WESTPORT, Conn., Nov. 8, 2021 – The Law Offices of Edward Nusbaum P.C. has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers as a 2022 Best Law Firm in the category of Metropolitan Tier 2 Stamford for family law. This is the 12th consecutive year these rankings have been announced and the 12th year Nusbaum’s firm has earned this recognition.
The Stamford metro area includes Bridgeport, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Southport, Stamford, Weston, Westport and Wilton.
Firms included in the 2022 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must first have a lawyer recognized in The Best Lawyers in America©, which recognizes the top 5 percent of lawyers practicing in the United States. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Nusbaum has been rated Best Lawyers in America for 28 consecutive years.
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Nusbaum, who was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for 2022 earlier this year, has been practicing family law in Westport for more than 40 years. He has been a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent-rated attorney for 27 consecutive years and was named a Connecticut Super Lawyers Top 50 attorney by Thomson Reuters. And in 2020, Nusbaum was named Attorney of the Year by the Top 100 Registry.
The 2022 U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers rankings incorporate more than 8.2 million evaluations of more than 115,000 individual leading lawyers from more than 22,000 firms.
Nusbaum is a Fellow and past president of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, the leading organizations of family law practitioners. He also is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Resolution of Legal Fees Dispute Committee.
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The Law Offices of Edward Nusbaum P.C., located at 212 Post Road West in Westport, Conn., represents individuals with substantial assets in all areas of family law matters, including divorce, alimony, child support, property division, child custody and relocation cases. A significant portion of the firm’s work is concentrated in Fairfield County, although it also represents clients who reside in other counties, and those who have assets or business interests in other states or countries.
For additional information on the Law Offices of Edward Nusbaum P.C., please visit its website at http://www.nusbaumfamilylaw.com/ or call 203-226-8181.
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