Melissa Jill Needle

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Needle | Cuda - Leading Divorce and Family Law in Fairfield County

Experience: 33 years

Divorce and Family Law

Connecticut and New York

Awards 1

Experience 33y

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Attorney Melissa J. Needle focuses her practice exclusively on family law. Based in Westport, Connecticut, she provides astute advice and counsel to clients throughout Fairfield County--serving Westport, Greenwich, New Canaan, Wilton, Darien, and Fairfield. Ms. Needle has been admitted to practice before all Connecticut state courts since 1990, and she is also admitted to practice in New York.

Attorney Needle's approach strikes a hard-to-find balance between aggressive client representation and the preservation family. Before starting Needle|Cuda, Attorney Needle found that most firms in the market practiced at the extreme ends of the spectrum -- either being overly aggressive or collaborative to a fault. Needle|Cuda strives to deliver a service that brings clients the best of both worlds to its clients because the long-term dynamic and health of your family is worth protecting.

Attorney Needle specializes is high net worth divorces and deals frequently with closely held family businesses, hedge fund investments/ownership interests, private equity ownership interests, complex family trusts, and other complex assets valuations. A forceful courtroom advocate and expert family law litigator, Attorney Needle has also worked on highly contested custody and relocation disputes, although she strives to help her clients come to an agreement in a less-adversarial manner such as mediation when that is possible.

Ms. Needle's experience has also encompassed the preparation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and various types of protective orders for domestic violence victims. Attorney Needle also helps clients who have already divorced and who are seeking enforcement of or modifications to existing support and parenting orders.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Connecticut

Since 1991

New York

Since 1991

Professional Experience

Current

Needle | Cuda

Attorney

Education

1988 - 1990

Whittier Law School

J.D. (1990) | Law

1983 - 1987

Tufts University

B.A. (1987) | English

Awards

year - Melissa Jill Needle

Clients’ Choice Award

Avvo

Contacts

Needle | Cuda Divorce and Family Law 830 Post Road East Suite 301 Westport CT 06880 Telephone: (203) 557-9500 Fax: (203) 557-9504

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Melissa Jill Needle Needle | Cuda - Leading Divorce and Family Law in Fairfield County

Experience: 33 years

Website: Open

Phone: (203) 557-9500

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law