Allen Kirshenbaum

About

Allen M. Kirshenbaum is the founder and managing partner of Kirshenbaum Law Associates. Mr. Kirshenbaum has been practicing law for more than 40 years, with his focus on all aspects of family law. Mr. Kirshenbaum has won numerous appeals in the Rhode Island Supreme Court, a number of which have expanded case law on cutting-edge issues involving pensions and business valuation in connection with the division of assets. He has had a significant impact on the manner in which family law is practiced in the State of Rhode Island.
Mr. Kirshenbaum received an AV Preeminent rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, the highest rating given for ability and ethical standards, reflecting his expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence. He has also received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating available for client review and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in the country. Mr. Kirshenbaum is part of a select group of lawyers recognized as a top lawyer in the greater Boston area by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, as noted in the Boston Globe, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and The National Law Journal and online at Boston, com and Law.com.
Mr. Kirshenbaum has been quoted in Newsweek magazine, The Providence Journal, the American Bar Association Journal and Rhode Island Lawyer Weekly. He has appeared on television and radio progrmas to speak about family law issues and has served on the faculty panel for numerous seminars. He lectured on Federal Income Taxation at the University of RHode Island, Tax Apects of Divorce and Division of Pensions in Divorce for the National Businsess Institute, and divoce, custody and business valuation issues for the Edward P. Gallogly Rhode Island Family Law Inn of Court and for the Rhode Island Bar Association. He served as a Bar Association mentor to new family law attorneys in Rhode Island. In addition to teaching law, Mr. Kirshenbaum regularly attends continuing legal education courses and seminars to stay up to date on the law.
Mr. Kirshenbaum is a higly active memter of the family law legal community in Rhode Island, He has been a member of the Family Court Bench/Bar Committee since its inception and is a member pf the original committee that dsigned and implmented the child support formula for the Stae of Rhode Island. Mr. Kirshenbaum received an award for his work with the Rhode Island Bar Association's Program in Family Law.