USA – FLORIDA Law and Practice Contributed by: Raymond J. Rafool, II, Seth J. Rutman, Kaylin R. Cohen and Melissa L. Kanoff, Rafool, PLLC
Rafool, PLLC is a boutique family law and civil liti - gation firm based in Miami, Florida, representing cli - ents throughout Florida. Rafool, PLLC, concentrates on complex and high net worth divorce and family law matters, including high-profile divorce proceed - ings, valuing and dividing multimillion-dollar marital
estates with sophisticated corporate and inter-entity structures, navigating parenting and time-sharing dis - putes, including international relocation and parental alienation, and extends this experience into related commercial litigation, including breach-of-contract, business disputes and defamation matters.
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Raymond J. Rafool, II is a partner at Rafool, PLLC, admitted to practice in Florida in 1991, and is currently admitted to practice before all Florida courts and the US Supreme Court. He is Board Certified in Marital and
Kaylin R. Cohen is an associate at Rafool, PLLC, admitted to practice in Florida and New Jersey. Before joining the firm, she served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Mark T. Janeczko, J.S.C. (Ret.), in the Family
Family Law by the Florida Bar and Nationally Board Certified as an expert in Family Trial Law by The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). Mr Rafool concentrates his practice on domestic and international family law and business and commercial litigation, representing clients in complex, high net worth matters. He currently serves on the Florida Bar Family Law Section’s CLE Committee and has previously chaired several Florida Bar rules committees.
Part of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County. Ms Cohen focuses her practice on high net worth family law matters, including dissolution of marriage cases involving intricate corporate structures and equitable distribution of marital assets. She is a member of the Florida Bar’s Family Law Section and Young Lawyers Division and the Dade County Bar Association.
Melissa L. Kanoff is an associate at Rafool, PLLC, admitted to practice in Florida and before the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. While attending the University of Miami School of Law, she worked
Seth J. Rutman is a partner at Rafool, PLLC, admitted to practice in Florida, New York and New Jersey, and before the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He concentrates on complex family law matters, including
in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit’s Family Law Division. Ms Kanoff concentrates on high net worth family law proceedings, including complex parenting issues, international and domestic relocation and distribution of multimillion-dollar estates. She is a member of the Florida Bar’s Family Law Section, Young Lawyers Division and a member of the American Bar Association. Ms Kanoff was selected to the Florida Super Lawyers list in 2025.
equitable distribution of high net worth estates, parenting and time-sharing disputes, and international and domestic relocation, as well as appellate work and defamation actions. Before joining Rafool, PLLC, he practised commercial litigation and nursing home malpractice in New York. Mr Rutman is a member of the Florida Bar’s Family Law Section and was selected to the Florida Super Lawyers list in 2025.
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