Long Island Divorce Attorneys for High Net Worth Individuals

Long Island High Net Worth Divorce Attorney | Nassau & Suffolk County ($5M+ & $10M+ Estates)

When the financial stakes are high, the divorce law firm you choose matters more than ever. At Hornberger Verbitsky, P.C., we represent High Net Worth ($5M+) and Ultra-High Net Worth ($10M+) clients across Nassau and Suffolk counties with the precision, sophistication, and strategic focus these complex cases demand.

With over 20 years of experience, our firm delivers the level of legal, financial, and strategic excellence typically associated with Manhattan law firms, but with the local insight, personal attention, and efficiency that only a premier Long Island practice can offer.

For successful professionals, business owners, executives, and individuals with multimillion-dollar estates, we provide something rare:

elite-level representation grounded in real-world practicality, discretion, and results.

When your marital estate is valued at $5 million or more, you cannot afford a misstep. Complex assets, business interests, and financial structures require elite legal representation. You need the kind of representation that understands both the financial sophistication of a high-value portfolio and the nuanced expectations of judges in Nassau County and Suffolk County Supreme Courts.

At Hornberger Verbitsky, P.C., we have over 20 years of experience protecting the wealth of business owners, executives, medical and legal professionals, real estate investors, and other high-earning families on Long Island. Our firm delivers the strategic, discreet, high-level representation required to secure your financial future.

High asset divorce is a unique legal discipline. We provide a high-end boutique experience with big-firm capability, tailored specifically to complex estates involving:

✔ $5M+ High Net Worth Estates

✔ $10M+ Ultra-High Net Worth Estates

✔ Businesses, professional practices & partnerships

✔ Multiple Long Island & out-of-state real estate holdings

✔ Trusts, investment accounts, and generational wealth

✔ Stock options, RSUs, carried interest & executive compensation

✔ Retirement portfolios & sophisticated tax considerations

Our advantage is simple: We combine Manhattan-level sophistication with unmatched Long Island courtroom insight, all without the inflated Manhattan billing rates.

Why High Net Worth Clients Choose Hornberger Verbitsky, P.C.

High net worth divorces are not simply “bigger” versions of standard divorces—they are entirely different matters requiring a specialized command of valuation, taxation, business structure, asset protection, and financial forensics. We excel because this is our wheelhouse.

1. Mastery of Complex Multimillion-Dollar Estates

Our team is highly experienced in marital estates involving:

• Multi-million-dollar businesses & professional practices
• Extensive Long Island real estate portfolios (including Hamptons/North Shore and throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, NY)
• Investment properties, REITs, and out-of-state holdings
• Executive compensation (equity, RSUs, stock options, bonuses)
• Trusts, generational wealth, and offshore accounts
• High-value retirement and pension structures
• Jointly owned family businesses & partnerships

Whether your estate totals $3M, $10M, or $50M+, we bring the expertise required to protect what you’ve built.

2. Strategic Protection of Your Wealth

Your financial future depends on decisions made now.

We proactively:

• Identify, categorize, and protect separate property
• Strategize valuation timing for optimal outcomes
• Engage top-tier forensic accountants & valuation experts
• Investigate transfers, hidden assets, and income discrepancies
• Build evidence that strengthens your negotiating leverage

We anticipate issues before they arise, ensuring you maintain control, privacy, and financial clarity at every step.

3. Manhattan-Level Sophistication. Long Island Efficiency.

Many high-net-worth clients assume they need a large NYC firm.

In reality, a premier Long Island firm offers higher value and better results for local cases:

• Deep knowledge of Nassau & Suffolk county courts, personnel and attorneys
• Strong relationships with local judges, experts, and valuators
• No Manhattan travel fees or inflated billing rates
• Boutique-level attention with large-firm resources

This unique blend allows us to deliver exceptional representation with superior efficiency, so your wealth stays where it belongs — in your account.

4.  Tailored Strategies for High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth Clients

Every multimillion-dollar estate requires a unique approach.

We build custom strategies around:

• Asset preservation
• Optimal valuation methods
• Tax efficiency
• Privacy and reputation protection
• Liquidity planning
• Business continuity
• Spousal maintenance at high income levels
• Complex negotiations and settlements

Our mission is simple: position you for the strongest financial outcome possible, while minimizing unnecessary conflict, delays, and exposure.

Understanding High Net Worth Divorce on Long Island

A High Net Worth Divorce ($5M+) typically involves:

• One or more businesses
• Extensive real estate (Hamptons, North Shore, out-of-state, or international)
• Investment portfolios, brokerage accounts & cryptocurrency
• Multiple pensions, 401(k)s, and deferred compensation
• Trusts, inheritances & offshore assets
• Significant income (often $250K+ per year)

An Ultra-High Net Worth Divorce ($10M+) often adds:

• Family offices
• Complex corporate structures
• Minority business interests
• Multi-generational estate planning
• Confidential financial holdings

These cases require precision, discretion, and advanced financial expertise to achieve a favorable outcome.

High Net Worth Divorce cases often include:

• Businesses & partnerships
• Multiple homes and investment properties
• Stock portfolios & equity compensation packages
• Trusts and inherited assets
• Complex tax considerations
• International or multijurisdictional assets

What Makes High Net Worth Divorces Unique on Long Island, NY?

High-value cases involve specialized issues, including:

1. Business Valuation & Professional Practices

We work with Long Island’s most respected forensic accountants and valuation specialists to determine:

• Premarital vs marital portions
• Goodwill valuation
• Post-separation revenue
• Buyout structures
• Cash flow and income determination

2. Asset Tracing & Hidden Assets

We uncover:

• Undisclosed transfers
• Offshore accounts
• Digital assets
• Cryptocurrency
• Commingled funds
• Fraudulent conveyances

3. Executive Compensation & High-Income Support Calculations

We regularly handle:

• RSUs, stock options & equity compensation
• Performance bonuses
• Deferred comp packages
• High-income Child Support and Spousal Maintenance

4. Real Estate & Investment Property Portfolio Division

From Gold Coast and the Hamptons homes to out-of-state rentals, we manage:

• Appraisals
• Capital gains implications
• Partition & buyout options
• Income-producing property valuations

5. Tax-Optimized Settlement Structuring

We integrate tax-efficient settlement strategies to protect liquidity and long-term value.

How Hornberger Verbitsky, P.C. Protects High-Value Assets

Business Valuation & Owner Protection

We work with leading local valuation experts to scrutinize:

• Business goodwill
• Post-separation earnings
• Premarital contributions
• Minority shareholder interests
• Buyout structures
• Financial Forensics & Asset Tracing

We regularly uncover:

• Hidden transfers
• Underreported income
• Commingled accounts
• Offshore or digital assets

We use targeted, efficient discovery; never bloated, unfocused fishing expeditions.

Tax-Smart Negotiations

Our experience allows us to leverage:

• Optimal valuation dates
• Capital gains implications
• Creative settlement structures
• QDRO planning for pensions & retirement accounts

For more information, read “Dividing a Business in Divorce: What You Need to Know”

Why Local Representation Matters in High Net Worth Divorce on Long Island, NY

Choosing Long Island attorneys, as opposed to NYC firms, provides meaningful advantages:

• Deep familiarity with Nassau & Suffolk County Supreme Court judges
• No expensive Manhattan travel fees
• Knowledge of local expert schedules, expectations & timelines
• Faster case movement and more predictable outcomes
• Local relationships that accelerate valuations & appraisals

Our local knowledge often saves our clients tens of thousands of dollars while strengthening and improving their strategic outcomes.

Local Advantage in Nassau & Suffolk Supreme Courts

Our decades of experience in Mineola, Central Islip, and Riverhead give you a critical edge.

We know:

• How local judges approach complex assets
• Which courts favor early settlement
• How to leverage local expert testimony
• Which judges prioritize settlement
• Which require thorough financial disclosure
• Typical timelines
• Preferred formats for valuations
• Local discovery expectations
• How to time filings for maximum leverage

This knowledge creates predictability, efficiency, and stronger negotiating power which results in faster, more predictable, and more favorable outcomes.

Smart Strategies We Use to Protect Your Wealth

While cost isn’t the focus, strategic efficiency is part of excellent representation. We help you preserve wealth through:

• Early asset identification & valuation
• Targeted, limited discovery
• Joint neutral experts
• Phased financial forensics
• Strategic mediation when appropriate
• Reduced deposition and discovery redundancy

Our goal is simple: achieve the strongest outcome without unnecessary expense or conflict.

Preserving Wealth Without Compromising Quality

While cost savings are never the primary driver in high net worth cases, smart financial management is part of strategic representation.

Our firm uses:

• Joint neutral experts (reducing fees 30–50%)
• Phased discovery
• Focused valuation scopes
• Clear budgets & transparent billing
• Mediation or collaborative options where appropriate

These approaches let clients retain more of their multimillion-dollar estates, without sacrificing expert support.

Our Elite Team of Forensic Experts & Valuation Specialists

We vet and collaborate with top-tier:

• CPAs, CVAs & financial analysts
• Forensic accountants
• Business valuation experts
• Real estate appraisers
• Pension & QDRO specialists
• Executive compensation analysts

We limit unnecessary expert duplication, ensuring maximum accuracy at controlled cost.

Privacy, Discretion & Reputation Protection

High-profile and high-income clients trust us because we prioritize:

• Confidential negotiations
• Mediation & collaborative solutions
• Privacy and reputational protection
• Avoidance of unnecessary litigation

Your business, finances, and public image stay protected.

Mediation & Collaborative Divorce for HNW Clients

When appropriate, mediation or collaborative divorce provides a private, cost-controlled alternative to litigation. This can be ideal for professionals and public figures.

We’ve resolved disputes using mediation and collaborative divorce when they involved:

• Multi-million-dollar estates
• Business ownership and buyouts
• High-value real estate
• Executive compensation

All without the courtroom battles that drain wealth and expose sensitive information.

Why Hornberger Verbitsky, P.C. Is the Premier Choice for High Net Worth Divorce

• 20+ years of High New Worth and Ultra High Net Worth experience
• Master-level understanding of financial complexity
• Exceptional local insight into Nassau & Suffolk county courts
• Trusted network of elite forensic experts
• Sophisticated negotiation and litigation skills
• White-glove client communication and discretion
• A strategic focus on asset protection and outcome optimization

You’ve worked hard to build your wealth. We work just as hard to protect it.

Schedule Your Confidential High Net Worth Divorce Consultation and Case Evaluation

The attorney you choose will define your financial future.

At Hornberger Verbitsky, P.C., we help high net worth clients confidently navigate complex divorces while preserving the legacy they’ve built.

Contact us for a confidential consultation and learn how our strategic, experienced representation can safeguard your future.

Choose the firm trusted by Long Island’s most successful individuals.

Hornberger Verbitsky, P.C.

631-923-1910

Serving Nassau & Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

Free, confidential consultation and case evaluation

Protect your wealth. Protect your future.

Work with the firm built for high net worth divorce.