New York City Family Law Attorney

Over 50 Years of Combined Experience Focused on Family Law

A divorce or other family dispute can affect parenting arrangements, financial support, property, debt, and personal safety at the same time. Coffinas & Lusthaus, P.C. represents clients throughout Brooklyn and New York City, addressing these connected concerns through a strategy tailored to each family.

Because we practice family law exclusively, we understand how one decision can shape the rest of a case. We take time to identify your priorities, explain the available paths, and develop an approach that reflects your circumstances and long-term goals.

Representation for Divorce, Parenting, Support, & Protection

We handle matters ranging from negotiated divorces to high-conflict parenting disputes and appeals. Depending on the circumstances, a case may proceed through direct negotiation, mediation, litigation, or a combination of methods.

Our family law services include:

• Divorce: Contested and negotiated cases involving the end of a marriage, marital property, debt, and related financial claims.
• Child Custody and Parental Access: Parenting arrangements, decision-making authority, visitation schedules, relocation, and enforcement concerns.
• Child Support and Spousal Support: Initial determinations, disputes over financial information, modifications, and enforcement.
• Orders of Protection: Representation for clients seeking or defending against protective orders.
• Complex Family Matters: Grandparents’ rights, parental alienation allegations, prenuptial agreements, and issues involving children with special needs.
• Appeals and Post-Order Proceedings: Review of existing decisions, procedural records, prior submissions, and potential legal grounds.

A Boutique Family Law Firm Established in 1997

Our boutique practice brings more than 50 years of combined experience to family and matrimonial cases. We pair attentive, personalized representation with substantial experience in custody, parental access, support, marital property, relocation, sanctions, and appeals.

Our attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers®, the New York Law Journal’s “Women Leaders in the Law,” and the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association’s Sybil Hart Kooper Award. We also hold an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating™ from Martindale-Hubbell®.

A Strategy Built Around Your Family & Long-Term Goals

We start by learning what has happened, which proceedings or orders already exist, and what needs immediate attention. We also consider how each decision may affect parenting, finances, housing, and other long-term concerns.

We then explain the roles of negotiation, mediation, and court proceedings and can recommend an approach based on your priorities. If litigation or an appeal becomes appropriate, we prepare according to the case’s facts, procedural history, and disputed issues rather than forcing every client into the same process.