Practice Spotlight: Family Law

FLB Law's Family Law Practice boasts one of Fairfield County's most accomplished family lawyers, Alan Rubenstein. Alan has practiced family and divorce law for more than 30 years. During this time, he has served as counsel for approximately 1,200 divorces, including more than 250 divorce mediations, 150 collaborative/cooperative divorces, and numerous hearings and trials. 

 Alan's background includes a Master of Science in counseling psychology with a focus on marriage and family therapy. He approaches divorce from a perspective that differentiates him from many divorce lawyers, recognizing that divorce consists of "problems to be solved and not battles or a war to be fought." 

Alan strives to resolve divorces expeditiously, thoroughly, and efficiently. His breadth of professional experience enables him to quickly recognize obstacles and determine a reasonable range of outcomes for each issue. He engages in efficient and effective settlement discussions to affect equitable and forward-looking resolutions to all divorce matters. While most divorces reach settlement, if that is not possible, Alan has the necessary experience, skill set, and tenacity to successfully advocate on his clients' behalf in the courtroom. That being said, Alan explains that fewer divorces are going to court.

“COVID-19 has caused a noticeable uptick in mediations. There is such a significant backlog in the courts that in many cases, the earliest court dates available are a year out,” Alan said. “Couples who want to move forward with their lives as quickly as possible, particularly during this terrible pandemic, are successfully mediating their divorces in record time with minimal legal fees.”

In mediation, Alan resolves divorces for a fraction of the cost of adversarial litigation. If there is enough common ground between the parties, mediation is the quickest and most cost-effective process to fairly and efficiently resolve divorce-related matters.