New York—December 20, 2021—Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP announced today that founding partner Valentina Shaknes has been selected for Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Women in Law award. This annual award recognizes female lawyers practicing in the New York City metro area for their professional, civic, and philanthropic achievements.

Throughout her career, Valentina has practiced exclusively in matrimonial and family law, representing clients in a wide variety of complex matters involving high-conflict equitable distribution and custody disputes, child and spousal support, and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She has successfully litigated family law matters both domestically and internationally.

Valentina is a well-established leader of the matrimonial bar and a “go-to” practitioner in the small community of lawyers with expertise in international child custody matters and Hague cases—a niche specialty. She has also been named a Distinguished Leader by the New York Law Journal, an Elite Boutique Trailblazer by The National Law Journal, and a Best Lawyer for Family Law.

Valentina’s profile is available here.