Andrea N. Catalina, Esq., has dedicated her career to the practice of matrimonial and family law matters, including custody and child support matters, as well as criminal defense, real estate transactions and representing landlords in landlord/tenant disputes. Andrea has represented litigants throughout several counties, including Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Bronx and Manhattan in both Family and Supreme Court. She provides thoughtful and thorough representation to every client while striving for amicable and fair resolutions of all matters. While she is compassionate and patient, should negotiations fail to produce a fair result, she is ready and able to litigate a variety of issues in an effort to protect the interests of her clients. This Firm is a family-based team specializing in helping other families through all different types of issues. Andrea strives to be the attorney your family calls when they have a child who just got arrested for the first time or when you're ready to buy or sell your first home. From custody issues to trying to evict that pesky tenant, she is here and happy to help with it all! Attorney Catalina - Attorney in Peekskill, NY Prior to starting her own Firm, Andrea began her legal career working as an Associate at a mid-sized firm in White Plains where she represented clients on a variety of issues involving matrimonial, family, custody, support, personal injury and criminal matters. In 2012, Andrea joined her father, Frank A. Catalina, Esq., in Peekskill, New York. Shortly thereafter, she started her own practice, while remaining “of counsel” to Frank, who has over thirty years of experience in the same practice areas. Andrea is a proud graduate of Pace University School of Law, graduating cum laude. Prior to law school, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. While in college, Andrea spent a semester traveling abroad to Spain and is conversant in Spanish. Andrea is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey. The main law office is in Peekskill, New York, but she also maintains satellite offices in Monroe and White Plains, New York (by appointment only). She is also a member of the New York City and Westchester County Bar Associations.

Jeffrey is one of the founding members of Stempel, Catterson, LoFrumento, Carlson, Biondo, LLP. He commenced his legal career in 1998 specializing in all aspects of matrimonial and family law litigation, including, but not limited to: divorce, custody, support, equitable distribution, complex business valuations, modification and enforcement issues, and the negotiation and preparation of pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, separation agreements, and stipulations of settlements. Jeffrey has represented, and assisted in the representation of, numerous high profile and celebrity clients. He has extensive experience with respect to complex business valuations involving multi-million dollar wage earners and business owners. Jeffrey’s matrimonial and valuation articles have been published in the New York State Bar’s Family Law Review, The Suffolk Lawyer and The Nassau Attorney. He has also lectured for the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association and Suffolk County Bar Association on numerous occasions. Jeffrey’s other areas of practice include personal injury, commercial litigation, general litigation and appellate practice. His personal injury experience involves complex litigation and appellate practice regarding traumatic brain injury, automobile accidents, construction site accidents, municipal liability and slip and fall accidents. Jeffrey has successfully argued before the New York State Appellate Divisions as well as New York State’s highest Court, the Court of Appeals. Jeffrey has been selected to the New York Super Lawyers, voted a Top Attorney in New York by his peers, every year since 2013 and selected as a Top Ten Nationally Ranked Family Law Attorney by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys since 2014. Jeffrey is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association and the Suffolk County Bar Association, as well as the Matrimonial Law Committee of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations, serving as the Co-Vice Chair on the Executive Committee for the Nassau County Matrimonial Committee.

Jeffrey is one of the founding members of Stempel, Catterson, LoFrumento, Carlson, Biondo, LLP. He commenced his legal career in 1998 specializing in all aspects of matrimonial and family law litigation, including, but not limited to: divorce, custody, support, equitable distribution, complex business valuations, modification and enforcement issues, and the negotiation and preparation of pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, separation agreements, and stipulations of settlements. Jeffrey has represented, and assisted in the representation of, numerous high profile and celebrity clients. He has extensive experience with respect to complex business valuations involving multi-million dollar wage earners and business owners. Jeffrey’s matrimonial and valuation articles have been published in the New York State Bar’s Family Law Review, The Suffolk Lawyer and The Nassau Attorney. He has also lectured for the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association and Suffolk County Bar Association on numerous occasions. Jeffrey’s other areas of practice include personal injury, commercial litigation, general litigation and appellate practice. His personal injury experience involves complex litigation and appellate practice regarding traumatic brain injury, automobile accidents, construction site accidents, municipal liability and slip and fall accidents. Jeffrey has successfully argued before the New York State Appellate Divisions as well as New York State’s highest Court, the Court of Appeals. Jeffrey has been selected to the New York Super Lawyers, voted a Top Attorney in New York by his peers, every year since 2013 and selected as a Top Ten Nationally Ranked Family Law Attorney by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys since 2014. Jeffrey is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association and the Suffolk County Bar Association, as well as the Matrimonial Law Committee of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations, serving as the Co-Vice Chair on the Executive Committee for the Nassau County Matrimonial Committee.

Attorney Jessica B. Cha is a State Bar of California Certified sigma essay Family Law Specialist and is licensed to practice law in California, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Jessica is a passionate litigator, vigorously representing her clients on matters of divorce, child custody/visitation, child support, spousal support and division of assets/debts. Having gone through the divorce process herself, Jessica has a unique sensitivity to what her clients are going through. Jessica’s family law practice also includes representing clients whose children were abducted to and from the United States and another count by their spouse or partner. She has an intimate knowledge of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and has even traveled abroad to advocate in front of foreign judiciaries and officials.

Family law has always stood out to Cloie Chapman as an important area of the law because it requires compassion and a greater understanding of systemic issues such as race, gender, and relationships. Cloie has always been passionate about addressing social issues and family law is a great opportunity for her to connect with clients and advocate for them. This passion first developed when Cloie worked for Planned Parenthood in high school as a sexual health educator and learned about healthy relationship building. She earned her BA from Western Washington University, creating her own interdisciplinary major in environmental policy and ethnic studies. Cloie continued to work for non-profit organizations throughout college and law school, including Disability Rights Washington and ACLU of Washington. Each of these experiences has deepened her empathy for others and allowed her to understand how systemic issues relate to personal conflicts. After graduating from Seattle University School of Law, Cloie Chapman was admitted to the Washington State Bar Association in 2020. She then started her own firm and represented clients in Seattle on issues including protection orders and contracts. She also supported criminal defense attorneys representing Black Lives Matter protestors. In 2021 Cloie clerked for Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary I. Yu and stayed at the court for another few months to work as a staff attorney in the Commissioner’s Office. During her time at the court Cloie was able to sharpen her research skills by diving into a variety of legal topics. Cloie grew up in Issaquah, Washington and has lived in Seattle, Bellingham, and Olympia. She now lives in Lynnwood with her husband and three cats. Cloie spends her free time listening to podcasts, playing video games, and thinking of new home renovation projects.