Kelly A. Frawley

Spear’s Review

Kelly A. Frawley is head of New York firm Kasowitz Benson Torres’s matrimonial and family law practice and one of the state’s top family lawyers.

Working with a wide range of clients, including entrepreneurs, those with inherited wealth, senior executives and stay-at-home spouses, Frawley has a great deal of knowledge of the motivations and frustrations of all parties in family breakups. ‘I really like that approach, because I think it helps to have that perspective,’ she says.

Frawley enjoys bringing a collaborative approach to her cases. ‘We don’t need to bring any more acrimony than the spouses probably already have. People think of divorces as the Wars of the Roses, but a lot of what we do is just akin to a business dissolution with very emotional shareholders.’

Adviser Profile

Kelly A. Frawley, chair of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP’s Matrimonial and Family Law practice, is known as a relentless advocate for her clients in all aspects of matrimonial and family law. She handles complex financial and custodial matters, and is a trusted advisor to her clients in disputes involving divorce, division of assets and liabilities, custody, child and spousal support, paternity and other areas of matrimonial and family law before New York State trial courts. Kelly’s trial and courtroom advocacy skills, honed while serving as a prosecutor and representing a broad range of clients, from CEOs to stay-at-home parents, have been the key to her achieving beneficial results for her clients.