Welcome from Richardson Legal PLLC.  We represent clients in matters of Divorce and Family disputes, such as Child Custody, Support, Visitation and Family Offense Petitions.  We are also experienced in Criminal and Civil Litigation matters.  These types of cases may often be the source of great stress and confusion.  Our attorneys provide personal attention to the specific issues of your case and work hard to provide quality services in resolving your case.

1. Every divorcing couple must resolve their property, financial, and child-
related issues before a divorce can become final. Traditionally, people
turn to lawyers -- one for each person. With Divorce Mediation, you
only need one mediator, an impartial party who is trained at facilitating
your discussions and helping you resolve all issues so the divorce can
take place.
Mediation is a process in which a mediator (an impartial third party)
facilitates the resolution of family disputes by promoting the
participants' voluntary agreement. This promotes
communication, encourages understanding and focuses the participants
on their individual and common interests.

2. Our lawyers may refer to our proven
court strategies as a "full take down":
aggressive and focused representation
needs to move quickly in certain types
of highly disputed cases. As a
relationship deteriorates, people
can find themselves in a conflict despite
their best efforts to avoid a fight. It
may be that the parties simply
cannot find any common ground or that
the case has some complex element to
it that requires a judge to issue a
ruling. Sometimes a spouse will want to
fight in court and can't -- or won't --
listen to the benefits of a low-conflict
divorce.

3. When a loved one is arrested, the immediate aftermath can be a
trying experience. Communication with central booking in whichever
county the individual was arrested will be key to determining when that
person may be released and what bail might be set. The first hearing -
- called an arraignment -- will take place once the formal charges are
determined. In New York City’s five boroughs, criminal court
arraignments are held day and night, seven days a week, 365 days a
year, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 AM. Our lawyers are on-call and will attend
arraignment with your loved one. Typically, at the arraignment, the
primary issue will be whether or not the Court will set bail or release the
individual on his or her "own recognizance" (without requiring any
bail). If the judge decides that the accused cannot be trusted to return
to court without some encouragement, the judge may set bail. The
decisions to set bail and the amount of bail to set are discretionary, and
depend on three factors: 1) prior criminal history, 2) the seriousness of
the alleged conduct, and 3) community ties of the accused.