Stein graduated from Rutgers Law School in 1980, where she served as an Editor of the Rutgers Law Review.

Ms. Stein has received the Highest “AV” Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, for legal ability and professional ethics.

Ms. Stein has lectured to the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar on various family law topics. 

Articles about her cutting edge cases have appeared on the front page of the New York Law Journal, which in 2010 published an article she had co-authored with Phyllis Saxe, Esq. dealing with children’s special needs during divorce negotiations.

For almost thirty years Sharon Stein has been advising and representing clients in all aspects of matrimonial law in both the trial and appellate levels.  Prior to starting her own firm she had been a matrimonial partner at the prominent New York law firm, Squadron, Ellenoff & Plesent.

Ms. Stein’s practice includes:                                     

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 divorce negotiation and litigation
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 custody, access and relocation issues
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 equitable distribution of assets acquired during the relationship
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 prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
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 rights and obligations regarding spousal maintenance and child support
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 post-divorce enforcement and modification of agreements

Ms. Stein believes that a client’s best interest is usually served by a comprehensive negotiated settlement after an in depth analysis of all financial information and other facts including the best interest of any children of the marriage.  However, she also understands that there are times when effective representation at trial or the appellate level is necessary. She is an accomplished litigator who has successfully tried a myriad of equitable distribution, child custody and support cases, and has argued appeals in the appellate courts dealing with significant legal issues.

Ms. Stein’s practice is built on offering her clients practical, resourceful, reliable and attainable solutions to their cases with a focus on the needs of the parents as well as their children.  She fully appreciates that clients often come to her at a stressful and painful time in their lives, when they need and deserve clear explanations and personal attention with a focus on each client’s individual needs and goals. 
Background:
Practice Areas: Matrimonial, Family Law, Litigation, Trials and Appeals.
Admitted: New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, State of New Jersey 1980, and U.S. Supreme Court 1986.
Biography: Lecturer on matrimonial law issues to the National Convention of the American Bar Association and to the Family Law Section Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the New York State Bar Association.
Educated: Rutgers University, J.D., 1980; Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1979-1980.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Matrimonial Committee, 1995-1997); New York County Lawyers Association (Member: Matrimonial Law Committee, 1987-1989; Legislation Sub-Committee, 1987-; Executive Committee, 1991-), New York State Bar Association (Family Law Section 1985-).
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