Richard K. Lewis Divorce Attorney

I have done thousands of uncontested divorces in the past 30 years. I also do separation agreements, post-nuptial agreements, child custody and visitation cases, child support matters, family court, and NYS Supreme Court. I also can give immigration advice if you are concerned about how a divorce and immigration law can sometimes interact. My specialty is amicable, uncontested divorces, though I do handle other matters as well. If on consent both spouses cooperated and no financial relief sought, and if no child exists. Court fees cost extra. One important area of expertise to enable a lawyer to do a relatively quick divorce is a knowledge of many counties' rules about venue (which are allowed to be different from each other's since venue is a procedural matter, not substantive law). That, plus a knowledge of which county is relatively fast or slow can often triple the speed a divorce can be done in. Also helpful to take advantage of such knowledge is the expertise to know the correct CPLR citation to place on the summons to justify the venue chosen. There is often some choice available as to which possible one venue to place a case in and when that occurs knowledge of such matters makes it possible to quicken or shorten how long an uncontested divorce may take. The ideal way to do mediation is for each party to have his or her own lawyer and a third lawyer to be hired as a mediator. A lawyer CANNOT be both the mediator and either party's lawyer. If a party chooses not to hire a lawyer for himself or herself, then the party would be representing himself or herself. If you wish to try mediation the right way (understanding the above rules) then I could be retained as either a mediator or as a lawyer for a party (not both). I do NOT generally do immigration cases. Its not my specialty. I usually stay within the field of law i specialize in (divorce).