Blank Rome

Company Profile

Blank Rome is an Am Law 100 firm with 16 offices and 750 attorneys and principals who provide comprehensive legal and advocacy services to clients operating in the United States and around the world. Our professionals have built a reputation for their leading knowledge and experience across a spectrum of industries and are recognized for their commitment to pro bono work in their communities. Since our inception in 1946, Blank Rome’s culture has been dedicated to providing top-level service to all of our clients and has been rooted in the strength of our diversity and inclusion initiatives. 

Blank Rome’s nationally recognized Matrimonial and Family Law practice group, led by Brett Ward (New York) and Kristina Royce (Los Angeles) and featuring Spear’s-recommended family lawyers Marilyn Chinitz and Lois Liberman, is among the largest of such practice groups in the United States. The practice comprises more than 35 attorneys who offer extensive experience in New York, California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Florida, as well as in handling international divorce and custody matters. These attorneys are active members of state and local bar associations, teach, lecture, and publish in the fields of matrimonial and family law, and are frequently called upon by the media for commentary. 

Blank Rome’s Matrimonial and Family Law group represents many high-profile and high-net-worth individuals and their spouses from the worlds of business and financial services, technology, media, sports and entertainment in connection with all aspects of marriage and divorce. For example, our attorneys negotiate and draft prenuptial, postnuptial, and separation agreements. They negotiate and, if need be, litigate the issues of spousal and child support, equitable distribution, custody access agreements, and divorce proceedings. In each case, the goal is to achieve the best, most expeditious result for the client through negotiations and, when necessary, in court. Blank Rome’s attorneys are known for amicably negotiating complex, challenging financial and custody cases, always maintaining decorum in what may sometimes become contentious proceedings. Blank Rome’s team is also able to guide clients through the mediation process.

Our clients also benefit from access to the firm’s multidisciplinary team of lawyers with experience in tax, corporate, real estate, trusts and estates, and other fiduciary areas. Our Matrimonial and Family Law attorneys collaborate across practices to provide clients with strategic and innovative solutions to resolve the complex legal and financial issues present in matrimonial and family law cases. In addition, our deep bench of private client advisers can assist clients in each of these areas independently, making Blank Rome a great choice for high-net-worth individuals and their families around the world. Furthermore, our attorneys regularly collaborate with investigators, business appraisers and forensic accountants on complex valuation issues to ensure clients receive full financial disclosure and proper property distribution during the dissolution process.