Disclaimer & attorney advertising

01Attorney advertising

This website is attorney advertising. It is published by David Schnall, PLLC, a law firm whose principal office is at 404 East 55th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022, telephone (212) 371-2407.

The firm's practice is limited to family law.

02No attorney-client relationship

Reading this website, calling the office, emailing the firm, sending the consultation form or using the chat assistant does not create an attorney-client relationship. That relationship begins only once the firm agrees to represent you. The firm is not required to, and may choose not to, accept you as a client.

Until then, what you send may not be privileged or confidential. Describe your situation in general terms when you first get in touch; the specifics can wait for the consultation.

03General information, not legal advice

The pages of this site explain New York family law in general terms. They are not legal advice about your situation, they may not reflect the most recent changes in the law, and they are no substitute for advice from a lawyer who knows your facts. Don't act, or decide not to act, on anything here without that advice.

Some figures in New York law change on a schedule, such as the income caps for child support and maintenance. Where the site quotes one, it says when that figure took effect.

04Prior results

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case turns on its own facts, the law that applies and the court that hears it. Nothing on this site is a promise of any result.

05Client reviews

The reviews quoted on this site are individual clients' own words about their own matters, copied word for word from the public platforms where they were posted and named by platform. Where a review is shortened, “…” marks the passage left out; nothing is added or reworded.

They describe individual experiences. Your experience and your outcome may be different. The site quotes a selection of four- and five-star reviews; every review stays on the platform where it was posted (see how the reviews page quotes them).

06Admitted in New York

David Schnall is admitted to practice law in New York (Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, 1993). This website is meant for people with family law matters in New York and is not an offer to represent anyone in a place where the firm is not permitted to practice.

07Images

Apart from David Schnall's portrait, the images on this site are illustrations of places and objects. They do not show the firm's clients, judges or actual cases. The maps are drawn from OpenStreetMap and New York City data, and the distances they give are straight lines.

08Links to other websites

Links to review platforms, maps and other outside websites are provided for convenience. The firm doesn't control those sites and isn't responsible for what they publish; how this site handles your information is set out in the privacy policy.

09The chat assistant

The site's chat assistant is an automated program, not a lawyer and not David Schnall. Its replies are written by an AI model from OpenAI, from this website's own pages, and they can be wrong or incomplete. What it says is not legal advice and not the firm's view of your matter.

Using it does not create an attorney-client relationship, and what you type may not be privileged or confidential. How the chat is handled is explained in the privacy policy.

10In an emergency

If you or your children are in immediate danger, call 911. Messages sent through this website are handled during business hours, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.