Stephen N. Lander

Partner

snlander@landerandlander.com

Tel: 508-879-0046 Fax: 508-879-1880

Stephen is a founding partner of Lander & Lander. He has practiced exclusively in the area of complex domestic relations litigation since 1987, and has successfully tried virtually every type of action and issue incident to or arising out of the dissolution of marriage, such as: (a) the valuation and division of interests in closely held corporations, limited partnerships, hedge funds, medical and dental practices and insurance agencies, (b) disputes concerning the physical and legal custody of, and visitation with minor children, as well as removal actions (in which one parent seeks to relocate with the children to a different jurisdiction), (c) imputation of income to the under-employed (and unemployed) spouse for purposes of calculating child support and alimony; and (d) piercing and defending premarital and marital agreements. In addition to more than 20 years of litigation experience, Stephen also has substantial experience successfully resolving cases through alternative dispute methods, such as arbitration, mediation and conciliation, both as the neutral and as the advocate.

Prior to establishing Lander & Lander, P.C. in 1995, Stephen was associated with the law firm of McGrath & Kane in Boston, Massachusetts, and additionally was trained by the late Monroe Inker. He is, or has been, a member of the American, Massachusetts, Boston, Middlesex and Metrowest Bar Associations, the American Trial Lawyers Association, as well as the American Probate & Family Inns of Court, Massachusetts chapter, since its inception in 1998. Stephen has been recognized by his peers as a Massachusetts and New England “Super Lawyer” as published in Boston Magazine each year since 2006. He has been interviewed on television, radio and newspapers as an expert on a variety of family law matters. He has been a frequent lecturer to lawyers and law students on myriad family law and litigation topics, including Advanced Business Valuation, Enhancing Your Financial IQ, Trial Practice and Procedure, Handling the Alimony Case, Child Custody, Child Support, Identifying Custody Issues, Business Valuation Issues and Case Law in Domestic Relations, Creative Options for Lessening Financial Burden of Divorce, Dividing Employment Benefits in Divorce Cases, Effective Use of Financial Statements in Domestic Relations, Guidelines for Determining Alimony, Physical and Sexual Abuse in Divorce, Removal of a Child from the Commonwealth, Unusual Property Issues in Divorce, The Dishonest Spouse, The Divorce Agreement, and The Alimony Reform Act of 2011. These classes and lectures took place at Suffolk University Law School, Boston College Law School, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Divorce Center, Inc. and Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly lecture series. Stephen also served as an adjunct professor at Suffolk University Law School from 1994 through 1997, teaching Trial Practice.

Pro Bono Activities
Lawyer for the Day: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk Probate and Family Courts
Middlesex County Conciliation Program
Senior Partners for Justice/Volunteer Lawyers Project
Curriculum Advisory Committee, MCLE

Publications
Turning Down the Flames, Handling the Bitter Divorce, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2001.
Dividing Employee Benefits in Divorce and the Occasional Interplay of Federal Legislation, co-authored with Richard M. Novitch for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2009.

Honors

Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
J.D. 1987 Honors: 2nd Place: Best Brief, Legal Practice, 1985 Honors: 2nd Place American Bar Association (ABA) Trial Competition, 1985 Honors: 1st Place American Bar Association Negotiation Competition, 1986 Honors: 1st Place American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA) Trial Competition, 1986 Honors: 1st Place American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence, 1987 Honors: 1st Place ATLA Trial Competition North East Regionals, 1987 Honors: National Finalist ATLA Trial Competition, Washington, D.C., 1987

Denison University, Granville, Ohio
B.A. – 1984 Honors: Psi Chi, Crossed Keys, Omicron Delta Kappa Major: Economics