Steven D. Kommor

Steven D. Kommor

4.7
Rating: 9.7

Licensed for 34 years

Divorce and separation Lawyer at Melville, NY
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Criminal Defense

425 Broadhollow Road, Suite 420, Melville, NY

About Steven

Biography

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Divorce and Separation 75%

A divorce lawyer helps you if you no longer want to be married. Whether you want a legal separation or the marriage ended, divorce lawyers assist you to arrange financial and family matters, typically in a negotiation with your spouse's lawyer. Alimony, child custody, child support, and a fair division of community assets (like who keeps the house or how your checking and savings accounts are divided) are matters that a divorce lawyer is trained to help determine.

36 years | 2,000 cases

75%
Criminal Defense 25%

Defense of all criminal charges including drug offenses, DWI, traffic offenses, robbery, burglary, theft, embezzlement, and fraud.

36 years | 1,800 cases

25%

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 34 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1992

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Law Office of Steven Kommor

425 Broadhollow Road, Suite 420, Melville, NY, 11747 (631) 323-8170

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Steven D. Kommor's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.7 /5.0

44 Client Reviews

Showing 1 - 5 of 21 reviews | Divorce & Separation

Posted by Doreen | March 22, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Great Lawyer

I came to Steven with a very difficult Divorce situation. Steven helped navigate me through a very difficult time. He fought extremely hard for me, but always kept my expectations reasonable within the bounds of what the law would allow. Didn't sugarcoat things just to charge me high fees. I previous...ly had a lawyer who charged tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees with mediocre results. He clearly had an in-depth knowledge of the law, and knew exactly what was in the best Interest of both myself my three children. I highly recommend Steven to help guide anyone through any difficult family matter or divorce. He took great care of me and my children. I am very thankful

Posted by anonymous | April 23, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

!!!!!!Do not use this lawyer!!!!!

Do yourself a favor do not use this lawyer. Completely unprofessional worst experience made very huge mistake in My divorce case and blatantly denied the mistake when I continuously and very clearly showed it to him. Decided to completely ignore my phone calls or emails. He went as far as replying t...o a review that I left about him by discussing my private case on a public platform. This is completely unprofessional do yourself a favor there are plenty of good lawyers out there

Posted by Michael | October 08, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Do not use this lawyer!!

Mr. kommar represented me 4 years ago with my divorce. I thought he had my best interest in mind at the time but I always noticed he wasn’t a fighter he kind of just went with the flow. After four years it was brought to my attention that there were very significant miscalculations in the amount of ...child support I was supposed to pay and these amounts were put into my final agreement.Because of the miscalculations I have overpaid $17,000 in the past four years. I tried bringing these to Mr. kommar’s attention by speaking to him and by sending him different emails showing him the mistakes and he not only denied them but Has completely ignored my requests to meet with him in person to show him the mistakes. It’s a shame that you hire and pay a professional trusting that they are doing everything correctly because that is their field otherwise if we knew how to handle all these things we would not have to hire them yet when they make a big mistake like this not only are they not held accountable but they don’t have the honor to make it right. I do not recommend Mr. kommar as a lawyer unless you want a lawyer who is a pessimist and lacks the energy to fight for their client. **Update** I have met with a different lawyer who immediately saw the many mathematical mistakes of numbers that do not even exist as well as wording mistakes. We are taking the time to correct the mistakes and take it to court. I am a very responsible father and very active on my daughters life who has never missed one payment of my child support and is only trying to correct a very obvious mistake. It is a shame and very unprofessional on Mr. Kommars behalf to try and defame me by and make it look as otherwise. Not to mention how unprofessional it is that he is discussing my private case which he handled here in public I’m pretty sure that is against the lawyer client contract. Red flags which should not be ignored. It is good to have found an honest energetic professional lawyer that knows what he is doing. Not a lawyer who is not honest enough to acknowledge a big mistake he has done to a paying client. I was completely ignored when trying to show the mistakes which he most likely clearly saw but did not want to take accountability. Do yourself a favor there are plenty of lawyers out there with more than enough good reviews that are worth taking a chance on with your case. Do not take a chance with someone that has such few amount of reviews and most of them negative.

Posted by Ken | May 20, 2021 | Divorce & Separation

Great lawyer

Went to Steve with a bunch of questions after recently separating from my wife. He is very easy to talk to and made me feel very comfortable. He answered all my questions and made me feel confident about how to proceed.

Posted by Sonia | February 23, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Charged without doing any job

I hired the same day of the free consultation, my mistake, he charge 2,5 hrs for this time of breaking the ice, talking about his experience, what he can get for me, aid I divorce I felt confident after talking about my life and his life, he a good salesperson, and seems nice friendly and honest in ...appearance, and I hired him, next day I dropped my taxes for making copies but no action will be taken until my husband serve me, he charged me 1,5 hrs for making copies, I was only protecting me I did not want to put the divorce I told him we are trying counseling but we are still not together completely, Mr Kommor never answered phones after several messages and emails, then he calls back, every call every message is 30 min even if is 5 min call or 5 word email,I decided to keep waiting to see what happens but my husband says he won’t divorce, I asked for the money after almost 2 yrs he says if is anything left, he never reply my calls now I received an invoice and all the money is gone in phone calls and emails and preparation and study of documents when we never filed any court paper. And I told him I won’t take any action until he does the first step and this never happened. I even owe him money and he don’t even answer any call or email anymore. Because the money is gone? I lost $7500. Be careful.

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Steven D. Kommor's Lawyer Endorsements

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Christopher Chimeri

Divorce and separation lawyer | Dec 09

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I endorse this lawyer because Steve possesses what I believe to be a highly sought-after (but often-lacking) trait in an adversary counsel. Specifically, he is professional and appropriate with other lawyers, the court, and all other professionals and para-professionals (which likely contributes to why he is so well-respected), even in very contentious cases, but he is also a fierce advocate for his clients and is one of the most formidable adversaries I can think of. I enjoy having cases with Steve because I know that I will be put to task but he is also honest and professional, making it easier for everyone to do their jobs and assist the family as best we can with divorce, which is an emotional and difficult time."

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Michael Rubenfeld

Divorce and separation lawyer | Dec 06

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. He is an extremely talented and well respected attorney. He is a knowledgeable attorney who is dedicated to obtaining the best results for his clients."

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Stephen Frankel

Divorce and separation lawyer | Mar 22

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Steve Kommor is an outstanding tenacious advocate on behalf of his clients. It is rare to see such an ethical AND zealous litigator in this day and age. I heartily recommend Steve Kommor."

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Joshua Kittenplan

Divorce and separation lawyer | Sep 13

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Joshua Hecht

Divorce and separation lawyer | Oct 02

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Steven is an exceptional attorney. His knowledge of family law matters is impressively extensive, but more importantly he has a deep focus on the needs of his clients. Highly recommended!"

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Patrick Hackett

Divorce and separation lawyer | Oct 26

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. I have referred a number of people to him and all have given him high grades. He is attentive, knows the law and he is fair with his fees which is not the norm with matrimonial lawyers. I highly recommend him!"

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Matthew Tannenbaum

Divorce and separation lawyer | Oct 17

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. I worked with Steve on numerous matters. I always find his advice to clients is clear and concise. He is also very pragmaticwith his case plan. I like the fact that unlike other matrimonial attorneys I have workd with that he is aware of the clients financial sitiuation and will tailor his strategy and tactics to the clients economic situation."

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Jennifer Lippmann

Child custody lawyer

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Christopher Chimeri

Divorce and separation lawyer

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Michael Rubenfeld

Divorce and separation lawyer

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Michael Daab

Divorce and separation lawyer

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Experience

Rating:  9.7 (Superb)

Honors

2014

Client Recognition Award, AVVO

2014

Excellent Recognition, AVVO

2010

Speaker Recognition, New York State Bar Association

2010

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2010

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

1992

Excellence n Moot Court, New York Law School

1991

Trial Advocacy, American Jurisprudence

1991

Appellate Advocacy, American Jurisprudence

1991

Full tutition scholarship, New York Law School

Work Experience

1996 - Present

Attorney, Law Office of Steven D. Kommor

2007 - 2010

Trial Counsel, Gassman, Baiamonte, Betts

2002 - 2006

Trial Counsel, Dominic A. Barbra

1999 - 2002

Trial Counsel, Law Offices of Bruce A. Batket

1996 - 1998

Trial Counsel, Cocozelli and Lerner

1991 - 1991

Legal Intern, Hon. Bud Goodman of the New York State Supreme Court

1991 - 1995

Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney's Office

1990 - 1990

Intern, Manhattan District Attorney's Office

1989 - 1989

Legal Intern, Catholic Charities of New York

Associations

2012 - Present

Suffolk County Bar Association

Steven Kommor

2012 - Present

North Shore Business Alliance

Secretary

2010 - Present

Nassau County Bar Association

2002 - Present

Federal Court

Admitted Southern District of New York

2002 - Present

Federal Court

Admitted Eastern District of New York

Sample of Legal Cases

People v. Amy Fisher

Conviction vacated and defendant released

Midy v. Midy

Reversal on appeal

Parker v. Parker

Settled

Hamroff v. Hamroff

Wife awarded 45% of Husband's business and lifetime maintenance.

People v. Johnson

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Education

1991

New York Law School

Juris Doctorate

1988

Hofstra University

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

Speaking Engagements

2009

New York State Bar Association

Divorce and Financial Discovery

2009

Nassau County Bar Association

Domestic Violence and Divorce

1995

New York Professional Speaker's Burueau

Appellate Litigation

Publications

2010

New York State Bar News Divorce and Financial Disclosure

Activity

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