David Aronson is widely recognized, and has repeatedly been named in peer review surveys, as one of the top matrimonial attorneys in New York.
Aronson was admitted to the bar in 1975 after graduating cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, where he was an Editor of the Law Review. Following his graduation, he served as the Law Clerk to a United States District Judge in Manhattan before joining the litigation department at one of New York City’s most prestigious law firms. Since 1983, Aronson has applied the skills he acquired working in the court system and as a commercial litigator to the practice of matrimonial law.
Although an experienced and respected trial lawyer, Aronson is proud of his reputation as a creative settlor of cases, who recognizes that whenever possible, disputes should be resolved through negotiation and that trials should be viewed as a last resort. For that reason, other lawyers frequently turn to Aronson to act as a mediator or arbitrator when their efforts to settle cases for their clients deadlock.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2027 | Matrimonial, Family Law |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2026 | Matrimonial, Family Law |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2025 | Matrimonial, Family Law |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2024 | |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2020 |
Aronson is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the American College of Family Trial Lawyers: Aronson is a diplomate of the prestigious American College of Family Trial Lawyers, membership in which is by invitation only, and limited to only 100 lawyers from across the United States. the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (and sat as a member of that Association’s Council on Judicial Administration), and the New York State Bar Association. He is a former Adjunct Assistant Professor at Brooklyn Law School. He has served as Vice President and on the Board of Managers of the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, as a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and as a member of the Office of Court Administration’s Matrimonial Practice Advisory Committee and its predecessor, the New York State Courts Committee on Matrimonial Practice. As a committee member, Aronson helped organize seminars, draft legislation, and lectured to the sitting matrimonial judges, referees, and their staffs on such issues as valuation, equitable distribution, maintenance, and custody.
Aronson has lectured at scores of professional and continuing legal education seminars. Among the organizations that have asked him to appear are the New York State Office of Court Administration, the New York State Judicial Institute, the Women’s Bar Association, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the American Society of Appraisers, the Association of Divorce Financial Planners, the Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the New York City Family Court Summit, the Practicing Law Institute and the New York City, County, and State Bar Associations.
Aronson has been married to Inette Fox Aronson since 1978. They have a daughter, who is a theatrical director, and a son, who is a partner at Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP.