Allan Mayefsky Esq.

Mr. Mayefsky graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978 after receiving his B.A. degree summa cum laude from Cornell where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Lambda Phi. In more than 30 years as an attorney, Mr. Mayefsky has had extensive trial experience, including successfully trying to conclusion some of the largest equitable distribution cases in New York.

Mr. Mayefsky is the President of the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, as well as a member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee of the Family Law Section). From June 2004 through February 2006, Mr. Mayefsky served as a member of the Matrimonial Commission that was appointed by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye. The Commission's findings were reported in February 2006 and are now the basis for improving litigation in both Family Court and the Supreme Court. Mr. Mayefsky has lectured and written on numerous topics in the area of family law. He is the author of a law review article on the Constitutionality of Section 516 of the Family Court Act, which limits the ability of a mother of an illegitimate child to modify an agreement on child support that proves to be inadequate, while not so limiting a mother of a legitimate child.