Partner
Email: wmazur@kleymanfirm.com
A graduate of Hofstra University School of Law, Wayne J. Mazur has been practicing and serving his clients for over 37 years. As a former partner with Mazur & Bocketti, Esqs. formerly known as Mazur, Bocketti & Mazur, Esqs., a firm that had been in practice for more than 50 years, and thereafter, with the law firm of Mallow, Konstam , Mazur, Bocketti & Nisonoff, P.C., a firm also with more than 50 years of experience, and Mazur, Bocketti, Nisonoff & Khavulya, P.C., Mr. Mazur devoted his time and service to the area of Family Law, including divorce, separation, annulment, spousal support, child custody, and child support, including modification and enforcement, family offense proceedings, and adoption in both the Supreme Court and Family Court. Mr. Mazur also focuses on the drafting of pre-nuptial and postnuptial agreements. Mr. Mazur has successfully tried and achieved a number of precedent-setting cases that have changed and established new law in the area of Family/Matrimonial Law in the State of New York.
Mr. Mazur engages in extensive Appellate Practice, having been successful in the appeals he has prepared. Many of these appeals have resulted in decisions upon which precedent has been established and relied upon by the New York State Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, in which Mr. Mazur is admitted to practice and argue.
Kaplinsky v. Kaplinsky, 198 A.D.2d 212 (2d Dept 1993) cert denied — U.S. – (1994)
Glauber v. Glauber 192 A.D.2d 94 (2d Dept 1993); Cohen v. Cohen, 195 A.D.2d 586 (2d Dept 1993)
Schwartz v. Schwartz., 79 A.D.3d 1006 (2d Dept 2010) [Enforced the giving of the GET via Contract principles and not religious infringement.]
R.E v. B.E., Supreme Court, New York County, June 24, 2015 [Gesmer, J. – Granted relocation of Mother and 2
children from New York to Israel – only time in New York State Jurisprudence]
Gross v. Gross, 7 A.D.3d 711 (2d Dept 2004)
Julia Douglas a/k/a Julia Rivin v. Daniel George Douglas, 7 A.D.3d 481 (2d Dept 2004)
Charchan v. Wilkins, 231 A.D.2d 668 (2d Dept 1996)
Katz v. Kar, 192 A.D.2d 695 (2d Dept 1993)
As a family lawyer, my job is to listen and to guide my clients, not to judge them.
Complex & contested divorce
Family Court
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
Litigation
Mediation
