Gerald Kornreich: Miami's Pioneer of High-Stakes Family Law

Gerald Kornreich is the founder of Kornreich & Associates and the first attorney in Florida to be Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Marital and Family Law for nine consecutive certification periods — a distinction rooted in the inaugural program for certification of lawyers when it launched in 1985. Based in Miami, Florida, where he has practiced family law in Miami-Dade County without interruption since 1975, Kornreich has spent more than four decades representing individuals in complex, ultra high-asset, and ultra high-income matters before Florida courts, in mediation and arbitration, and in private judge proceedings. His career has shaped not only his clients' outcomes but the rules, institutions, legal community, and programs defining the practice of family law in South Florida today.

What Does an Ultra High-Asset Family Law Attorney in Miami Do?

Family law cases involving significant marital estates, contested timesharing, or substantial income present legal challenges that require strategic depth alongside procedural command. At Kornreich & Associates, that work encompasses equitable distribution of complex marital assets, valuation of marital businesses and estates, support proceedings that may turn on the imputation of income to a spouse or parent or the forensic detection of one or both parties' real income, custody and timesharing disputes, and the enforcement and modification of existing court orders — all pursued in an ever-evolving city where the financial stakes, the tension between the parties, and the sophistication of opposing counsel are consistently high.

Kornreich & Associates also specializes in personal crisis management and assures the highest level of privacy and confidentiality.

The firm approaches every matter with the recognition that family law litigation carries consequences far beyond the courtroom: financial futures are reordered, parental relationships are restructured, and children's lives shaped in ways that can persist for generations. That perspective has informed how Kornreich & Associates has represented its clients for half a century.

A Trial Record Built Over Five Decades in Miami and Florida's Courts

Few family law practitioners in Miami, Florida can point to the volume and range of trial experience that Gerald Kornreich has accumulated. According to firm records, he has managed thousands of family law matters over the course of his career, with more than two hundred proceeding to trial — a record reflecting both his willingness to advocate fully for his clients and his mastery of the courtroom. His appellate work has carried cases from Miami-Dade's circuit courts to the Third District Court of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. His name is on many of the state's most important cases over the years.

That breadth of appellate exposure informs every stage of how he prepares a case — from the framing of the initial pleadings through the development of the evidentiary record — with an awareness of what an appellate panel may eventually need to review. Nevertheless, his philosophy is to first pursue mediation or alternative dispute resolution options to keep his clients out of court.

Gerald Kornreich's Credentials in Florida Marital and Family Law

Board Certification in Marital and Family Law by The Florida Bar requires demonstrated competence, peer evaluation, a written examination, and renewal every five years. The Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has recognized him as the first attorney in the state to achieve nine (9) consecutive certifications in the field.

His professional credentials extend well beyond that distinction. He holds Fellowship in both the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers — two of the most selective peer-nominated organizations in family law practice worldwide — and is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Family Trial Law. He carries an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in Family Law since 2003, by Super Lawyers since 2005, and by Chambers, and Kornreich & Associates holds a Tier 1 ranking in Family Law from U.S. News – Best Law Firms. In 2025 and 2026, Kornreich & Associates was honored as The Family Law Firm of the Year in Florida by The Lawyer Network.

How Gerald Kornreich Has Shaped Family Law in Florida

Kornreich's influence on the architecture of Florida family law extends well beyond his own personal accomplishments. He served on the Florida Bar Family Law Section committee that established the first set of Family Law Rules of Procedure — the procedural foundation on which every family law proceeding in the state is litigated today. In 2001, he was appointed by The Florida Bar President to serve a three-year term as Vice-Chair of the Commission on the Legal Needs of Children, a statewide body focused on systemic challenges for minors in the legal system.

For over five years, including service as Chair twice, Kornreich sat on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission — nominated by The Florida Bar and appointed by Governor Jeb Bush — overseeing the screening and recommendation of candidates for circuit court and county judgeships in Miami-Dade County, the bench before which family law practitioners appear daily. He also served as President of The First Family Law American Inn of Court, where he remains engaged as a longtime leader, and as Chair of the Miami-Dade Bar Family Law Committee.

Gerald Kornreich's Commitment to Miami, Florida's Families

The honors Kornreich has received for public service constitute their own significant record. In 2001, he was presented the Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award — Florida's highest statewide pro bono recognition, presented annually by the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court — for his sustained work on behalf of children and families who could not otherwise afford representation. Additionally, he received the Florida Bar President's Award for Pro Bono Work. He has also received the Judge Richard Yale Feder Professionalism Award, the Burton Young Professionalism Award, the Maurice Kutner Award for Family Law, the Richard Milstein Award of Excellence from the Dade County Bar Association, The Florida Bar's "Sand Beneath My Feet" Professionalism Award, the Ray Pearson Guardian Ad Litem Award, the YWCA's "W" Award, and Dade Legal Aid's Extraordinary Service Award.

For more than four decades, Kornreich has organized and moderated the Annual View from the Bench Seminar benefitting Dade Legal Aid, recruiting and training over 4,500 pro bono guardians ad litem for children and pro bono lawyers in Miami-Dade family court proceedings. Together with former Chief Judge Bertila Soto, he helped establish Court Care, which provides free childcare at Miami-Dade courthouses — removing a concrete barrier for parents who must appear before a judge. For more than twenty-five years, he has also led the First Family Law American Inn of Court's Turkey Drive, distributing initially turkey dinners and now Publix gift certificates to families in Miami domestic violence shelters during the holidays.

Gerald Kornreich's Scholarship, Television Work, and National Recognition

Kornreich's reach extends into scholarship and public education. He co-authored "Imputing Income: Proving the Unprovable" with Jane L. Estreicher, published in the Florida Bar Journal in April 1985 — credited by the firm as among the most frequently cited scholarly works on income imputation in Florida family law, a doctrine central to support determinations. He previously hosted his own television program, "You and the Law," and was featured in an ABC News Primetime story on the "War of the Roses" divorce case, a high-conflict Miami-Dade proceeding that the network followed for nearly a year and was one of the first family law trials covered from start to finish on national television.

Schedule a Consultation with Kornreich & Associates in Miami

For individuals in South Florida navigating ultra high-asset and high-asset divorce, contested timesharing, or any complex family law matter, Kornreich & Associates brings more than four decades of court-tested experience to every representation. The firm is located at 14 Northeast 1st Avenue, Suite 1208, Miami, Florida 33132, inside the historically designated One Flagler Building in downtown Miami. To schedule a consultation, visit kornreichlaw.com.