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Steven Eric Gurdin
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Steven Eric Gurdin

5.0
14 reviews

84 State Street, Boston, MA 02109 + 1 location

Divorce and Family Law, Local Counsel To Out-Of-State Law Firms, Probate Litigation and 3 more

About Steven Eric Gurdin

I have been practicing civil litigation for over 20 years with a concentration in the areas of Family Law and Probate Litigation.   I represent clients in all aspects of family law including, divorce proceedings, paternity actions, removal actions, modification and contempt actions, child custody disputes, domestic violence, and alimony and child support issues. I regularly prepare and negotiate pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. I have extensive experience in representing clients in complex financial issues relating to divorce such as business and real estate valuation, structuring alimony and child support payments to maximize income tax deductibility, and properly analyzing the tax implications when dividing sizeable marital assets. I am on the New England Advisory Board of the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators ("AACFL")  and have earned the designation of ("CFL" - Ceritified Financial Litigator) from the AACFL.   I have significant experience representing clients in child custody disputes and work closely with Court appointed Guardians Ad Litem and forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. I have experience litigating matters involving issues relating to de facto parents and same sex relationships. I am skilled in the complexities of probate litigation. I represent clients in will contests, actions regarding the interpretation and reformation of trusts, guardianship and conservatorship actions. I actively represent clients who are fiduciaries and beneficiaries regarding the proper administration of trusts and estates. I have successfully represented numerous attorneys and professional fiduciaries in contested proceedings in the Probate and Family Court and Superior Court. I have been recognized and acknoweldged by various peer review publications.  I repeatedly have been named a "Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyer" and a "Top 100 New England Super Lawyer" in Massachusetts Super Lawyers published by the Thomson Reuters rating service in Boston Magazine. I am ranked at the highest level of legal ability, "AV," in the benchmark Martindale-Hubble Law Directory. I also am listed in the 2013-2017editions of Best Lawyers in America® a highly esteemed, national peer review guide of attorneys.    

 

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Steven Eric Gurdin got this award in 2021

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Areas of Law

  • Family Law 1
    • Child Custody
  • Domestic Violence
  • Other 4
    • Divorce and Family Law
    • Local Counsel To Out-Of-State Law Firms
    • Probate Litigation
    • Probate

Practice Details

  • Payment Information
    Payment & Cost Features
    Fixed hourly rates
    Fixed fees available
    Accepted Credit Cards
    American Express
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  • Video Calls
    Offers Video Calls
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Fitch Law Partners LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Cases of Note: As An Advocate: After a multi-day trial, secured a favorable alimony award that allowed client to maintain her home
    lifestyle enjoyed during a long term marriage.
    After a lengthy trial, succeeded in obtaining the Court's permission for client to remove his three children from Massachusetts to New York.
    Obtained a sizable child support arrearage
    payment plan for client after trial.
    Successfully represented client in a real estate partition trial, resulting in client receiving the subject property at a favorable value.
    Succeeded in mediation in protecting client's sizable inheritance from being divided in the marital estate property division.
    Succeeded in obtaining an agreed value for client's business that then resulted in a favorable resolution of the divorce after a multi-day mediation.
    After a multi-day mediation succeeded in equitably dividing opposing parties' stock options
    restricted stock units.
    Succeeded in resolving a divorce matter in a private
    discrete fashion for a client who was CEO of a widely known
    respected Massachusetts employer.
    Successfully resolved a divorce matter for an elected public official without impacting client's political aspirations.
    Obtained summary judgment in a will contest causing the decedent's will to be probated
    assets distributed in accordance with his intentions.
    Successfully removed a trustee for self-dealing
    breach of fiduciary duty.
    Succeeded in obtaining primary physical custody of client's children
    transferring the children to a superior public school system.
    After extensive discovery
    a forensic accounting analysis, succeeded in obtaining a favorable property division
    alimony buy out for client.
    Prevailed in child removal action permitting child to be removed to Florida, thereby allowing client to live with her Husb
    in Florida.
  • Additional Links
    https://www.fitchlp.com/Attorneys/Steven-E-Gurdin.shtml

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1994, Massachusetts
    1995, New York
    Memberships

    Professional Activities and Associations

    •Member and past Co-Chair of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association
    •Member and past Co-Chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the Trust and Estates Section of the Boston Bar Association
    •Member of the Boston Estate Planning Council
    •Member of the New England Advisory Board of the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators - AACFL
    •Member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the Brookline Community Foundation
    •Mr. Gurdin is admitted to the Massachusetts and New York state bars

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Albany Law School of Union University
    Class of 1994
    JD - Juris Doctor
    Other Education
    Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    Class of 1990
    Bachelor of Arts

    Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York
    Class of 1994
    Juris Doctor
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1968
    1968

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Partner at Fitch Law Partners LLP
5.0
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84 State StreetBoston, MA 02109U.S.A.

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110 Cedar StreetWellesley Hills, MA 02481U.S.A.

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  • Friday 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
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    Steven Eric Gurdin was admitted in 1994 to the State of Massachusetts.
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    Yes, Steven Eric Gurdin is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York.
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    Fitch Law Partners LLP was established in 1984.

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