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Nancy Chemtob
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Nancy Chemtob, founding partner at Chemtob Moss Forman & Beyda, is a leading figure in New York family law. Her list of celebrity clients, who include actress-cum-designer Mary-Kate Olsen and fashion businesswoman Tory Burch, has seen her propelled into the public eye on many occasions, and she has been profiled in the New York Times and quoted in everything from the Financial Times to the New Yorker.
Chemtob has a broad practice, which ranges from arranging finances after a divorce to setting out arrangements for the custody of children. Fiercely defensive of her clients but sophisticated in her approach to negotiation, she avoids court when she can but is a skilled litigator when called upon.
Chemtob has taught at Yale and Harvard and has appeared as an expert witness on New York law on several occasions.
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