8000 Maryland Ave., Ste. 950
Clayton, Missouri 63105

Jeffrey S. Schechter
Partner

E-mail: jeff@schechterlaw.com

Mr. Schechter is an AV-rated attorney and partner in the Firm.

Primary Areas of Practice:

  • Dissolution of marriage (divorce)
  • Division of marital assets
  • Protection of nonmarital property
  • Maintenance (alimony)
  • Child custody
  • Child support
  • Motions to Modify (changing existing orders)
  • Paternity
  • Appeals
  • Enforcement of existing orders
  • Motions for Contempt
  • Orders of Protection
  • Adult abuse
  • Child abuse
  • Legal separation

Education:

  • J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1985
  • B.A., Washington University, 1982

Memberships:

  • American Bar Association, Family Law Section
  • Missouri State Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Family & Juvenile Law Section
  • St. Louis County Bar Association

Other Distinctions:

  • Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
  • Lecturer
  • "Divorce Law Guide from A to Z" (2010)
  • "Litigating Money Modifications" (2008)
  • "Family Law Litigation in Missouri" (2008, 2007, 2006, 2001, 1996)
  • "Child Custody and Shared Parenting in Missouri" (2001)
  • "Child Custody and Visitation in Missouri" (2000, 1999)
  • "Tax Aspects of Divorce in Missouri" (1996)
  • Co-Author, "Antenuptial Agreements" with Michael Schechter, Fall, 1995,St. Louis Bar Journal