Martha Cohen Stine, Child Custody Attorney in New York

Martha Cohen Stine, a founding partner of Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP, is widely recognized as one of New York’s leading matrimonial and family law attorneys. She is consistently named among New York Metro Super Lawyers’ Top 50 Female Lawyers and Top 100 Lawyers overall, and holds the prestigious AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell, reflecting the highest standards of legal ability and professional ethics. Ms. Stine earned her B.A., cum laude, from New York University and her J.D., cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she served as an Editor of the Law Review.

Ms. Stine serves on the Board of Directors of the New York County Lawyers Association (“NYCLA”), is the immediate past Chair of NYCLA’s Matrimonial Law Section, and sits on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Family Law Section. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the NYCLA Foundation. A frequent lecturer and panelist, Ms. Stine regularly organizes and presents Continuing Legal Education programs.

While committed to resolving disputes amicably whenever possible, Ms. Stine is also an accomplished litigator with extensive trial and appellate experience in New York courts. She has achieved numerous notable victories, including precedent-setting decisions, and is frequently sought out by the media as an authority on family law issues. Her practice encompasses all aspects of matrimonial and family law, including divorce and custody matters, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, same-sex family issues, and interstate and international custody disputes involving the UCCJEA and Hague Convention. Dedicated to helping clients move forward with confidence and stability, Ms. Stine is deeply committed to guiding individuals and families through life’s most difficult transitions.

Her clients include prominent real estate developers, business owners, executives, medical and legal professionals, musicians, opera singers, cabaret performers, and other professionals and public figures, as well as their spouses and partners.

Outside her legal practice, Ms. Stine is an accomplished singer with a lifelong passion for theater and the arts. She performs with the renowned Blue Hill Troupe, a Gilbert & Sullivan theater company that donates all ticket-sale proceeds to New York charities, and has also appeared with Utopia Opera, Village Light Opera Group, and Island Lyric Opera. In addition, she produces and directs original musical comedies featuring lawyers and judges, including the March 2026 Twelfth Night performance at the New York City Bar Association honoring Second Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch. Ms. Stine is an active member of the Lotos Club, one of New York’s most distinguished literary and arts clubs, where she serves as Chair of the Music Committee. She is also a member of and serves on the Board of Directors of The Lambs, America’s oldest professional theatrical club.