$ 125-365 per hour
For more than two decades, I have provided representation for clients with family and matrimonial matters. My clients come from every walk and include stay at home parents, educators, service professionals, medical professionals, business owners, and corporate CEO's. They include young parents, spouses in long term marriages, domestic partners, and more. I handle their cases through a variety of platforms, including mediation, negotiation and litigation.
My practice includes all family and matrimonial law issues: the division of assets, child support, spousal maintenance, child custody and parenting time, relocation, modification petitions, interstate support, interstate custody, qualified domestic relations orders, and prenuptial agreements.
My office is committed to empowering clients to pursue what they view as the best remedies for their personal circumstances. My clients come in with questions regarding their rights and obligations, the costs and benefits of different courses of action, and their chances of prevailing in their legal disputes. I firmly believe that by providing knowledge to my clients regarding all of these issues, they will remain engaged and in charge, and enabled to directe the strategies that my office can employ to deliver the relief they seek.
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$ 125-365 per hour
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Acquired: 1986
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1741 Route 9, Clifton Park, NY, 12065-2439
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Posted by James | November 08, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Trusts
Very Competent and Friendly
I just completed setting up my trust with Ashley Mahserjian. Ashley and staff walked me through the procedure over 2 months or so and it could not have been less stressful. Not as important, but certainly something to consider, Ashley saved me about $1500 off the estimates from other firms. Hig...
Posted by anonymous | November 05, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Family
Money for Nothing...This should be her theme song
A few years ago we hired her to help us and this was after the divorce was final and complete. She fed us with a bunch of great strategies that she would put in place to help, all ended up being untrue, whereby we ended up losing and not a single thing was changed or implemented as we had discussed ...
Posted by Tracy | September 09, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Skip this Firm
Used Jean and her firm for both my divorce and subsequent dispute over the selling of a marital home. The agreement they negotiated left me a bad position once the marital house was to be sold and left me spending approximately $35 thousand dollars on them, as they held the funds at their firm in es...
Tracy - you and I both know that most of what you wrote is a lie. First, your initial agreement provided you with primary custody and full child support. Based on your income level and the spousal maintenance statute, you should have been paying spousal maintenance. We obtained a full waiver on all such payments. You received credits for all debt and principal mortgage payments made by you. Your initial agreement was more beneficial to you than your spouse. You initiated post judgment proceedings pertaining to the sale of your house. Both Kate Falco and I advised you that it would be a stretch to get what you wanted. You were, however, insistent that we proceed to try to get what you felt you deserved. Our advise to you on what we thought we could accomplish was not just verbal - we have it in writing. You were told that it was a stretch. The judge assigned to your case was, however, initially disposed to grant the relief that you wanted. However, after reviewing all papers from both sides, he was not. At that point, you changed attorneys, negotiated directly with your ex in a manner that could have been accomplished two years earlier and then blamed us for not getting what you wanted. I also will note that the documentation that we needed from you to pursue your claims took months and months to obtain. You were kept apprised at every step of the way what we were doing and what we could do. As to court appearances, there were only two and both were attended by Kate. Neither your ex nor his attorney showed up for the first appearance and Kate was not late to the second one. That was a conference for the attorneys and the judge only. We did and always do adhere to the specifics of our Retainer Agreement to refund an unused retainer. We have one admin who handles accounting once per month. As a result, the procedure for us to send a refund is in our Retainer Agreement and it is based on a once per month accounting and billing cycle. We adhered to that Agreement, which you signed. I guess you wanted what you wanted notwithstanding what was in the agreement that you signed. Your review is not only unfair, it contains blatant lies.
Posted by Chad | September 09, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Do your research
Do not waste your time or money (a lot of money). You retain the law firm based on a consultation with an attorney. You post a retainer based on the consultation with that attorney. Your case is moving along and you are told that another client has priority over you. You are assigned a different at...
Chad, I am truly sorry that you are not satisfied with the representation of my office. However, to clarify - you and I never met. You consulted twice with an associate in my office and then elected to represent yourself. You came back more than a year later and ask to retain our firm. You advised my associate that you had a court conference scheduled and that was why you needed to retain us. In reality, that court conference was a pre-trial conference. You thus retained my office at a time when discovery had to have been completed (it was not) and just before a scheduled trial. And, the associate who you wanted to handle your case was already scheduled for another trial. Had you disclosed the actual status of your case when you came in to retain, you would have known immediately that another attorney would have to be assigned to your trial date. Even though you had already substantially prejudiced your legal rights by representing yourself, your case was actually settled with most of the terms you wanted included in your settlement and another attorney who was equally experienced helped finalize that agreement for you. As for the issue with your name - your ex wife sued you for divorce and listed your name without your middle initial in the court papers. All following court papers contained your name without your middle initial - including the judgment of divorce that was prepared by your ex wife's attorney. Your name is legal without a middle initial. Had you raised that issue with my office, we would have advised you of that. Your agreement is not worthless. It is enforceable and could be enforced if you wanted to do so. You have elected not to seek enforcement.
Posted by anonymous | May 25, 2016 | Hired Attorney
Document review: Parenting plan
Very informative and dependable. Highly recommended
"I am happy to endorse this lawyer. I admire her knowledge and dedication as a family law attorney."
"I endorse this lawyer. She is a highly skilled attorney that is well respected in the legal community."
"Jean is very knowledgeable and generously gives of herself to her clients. Very well-prepared, she is a formidable adversary while also being reasonable in her approach."
"I endorse this lawyer. Attorney Mahserjian is an outstanding attorney with an exceptional reputation. She is a strong and zealous advocate for her clients and a credit to the legal profession. I highly recommend her legal services."
"Ms. Mahserjian is an insightful and intelligent family law practitioner. Her knowledge of the law is demonstrated every day on the Q&A forums here on AVVO. I recommend her without hesitation."
"I endorse this lawyer. Jean is an outstanding attorney. She is very smart, experienced, and is relentless in protecting the rights of her clients. She is a credit to the profession."
"Jean has a wealth of knowledge and represents her clients and their interests at an extremely high level with compassion and intelligence."
Marriage and prenuptials lawyer
Child custody lawyer
1983
David J. Brewer Award to Outstanding First Year Student, Albany Law School
1991 - Present
Owner, Jean M. Mahserjian, Esq., PC
1988 - 1991
Associate Attorney, Degraff Foy Holt-Harris Kunz & Devine LLP Attorneys
1985 - 1987
Senior Law Clerk, Hon. Howard Levine, Supreme Court Third Department, Appellate Division
1986 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1986 - Present
New York State Bar Association
Member
President
Obtained a significant level of long term spousal maintenance for client
Successfully prevented the Wife from barring the Husband from their home and the divorce was resolved with an equal and fair division of assets
Obtained greater custodial rights for father
Obtained primary custody for the mother and full child support
Successfully prevented the Wife from compelling early retirement.
1985
JD - Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude
1981
BA, With Honors
2012
Attending Law School
2010
Empoyment Options for Attorneys
2006
Obtaining Financial Relief in a DV Case
2005
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