Stephen Gassman

Born: New York, N.Y., September 8, 1945

Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1967, New York Law School, J.D., 1971

Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice

Membership: Nassau County (President, 1988-1989) and New York State (Chair, Family Law Section, 1992-1994) Bar Associations.

Admissions: 1972, New York

Reported Cases: DeMille v. DeMille, 5AD3d 428, 774 NYS2d 156 (2d Dept., 2004); Matter of Brim v. Combs, 25 AD3d 691, 808 NYS2d, 735 (2d Dept., 2006).

Miscellaneous Information: Editor, Matrimonial Law Journal, published by American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter, 1986-1995. Diplomate, American College of Family Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter (Vice President, 1994-1996; Counsel, 2003; Member, Board of Managers, 2004-). Fellow, New York Bar Foundation. Member: Committee on Matrimonial Practice, Unified Court System, State of New York, 1997-; WE CARE FUND, Nassau County Bar Association (Founder and Member, Advisory Board); Law Guardian Advisory Committee, 10th Judicial District, 1993-; Task Force on Family Law, New York State Bar Association, 1994-1996; Judicial Hearing Officer Screening Committee, 2nd Judicial Department, 1991-2006. Member, Board of Editors, Fairshare Journal, 1993-. Author: Co-author, Gassman & Tippins, "Evidence for Matrimonial Lawyers," Matlaw Systems Corp.; Co-author, Gassman & Tippins, "Matrimonial Valuation," Matlaw Systems Corp.; Chapter on "Use of Appraisers in the Valuation of Marital Property," Valuation & Distribution of Marital Property, Matthew Bender, 1984; "Equitable Distribution and Valuation of Assets," Family Law Review, New York State Bar Association; "Child Support and Visitation," Family Law Review, New York State Bar Association; "Distribution of Proceeds from Partition and Sale of Real Property," Family Law Review, New York State Bar Association; "Stipulations of Settlement in Matrimonial Litigation," The Nassau Lawyer, Nassau County Bar Association. Lecturer: Matrimonial law seminars and symposiums conducted by New York State Bar Association, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, "New York Law Journal," American Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Association, Office of Court Administration-Judicial Seminars, Westchester County Bar Association, Brooklyn Bar Association, Appellate Division, Second Department, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, Matlaw Systems, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Family Court Law Guardian Seminars-10th Judicial District, and other bar groups. Adjunct Professor of Law, Touro Law School (Course: Advanced Family Law, 1990-1991).

Biography:

Stephen Gassman has been practicing matrimonial and family law for over 30 years, and has garnered a nationwide reputation as a leader in the field. He is one of fewer than 100 trial lawyers nationwide to be designated as a Diplomate of the exclusive American College of Family Trial Lawyers.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina and New York Law School, Mr. Gassman has served as an adjunct professor of law at Touro Law School, as Chair of the Family Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and as President of the Nassau County Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Committee on Matrimonial Practice of the Unified Court System of the State of New York. He also serves on the Law Guardian Advisory Panel to the Tenth Judicial District, and as a member of the Judicial Hearing Officer Screening Committee of the Tenth Judicial District.

Mr. Gassman has authored numerous articles and monographs on all facets of matrimonial law and is the co-author, with Timothy M. Tippins, Esq., of counsel to Gassman, Baiamonte, Betts & Tannenbaum, P.C., of the popular works Evidence for Matrimonial Lawyers and Matrimonial Valuation. He is an editor of Fairshare, a monthly matrimonial law publication, and has authored a chapter on the Use of Appraisers in the Valuation of Marital Property, published by Matthew Bender, as well as articles for the New York State Bar Association's Family Law Review. Mr. Gassman has lectured extensively to bar groups and at judicial symposiums on the national, state and local levels.

As the founding member of the firm, Mr. Gassman has successfully tried hundreds of matrimonial cases, and settled thousands of cases, throughout his career. In addition, he has served as appellate counsel in the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals. The New York Post has written that he is regarded as the top divorce lawyer in Nassau County.