Fourton & Associates specializes in complex divorce and custody matters, as well as simple matrimonial matters, through either negotiation and/or trial.
We are a boutique firm with a mission to provide expert high quality service with both personal attention and cost effective execution with exclusive personalized legal services.
Since our mission is to provide our clients big firm quality service with small firm cost effectiveness we focus on just a few areas: namely, Divorce law, Family and Matrimonial Law; Custody and support, Criminal law and Appeals; in addition, Bankruptcy litigation: Preference and Fraudulent Conveyance litigation, Claim Disputes and Lift Stay Litigation.
MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY LAW
Our family law practice includes representation of clients in litigated and negotiated matters involving divorce, child custody, child support, separation, spousal maintenance, equitable distribution, guardianship, paternity, adoption, domestic violence, pre-nuptial, post-nuptial, cohabitation, and domestic partnership agreements, post-judgment enforcement and modification and appellate proceedings. We have extensive experience in both the Supreme Court and Family Courts throughout the boroughs of New York City and adjacent counties, as well as in Surrogate’s Court.
Although we place great emphasis on the value on reaching negotiated settlements, we also conduct trials, hearings and appeals when our matters cannot be resolved in a satisfactory manner. Further, alternative dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration is also part of our practice.
In addition, we draw on our unique experience, to provide services in such critical areas as child custody, visitation and relocation disputes, domestic violence, child support, spousal maintenance, and the critical valuation of businesses, practices, licenses, stock options, celebrity status, and appraisal of commercial and residential properties, for equitable distribution. We are also able to provide cost-effective, individualized full service representation to each of our clients regardless of the size or complexity of the matter.
BANKRUPTCY LAW
Bankruptcy is approached by our disciplined focus, which permits us to leverage concentrated experience enabling us to zero in on key issues quickly. We make use of our extensive pleading database to avoid unnecessary research or drafting. We form groups of similarly situated defendants. While each case is unique and treated individually, sharing knowledge and litigation expenses gives our clients a unique advantage.
We leverage internet cloud technology to provide instant nationwide, and worldwide, representation through our special bankruptcy counsel network.
Preference Litigation
Preference litigation forms a large part of our practice. Over the last decade our firm has handled the defense of over 150 preference cases.
Our experience and focus empowers our clients with the powerful advantages of systematized analysis based upon years of accumulated real world preference defense negotiation and litigation.
Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation
Our experience defending fraudulent conveyance matters allows us to quickly isolate the uniquely fact intensive analysis crucial to litigation under section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code. Speed and expertise and critical elements in confronting the challenge of fraudulent conveyance litigation.
Claim Disputes
We handle claim disputes so our client obtain the maximum payout possible pursuant to creditor rights under the Bankruptcy Code. We handle the entire process from filing Claim Notices to responding to claim objections. Often, our clients retain us to handle these matters on contingency.
Lift Stay Motions
We have many years experience filing motions to lift the automatic stay on behalf of client ranging from attorneys seeking to continue personal injury litigation to secured lenders seeking access to collateral. We can act quickly and cost effectively given our large precedent file of prior motions.
