The Law Office of Joel K. Straus is primarily involved in litigation in two areas. The areas of practice are Family Law and Divorce and Criminal Law. With respect to Family Law and Divorce the firm has extensive experience in areas such as:

• Family Law and Divorce
• Child Custody
• Child Visitation
• Child Support
• Spousal Support
• Modification of Support
• Support Collection Issues
• Support Arrearage Collection
• Property Division Issues
• Division of the Family Residence
• Debt Allocation
• Protection of Inherited Assets
• Pension Division Issues
• Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
• Preparation of Marital Settlement Agreements
• Preparation of Pre-Marital Agreements
• Adoptions

The firm has also engaged in practice with cases in the area of criminal law including:

Representation of individuals accused of the commission of misdemeanor crimes ranging from drunk driving, to domestic violence cases, to spousal battery, to shoplifting, to other theft related matters, to drug related cases, to license suspension issues and more.