Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Huntington, NY

Joseph M. Brettschneider is the principal attorney at Brettschneider & Brettschneider, located in Huntington, New York. Focusing his practice primarily on family law issues, he provides representation to clients in Suffolk and Nassau counties, and other parts of the New York City metropolitan area in matters involving divorce, child custody and support, spousal maintenance and property division. He also handles estate planning matters for his clients.

Believing it to be less emotionally and financially stressful for them, Mr. Brettschneider strives to reach amicable out-of-court settlements for his clients, but when necessary, he is a tenacious courtroom advocate. In one representative case, he was able to more than double the original length of time that alimony payments had originally been ordered for his client, with the New York Appellate Court finding that it would be unrealistic to believe that she would be able to become financially independent and not have to rely on her former husband's support.

As an undergraduate, Mr. Brettschneider attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with honors in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in comparative literature. After deciding to pursue a legal career, he went on to attend The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 1986. Mr. Brettschneider has been admitted to practice before all New York state courts since 1987 and has been in private practice since that time.

Well-respected by his peers for his legal acumen and high degree of ethics, Mr. Brettschneider is rated as AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell. He has also been a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 2003, and he is an active participant in the Suffolk and Nassau county bar associations.

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