About Lazar & Schwartz

For more than 40 years, the experienced attorneys at Lazar Schwartz & Jones (formerly Lazar & Schwartz) have helped to guide and protect their clients through the difficult process of divorce by providing the most effective and appropriate solution for each situation. Personal and family law cases are frequently emotionally charged and extremely sensitive. Lazar & Schwartz lawyers are are compassionate, responsive and caring, yet tough when it comes to defending your interests. We work closely with our clients offering three distinct ways to reach a resolution that are most advantageous for the divorcing couple and their children: Litigation, Collaboration and Mediation.We stand up for our clients, focus on what matters to them, and are fearless in protecting their interests.  We also have a trusts and estates department and provide individualized estate plans and the necessary documents to implement those plans.

Lazar  Schwartz & Jones specializes in achieving outstanding outcomes for individuals relating to their marriage, divorce, and estate planning needs, while working in integrity with the client’s values. To resolve disputes respectfully and achieve positive and peaceful family reorganization, we offer Mediation, Collaborative Divorce and litigation services. We believe that all family matters require thoughtful, sensitive and thorough discussion and review before any action is taken and that the action should be one mutually adopted by the lawyer and their client.

Kathryn Lazar and Brett Jones are the partners in the firm; Kathryn has over 40 years of experience and is the founder of the firm with her now retired husband, Robert Schwartz. Brett Jones has over twenty five years family law and divorce experience having joined the firm in 2007 after working with one of the most respected matrimonial lawyers in Dutchess County for over ten years.  Sherry Bishko, an experienced matrimonial attorney who worked in Westchester County for years, joined the firm in 2025 and is spearheading our efforts to increase mediation and collaborative divorce in Orange County.   Randie Semel, an attorney who has represented clients in all aspects of probate, trust and estate planning and administration, has recently joined us so we can provide comprehensive services to our clients.  All our lawyers dedicate themselves to working closely with their clients to achieve the client’s objective.