In re: The attorney of recordNYU Law · N.Y. Bar 1993 · S.D.N.Y. 1994Manhattan · Queens
An NYU Law graduate with a degree in finance and accounting, admitted to the New York Bar in 1993 and to the Southern District of New York in 1994, with 33 years of family law experience and 1,000+ clients in every New York City Family Court.
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33
Years of family law
N.Y. Bar 1993 · S.D.N.Y. 1994
1,000+
Clients represented
Family law only
4.9
Rating on Avvo
58 client reviews
4×
Avvo Clients’ Choice
2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2023
NYU
School of Law
J.D. 1991 · B.A. in Finance and Accounting
Every
NYC Family Court
Plus NYS Supreme & S.D.N.Y.
David Schnall has handled family cases from four different seats: for the City, for the defense, for the child and for private clients. That is how he understands how judges think, how ACS builds a case, and what the court means by “the child’s best interests.”
Every seat faces the same bench.
Child-welfare litigation
He litigated child-welfare cases for the City of New York. He is fully versed in ACS proceedings, child protection investigations and every aspect of child welfare litigation, so he knows how the agency builds its case, from the inside.
2002–2012
Ten years as a public defender in New York City Family Court. Case after case at the defense table taught him what a person facing that court is up against, and what it takes to push back.
10+ years
More than a decade as the lawyer the court appoints to represent the child (and, in some cases, adults) in Family Court. He knows what a judge listens for when a child’s future is decided, and what “the child’s best interests” means in practice.
33 years · 1,000+ clients
Clients in every NYC Family Court, in New York State Supreme Court and in federal court (the Southern District of New York). Everything the other three seats taught him goes into this one: yours.
Whichever seat the other side takes, he has sat in it.
Education, admission, the years in Family Court and the recognition clients have given him, one exhibit at a time.
Exhibit A
1987
University of Florida.
Exhibit B
1991
New York University School of Law.
Exhibit C
1993
February 1, 1993, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department. His family law practice begins.
Exhibit D
1994
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Exhibit E
2002–2012
Ten years representing clients in Family Court.
Exhibit F
10+ years
The lawyer the court assigns to the child, and to adults, in Family Court.
Exhibit G
4×
Awarded in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023.
Exhibit H
Today
Every NYC Family Court, New York State Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
NYU Law, admission to the New York Bar on February 1, 1993, and to the Southern District of New York in 1994, and 1,000+ clients in every New York City Family Court. The details, as they would appear on the record.
The numbers side of your case
A degree in finance and accounting, at the counsel table.
Child support and divorce turn on income, imputation, support calculations and the division of assets. David Schnall brings a degree in finance and accounting to those numbers, and argues them like a litigator.
The firm’s motto isn’t branding. It’s the order in which every case is worked: optimized before it’s presented, so the outcome can be maximized.
Documents, finances, timelines and testimony are organized before anything is filed, because in family court, cases are won in the preparation.
Every appearance is argued from a prepared position, in whichever court your matter calls for. The goal is a presentation the court finds credible and the other side has to take seriously.
The best outcome at an honest cost. When settling serves you, settle on strong terms. When it doesn’t, try the case, prepared.
You hear the truth about your case, including when a fight isn’t worth what it would cost, and when not to litigate at all.
Powerful and effective family law representation at an affordable price: exceptional value, fairly priced.
Your free consultation covers how to achieve your goals, how your case will unfold, how long it will take, and the estimated costs.
Free consultations are virtual, by video or phone: start from anywhere.
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If I could give Attorney David Schnall 10 stars on this review I would. He's cut throat like a vulture. He cares, he goes above and beyond. He is professional and responsive. He is knowledgable and knows his stuff when it comes to the law. He will not let people of lawlessness step all over your rights. He's very affordable, … He is blunt, and straightforward and will tell you like it is. …
David defended me with ACS having a founded incident on my record. He was able to have it removed and records sealed. What moved me the most with him is that he fights for you as someone who really personally cares and not just as a lawyer on another job.
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He earned his J.D. at New York University School of Law in 1991, after a B.A. in finance and accounting at the University of Florida in 1987. He was admitted to the New York Bar on February 1, 1993, in the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, and to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1994.
He has represented clients in the Family Courts of Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Bronx and Richmond (Staten Island) counties, in the matrimonial parts of New York State Supreme Court, and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where he was admitted in 1994. The firm’s principal office is in Midtown Manhattan, with a second office in Jamaica, Queens.
A lawyer the court appoints to represent the child, called the attorney for the child. In some Family Court cases, including neglect and abuse cases, the court must appoint one; in others, such as many custody and visitation cases, it may. David Schnall served as court-appointed counsel for children for more than ten years, which is why he knows how the court weighs a child’s best interests.
It helps with the numbers a family case turns on. Child support, maintenance and the division of property depend on income, what income can be imputed, the support calculation and the value of what a couple owns. David Schnall holds a degree in finance and accounting and brings it to the financial side of your case.
David Schnall will show you how to achieve your goals, how your case will unfold, how long it will take, and the estimated costs. It is free, virtual (by video or phone), confidential and carries no obligation. Calling or writing does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Suspension was solely due to a personal tax issue with New York State and had nothing to do with the practice of law. This firm has represented over one thousand clients and there has never been a complaint from a client and no discipline has ever been administered as result of representation of a client.
An honest assessment, not a sales pitch.
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