About

Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann LLP is a full-service matrimonial, family law and litigation law firm, established to provide the most committed and personal legal service to clients (men and women in equal numbers) in a wide range of domestic relations and family law matters.

The firm handles divorce, local, national and international custody disputes, prenuptial, postnuptial and separation agreements, cohabitation agreements, paternity proceedings, same sex family law issues, including marriages, birth of children and second-parent adoptions, post-divorce modification and enforcement proceedings and all other related family law/divorce matters.

The firm's ten outstanding matrimonial and family law attorneys, assisted by their experienced and skilled support staff, handle high-profile divorces and related matters for celebrities, public figures, professionals and other wealthy individuals, whose representations involve complex legal and financial issues and vast marital estates, as well as more modest matters that the firm considers appropriate for its representation.

The firm's attorneys are all excellent and committed negotiators and trial attorneys, with extensive experience in family law and litigation, and they represent their clients in contested trials as well as in amicable settlements, tailoring particularized strategies and programs to the needs of each of their individual clients.

The firm's attorneys are known and respected for their careful preparation, legal analysis, zealous advocacy and resultant victories in the New York State Court of Appeals, Appellate Divisions, Supreme Court and Family Court. They have been responsible for cutting edge, landmark decisions, for which they are recognized and cited.

The firm's attorneys have also made important contributions to the development of Matrimonial and Family Law by teaching, writing, public testimony and legal analysis.

The firm's attorneys have been leaders in the Bar Associations as is detailed in the Attorney Profiles.

The firm's attorneys have earned the respect of the Judges and other court officials before whom they practice, as well as of their clients, their adversaries, the professional community, the media, the bar associations and the three branches of government for their careful preparation, attention to detail, commitment to their clients, zealous advocacy, contributions to the growth and reform of the law and for their integrity.

The firm's attorneys, whose individual profiles are found in the Attorney Directory, are:

Partners
Harriet Newman Cohen
Bonnie E. Rabin
Martha Cohen Stine
Gretchen Beall Schumann*
Paul C. Kurland

Associates
Tim James
Orrit Hershkovitz
Alexandra Fisher
Amanda Laird*
Evridiki Poumpouridis

Legal Assistant
Robert Pagano

*also admitted in New Jersey