USA Law and Practice Contributed by: Valentina Shaknes, Jordan Messeri, Malissa Osei and Grace Chamoun Taranto, Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP
Malissa Osei is a partner at Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP and concentrates her practice in commercial litigation and matrimonial matters. Malissa has experience of litigating complex contract disputes,
Grace Chamoun Taranto is an associate at Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP. Grace concentrates her practice on matrimonial and family law matters, including negotiating divorces and
negotiating prenuptial agreements, and litigating child custody and child support matters. She is a member of the National Urban League Young Professionals (a network of young professionals working to eradicate social and economic inequalities through community service and volunteer initiatives) and is involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, the New York Women’s Bar Association, and the Metropolitan Black Bar Association. Malissa was named among the top 40 Black US lawyers under 40.
working on child custody and access rights and spousal and child support matters, as well as drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, separation agreements and cohabitation agreements. She is the current director of the Richmond County Bar Association (as well as the chair of its diversity committee) and is the former vice-president of the Staten Island Women’s Bar Association.
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