Blog - Lazar, Schwartz & Jones

May 3, 2022

Lazar Schwartz & Jones welcomes Raunak Kothari

We’re thrilled to announce that Raunak Kothari has joined our firm as Of Counsel. Raunak honed his practice in Manhattan, where he has worked with the most prominent family law attorneys in the city. He has had a second home ...

April 12, 2022

Lazar Schwartz & Jones, Leading Hudson Valley Family and Matrimonial Law Firm Expands, Adding Brett Jones as Partner

Hopewell Junction, NY — April 12, 2022 – One of the Hudson Valley’s most accomplished law firms, Lazar & Schwartz, announced that Brett Jones has been appointed as partner to the firm, which will be known as Lazar Schwartz & ...

November 26, 2021

CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS DESPITE A BREAKUP, SEPARATION OR DIVORCE

You can celebrate the holidays happily with good self care even in divorce or other life change

November 6, 2021

Emotions and the Cost of Divorce

Emotions can prevent a divorcing client from working effectively with an attorney. The client can become immobilized, experience failure to concentrate and at worst be unable to recognize and accept a reasonable settlement proposal. As a result, the attorney has ...

October 4, 2021

That First Conversation with your Spouse about Divorce

How you approach your first conversation with your spouse about divorce can impact the rest of your life. Prepare, be kind and be smart.

August 15, 2021

HAS COVID INCREASED THE DIVORCE RATE IN THE HUDSON VALLEY?

Many people have asked us whether there is an increase in divorce since the shutdown of 2020. Although it is too early to really know, it seems to us that it may not be so, even though we have been ...

June 3, 2021

Business Owners and Divorce: Valuing a Business in Divorce

CONTROLLING COST AND CONTENTION AROUND EXPERT APPRAISALS When your divorce involves a business owned by you or your spouse, or you and your spouse, the value of the business will most likely figure in the divorce. If you and your ...

April 23, 2020

ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS DURING COVID 19 SHUTDOWN

Are you contemplating a separation or divorce and want more information in order to make a plan ? Are you in the middle of a separation process or divorce process including litigation, and want to proceed with trying to resolve ...

April 23, 2020

HOW DO I NAVIGATE TIMESHARING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

If you are unsure about whether or not you should share your children in accordance with your custody order during this uncertain and frightening time, you are not alone. Our firm is getting questions from many clients asking whether or ...

November 24, 2019

Life After Divorce

Last month our post covered legal and personal strategies for getting through divorce. This month we’ll cover some post-divorce strategies for self-care and family care. Good news: these two parts of the divorce process tap some of the same skills, ...

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Lazar Schwartz & Jones welcomes Raunak Kothari

Lazar Schwartz & Jones, Leading Hudson Valley Family and Matrimonial Law Firm Expands, Adding Brett Jones as Partner

CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS DESPITE A BREAKUP, SEPARATION OR DIVORCE

Emotions and the Cost of Divorce

That First Conversation with your Spouse about Divorce

HAS COVID INCREASED THE DIVORCE RATE IN THE HUDSON VALLEY?

Business Owners and Divorce: Valuing a Business in Divorce

ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS DURING COVID 19 SHUTDOWN

HOW DO I NAVIGATE TIMESHARING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

Life After Divorce

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