Glen Cove Family Law Attorney - David Mejias

This past month, cities nationwide celebrated the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that state-level bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. In honor of that anniversary, and the gains our country has made towards participating in open conversations regarding LGBTQ, I wanted to share the evolution of marriage. Marriage can be a joyful union filled with love and respect, as much as it can be a political tool, business tactic or method of survival. Up until the 12th century, marriage was a system of economic and diplomatic tools meant to establish power structures. With the turn of the 12th century, we saw the first formalized marriages where the couple’s consent was more important than family approval, though the bride’s consent was still not valued more than the groom’s consent. Couples were required to give their verbal consent and marriage was not considered finalized until the couple consummated, thus setting the foundation of the ...

As a general area of practice, family law is as personal as it gets. It requires serving clients when they are at their most vulnerable. An attorney who can bring about resolution while maintaining personal sympathy for the parties involved makes for success. Long before he became a three-term Nassau county legislator, long before he started the firm of Mejias Milgrim & Alvarado, Dave Mejias’ early childhood shaped who he would become. The loss of his father was an unforgettable tragedy—the injustice of which still informs his practice today. Mejias has been cited as saying that for him, the business of law is personal. It is this principle that distinguishes his conduct in this area of practice.