Mark S Guralnick

Domestic Violence -- you hear about it every day, but you don't expect it to hit home. But it did, it hit my home! To be exact, my boyfriend hit ME in the face at my home. And in a matter of minutes, I found myself injured, and I saw my boyfriend being carted off by the police. My children were hyst...erical, and our lives were turned upside down. Let me tell you, I would not have emerged from this situation with any sanity at all if it weren't for Mark Guralnick. Mark gave me immediate advice on how to handle the police, the courts, the custody and support situation that followed and all of the incidental issues. I could have very well become a basket case at any moment because this was a very emotional situation. But Mark Guralnick kept me on track. He focused me on my children, my health, my responsibilities, my obligations. He kept me fully informed about how the domestic violence court procedures would work. Some lawyers are all business, but I believe Mark has a real interest in making sure his clients succeed. He is my guiding light.

My husband and I were married in 1984, approximately 30 years ago. We had three children. Our oldest child is disabled by epilepsy, depression and other afflictions. She is highly medicated. Meanwhile, although my husband is in a far better financial position than I am, he refused to contribute t...o household expenses and to support our children. Our mortgage was not paid for more than half a year. That's when I called Mark S. Guralnick. His law firm went to work like an emergency squad, dealing with our home and addressing all of our financial affairs. While my husband persisted in refusing to pay anything, Mark filed motions in court and went to bat for me to obtain the relief we needed. Life has thrown me a few curves, but I must say that I would not have been able to navigate those curves without the assistance of this fine lawyer.

With four children, I had serious concerns about child support and whether I would be able to enforce court orders out or state. Mark S. Guralnick was referred to me by my family. He came to the rescue, efficiently and effectively. He walked me through the process of collecting support even from a d...eadbeat parent living on the other side of the country.

Until I consulted with Mark, I was headed in the wrong direction in my child custody and child support case. In the Florida courts, men are not always given a fair shake. Mark gave me some very good advice and helped me to develop a solid strategy to increase the amount of time I spend with my son, a...nd to stabilize the amount of money I am required to pay his mother. This was very important to me because I always made a major wrong move that could have doomed my chances. I'm very glad I took the time to consult with Mark. Not only did he steer me in the right direction, but he restored my faith in my dignity as a father and in my rights in the court system.

Mark S. Guralnick represented me -- and continues to represent me -- in my never-ending divorce and post-divorce case in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. My case was a very complex case involving three children entering college in two countries, a house entering foreclosure, an able-bodied, highly-...employable husband who willfully quit working, several very valuable pension and annuity funds valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and at least two dozen other very significant property, financial insurance, and tax issues affecting our family. Mark was not my first lawyer -- I had a falling out with her -- and then, perhaps naïvely, I tried to represent myself, By the time I hired Mark, he was thrown into a fire: My husband's lawyer was breathing fire, the judge had become increasingly impatient and intolerant, multiple contempt motions had been pending, and a trial date had been set. Mark put on his suit of armor! He transformed, like some kind of superhero, into a courtroom commando. He took control of the witness stand, the evidence, the works. We didn't win everything we wanted, and my ex-husband hasn't even obeyed the orders that were entered against him. HOWEVER, Mark has stood by my side every minute since I hired him. In fact, now three years since the judge divorced us, even as we continue to fight my ex-husband in the Norfolk County Family Court, Mark has been successful in getting annuity funds released to me, extending my children's right to support and eligibility for other benefits. He has provided timely strategies on when and how to file motions and what to ask for, in order to beat my deadbeat husband at his own game.