While matrimonial law has historically been a volume practice, changes in New York State law and the ways in which individuals accumulate wealth have reshaped the contours of divorce cases.

Modern divorce for high-net worth individuals can now—in terms of size and complexity—easily require more involved and aggressive litigation than the average commercial case.

Rottenstreich Farley Bronstein Fisher Potter Hodas partners Dan Rottenstreich, John Farley, and Zachary Potter attribute the shift to a number of factors: changing distribution and custody laws, explosions of different kinds of wealth, and traditional matrimonial practices not keeping pace with the change.