Byron C. Chou
Law School:
St. John’s University School of Law, J.D., 2017
College:
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business, B.S., 2009
Membership: Nassau County Bar Association (New Lawyers Committee Chair & Matrimonial Law Committee Member); NCBA President's Panel; Theodore Roosevelt American Inns of Court; New York State Bar Association
Languages: Mandarin Chinese & Taiwanese
Biography:
Byron C. Chou graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2009, where he was awarded the Sidney M. and Sylvia B. Feldman Memorial Scholarship. Thereafter, Mr. Chou received his Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s University School of Law in 2017, where he was recipient of the Kenneth Wang Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Chou has a diversified background in forensic accounting, finance, and business valuation.
Prior to joining Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C., Mr. Chou was a Senior Associate with the firm of Klein Liebman Gresen, LLC, a boutique valuation and litigation support firm located in Melville, NY. During his tenure at KLG, Mr. Chou assisted hundreds of clients, attorneys, and judges in contested and mediated divorce matters by conducting forensic accounting analyses, valuations of publicly or closely-held companies/entities, deferred compensation evaluations (i.e., DeJesus and Majauskas), asset tracings, and enhanced earnings calculations.
Since 2017, Mr. Chou has devoted his practice exclusively to matrimonial and family law where his extensive forensic accounting background is leveraged in litigating and settling cases involving complex equitable distribution, agreements (prenuptial, postnuptial, and separation), child custody, and support issues. He is currently a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Theodore Roosevelt American Inns of Court, and the New York State Bar Association; additionally, Mr. Chou serves as the Chair of the New Lawyers Committee and the President's Panel of the Nassau County Bar Association. He is also the former Co-Chair of the LGBTQ Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.
A lifelong resident of Long Island, Mr. Chou grew up in Syosset, NY and currently resides in Huntington, NY where he enjoys playing pickleball and spending time with his dog, Mysti.
