David I. Bliven

David Bliven is an attorney with nearly 25 years of experience. He graduated with honors from Syracuse University in 1993 with a B.A. in Sociology. He went on to serve as a judicial intern and statistician with the NYS Commission on City Court Judicial Reallocation with the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge. He then attended New York Law School where he graduated in 1997 with honors and ranked within the top 15% of his class.

Upon graduation, he worked in private practice for a year (doing mostly matrimonial work), before serving as a prosecutor for nearly 3 years with the NYC Administration for Children's Services. While at ACS he prosecuted child support, child abuse & neglect and foster care cases on behalf of the City of New York.

After leaving the prosecutor position, Mr. Bliven opened his own law practice in 2000. His practice is approximately 99% Divorce & Family Court cases, along with 1% governmental misconduct and administrative cases.

Mr Bliven has an "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell (the highest possible rating in both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards), a perfect 10.0 rating from Avvo ("Superb" rating) and is listed in the "Super Lawyers" directory by Thomson Reuters (a distinction given to less than 5% of all attorneys in each field of practice).

His articles have been published in the New York Law Journal, Westchester Magazine, Westchester Lawyer magazine and at Nolo.com. He blogs at https://www.blivenlaw.net/blog/.