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Rochester Office
99 Garnsey Road
Pittsford, NY, 14534
phone: (585) 419-8602
fax: (585) 419-8801
 
 
Areas of Experience:
 ·   Family Law
 ·   Individuals & Families
 
 
 
 
David C. Boysen
 
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  Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America, Mr Boysen counsels clients on separation, divorce, custody, custodial relocation, child support, parental kidnapping and international custody matters, and pre and post marital agreements. Mr. Boysen also handles equitable distribution of property issues such as business interests, stock options, professional licenses, pensions, and profit sharing plans. He has a substantial practice in both family law and contested wills and estates all over central and western New York. He also has argued cases in the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court as well as before the New York Court of Appeals, and has been trained and practices in collaborative family law. Mr. Boysen counsels medium and upper income clients in financial and personal matters relating to family break ups. He works closely with members of the Corporate, Tax, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, and Trusts & Estates Practice Groups to effectively meet his clients’ business and personal needs.

Mr. Boysen has recently had trials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York on an international custody dispute under the Hague convention, has had a trial and settlements where custody was obtained for fathers and has recently also become involved in collaborate family law work involving creative settlements in a non-litigation settling where the expanded needs and interests of the family can be more appropriately dealt with than often is the case in court.

Mr. Boysen joined Harris Beach in 1972 and became a partner in 1979 following U.S. Army Service as an assistant professor of law in the Department of Law at West Point and as an assistant staff judge advocate stationed with the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

 
     
  Education  
  JD, 1967, Syracuse University College of Law
BS, 1965, Syracuse University
 
     
     
  Admissions to Practice  
  New York State Bar
United States District Court
   Western District of New York
United States Court of Appeals
   Second Circuit
United States Supreme Court
 
     
     
  Professional & Community Activities  
  In 1985, Mr. Boysen was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is a current member of the board of managers of the New York Chapter. He is an active member of the Family Law Section of the Monroe County and New York State Bar Associations, and has served as the chairman of the local section and a trustee of the Monroe County Bar Association.

Mr. Boysen has been active with both the Volunteer Legal Services Project and the Center for Dispute Settlement, serving on the board of each for over ten years and serving as president of each organization. He also has been a member of the board of the Monroe County Prepaid Legal Services Corporation and was co chairman of the Legal Mental Health Professionals Association. Mr. Boysen is a past recipient of the New York State Bar Association President’s Award for pro bono service. He has been a speaker on equitable distribution, custody trial techniques and family law issues for the New York State and Monroe County Bar Association and for the New York State Supreme Court Law Guardian program.

 
 

 

 

 

 
   
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