David McGrath Lawyer Reviews & Ratings - Hartford

David McGrath is the managing partner at Louden, Katz, McGrath & Bryan LLC. He practices exclusively in the Family Courts throughout Connecticut, in divorce and custody litigation, including issues of child custody, access and visitation, relocation, child support, alimony, distribution of assets in divorce, restraining orders, and third-party intervention. He handles appeals related to family law cases.. David has received the Star of the Year Award, Chair Award, and Achievement Award from the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section where he has previously served as Chair of the 2,500-member section. David presently serves on the Executive Committee for Family Law where he has been recognized as a "Rising Star," and on the Professionalism and Continuing Legal Education Task Force for the Connecticut Bar Association. He served five years as Mentoring Co-Chair of the Hartford County Bar Association.  He was appointed Special Master in the Hartford and New Britain Family Courts. In 2021 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.. His Family Law Case Summaries blog offers timely summaries of every Connecticut appellate decision in the field of family law since 2017, providing an easily accessible and searchable repository of relevant case law on every issue faced by family practitioners. He provides regular case law updates to the Family Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, apprising membership of the details of newly decided Appellate and Supreme Court cases.. David has been recognized in each year since 2013 by Superlawyers Magazine. He was named a "New Leader in the Law" by the Connecticut Law Tribune in 2016. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the area of Family Law for 2021.  David was presented with the Judge Maxwell Heiman Award by the Hartford County Bar Association in 2018 for exemplifying high standards of service to the profession, ethics, scholarship, and devotion to clients.. In 2021 he authored two articles for the Connecticut Law Tribune on legislative changes impacting family law, notably revisions to rules in arbitration pertaining to children, and coercion as a form of domestic abuse.