Oyster Bay

This Law and Mediation Office services clients from the City of Oyster Bay, New York area. Oyster Bay, New York clients find that the Jericho, New York location of our office is a convenient fit for their needs. This office is ten to fifteen minutes away from most locations in Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay Cove, Oyster Bay, New York and Jericho, NY are all located in The Town of Oyster Bay. Most litigated matrimonial and family law disputes for Oyster Bay, New York residents will be handled at either the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, NY or the Nassau County Family Court located in Westbury, NY. At this time the Law and Mediation Office’s highest volume of cases is in Nassau County, Long Island.

The Town of Oyster Bay is the most eastern of the three towns in Nassau County, Long Island. Parts of the Town of Oyster Bay touch both the North Shore and South Shores of Long Island. Not surprisingly, Oyster Bay is known for its fishing industry as the North Shore is on the Long Island Sound while the South Shore touches the Atlantic Ocean and the South Oyster Bay. This Law and Mediation Office in Jericho, New York is centrally located in the Town of Oyster Bay. According to City-data.com as posted in January 2015: twenty seven point nine percent of Oyster Bay residents were never married; fifty four point nine percent are currently married; two percent are separated; six point six percent are widowed; while eight point six percent are divorced. The same site reports that a slight majority of the residents in Oyster Bay are female, which makes males just barely in the minority.

Attorney and mediator Darren M. Shapiro, Esq. has a long connection to Nassau County as he lived in and began practicing law in Nassau County in January 1999. Including the Law and Mediation Office of Darren M. Shapiro, P.C., Darren gained experience at four different Nassau County, New York firms, two of which are in the Town of Oyster Bay. Darren strives to offer effective representation and guidance while keeping his rates competitive for Nassau County, Long Island. His Oyster Bay and other clients find him to be honest, accessible and compassionate about their cases and his work.

This office’s next highest volume of cases, compared to Nassau County, New York, are in Queens and Suffolk Counties which are both in convenient striking distance to our Town of Oyster Bay Jericho, New York office. Darren handles and has experience, however in cases all around the New York City and Long Island areas which he draws upon when working as a lawyer and a mediator. Oyster Bay, New York clients that have matrimonial issues such as divorce, separation, pre and post-nuptial agreements are encouraged to contact us. Family law issues that are handled by the office include: child support; child custody; orders of protection; adoptions; name changes; neglect; and juvenile delinquency among other issues. We have a toolbox of processes available including mediation, litigation, settlement negotiations, and collaborative law. Oyster Bay, New York clients are welcome to call or come to the office for a consultation. Mediating couples are consulted together.

Oyster Bay and all clients can expect discretion, tenacity, and the appropriate measure of aggression from Mr. Shapiro. He and the office have handled a plethora of matrimonial, family law and other issues which experience is brought to bear on the resolution of issues. Mr. Shapiro has certification as a mediator and collaborative law attorney which supplement his admission to the New York State Bar and Federal Court admissions in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Half hour free consultations are available either in office or on the phone. Please click around the site and our blog for more information about various matrimonial and family law issues. As always, please reach out to us via e-mail or phone about your questions. It will be our pleasure to assist you.