Valerie S. Wolfman

Ms. Wolfman is admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New York, Supreme Court of the United States, the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. She started her legal career working for Edward Morrison, a former Deputy Mayor of the City of New York. She was an associate attorney in the firm of Wasserman Schneider & Babb a firm concentrating on various international commercial issues. At both firms, before starting her own boutique firm, Ms. Wolfman would handle the firm’s divorce and family law cases in addition to the firms’ commercial matters. She is a member of the prestigious International Association of Family Lawyers. She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States as well as the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

For most of the past thirty years she has been on the French Consulate’s referral list. Many of her clients are French citizens residing permanently or temporarily in New York. She is fully familiar with the various types of French prenuptial agreements. She is also on the State Department’s list of referrals for matters involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction.

Before College, Ms. Wolfman lived in Switzerland, France, Texas and California (San Francisco). She speaks French, German and Swiss German. Ms. Wolfman lives in New York City with her husband, an architect. They have one son.

In addition to having been at the forefront of cases involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, Ms. Wolfman has settled cases involving complex financial compensation and choice of law questions such as whether to file in New York or in the person’s home country.

Features

• Adoption
• Child Custody
• Child Support
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Paternity Cases
• Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
• Spousal Support (Alimony)

• License
  Licensed in New York
  State: New York
  Acquired: 1989
  Currently Registered
  
• Honors
  2020 - Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
  N/A - International Academy of Family Lawyers, International Academy of Family Lawyers
• Work Experience
  1990 - Present Attorney, Valerie S. Wolfman
• Associations
  New York State Bar Association - Member
  Women's Bar Association of the State of New York - Member
• Education
  1989 - Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law - JD - Juris Doctor
  1970 - Montclair State University - BA - Bachelor of Arts
• Languages
  French - Native / Fluent
  German - Native / Fluent
  English - Native / Fluent

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