Marilyn Chinitz

Spear’s Review

Marilyn Chinitz of Blank Rome in New York is one of the US’s most respected divorce lawyers, having confirmed her high profile with celebrity clients such as Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas and a string of other prominent business leaders and billionaires.

Her career in family law began when a partner at the corporate law firm she was working at asked her to work on his own divorce privately. ‘It really opened my eyes; this is the area of law that I love. It involved valuation of assets, it involved trusts and estate issues, it involved tax issues. It was a very interesting area of the law that I felt I connected with, because I like people, I’m able to work well with people, they trust me, so I decided to leave the corporate litigation world.’

Her clients have felt the benefit ever since.

Adviser Profile

Marilyn Chinitz is a formidable advocate for her clients, guiding them through the most challenging transitions in their lives. She concentrates her practice in high-net-worth matrimonial law, with distinct expertise representing executives in the hedge fund, private equity, and venture capital industries. Ms. Chinitz has more than 40 years of experience in every facet of family law, including complex transactional matters; high-conflict and international custody cases; premarital agreements and postnuptial agreements; same-sex divorce/dissolution matters; and paternity cases. She is a fierce litigator and skilled negotiator whose high-profile and celebrity cases have received national and international attention.