Peter J Galasso

December 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Peter Galasso has previously argued to multiple jurists that AFCs should not be appointed to represent toddlers in child custody cases. Due to the absence of guidance from the Appellate Division, this argument has yet to gain traction in the minds of judges responsible for the appointment of AFCs for toddlers. To safeguard the integrity of the judiciary and to save our clients a substantial amount of money in the process, this misguided practice needs to end.

By Peter J. Galasso

11 minute read

March 13, 2023 | New York Law Journal

When a child is the victim of parental alienation, the child's rights and voice may be insidiously muted by the time of trial, which urgently necessitates a judge's preemptive intervention at an in-camera conference, a longtime matrimonial attorney writes.

By Peter J. Galasso

3 minute read

September 17, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Our new virtual reality has attained a report card that boasts mostly "A's" across the law practice board.

By Peter J. Galasso

7 minute read

May 04, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Through no fault of their own, those small business owners who settled their divorce cases based on pre-coronavirus conditions and a then-booming economy must seek to salvage what is left of a business that was already equitably distributed in part to the other spouse based upon an absurdly high value errantly opined at trial by a court-appointed expert .

By Peter J. Galasso

7 minute read

November 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Peter J. Galasso, a partner at Galasso, Langione, Catterson & LoFrumento, writes that clearly judges should carefully consider a decline in the value of a business not due to any nefarious machinations by the owner but due to market forces or serendipity in crafting an equitable distribution award.

By Peter J. Galasso

11 minute read