A day in the life of a divorce lawyer for NYC’s wealthy elite, who helps split up millions in assets, deals with bitter rivalries and cheating partners, and always makes it home by 6

• Nancy Chemtob, 56, is a divorce lawyer and partner at Chemtob, Moss, Forman & Beyda.
• She charges $960 an hour to smooth out arguments, divide big assets, and support her clients.
• She wakes up twice – at 3 and 7 a.m. – and uses a paper planner with Wite-Out to stay organized.

Nancy Chemtob, 56, is a partner at Chemtob, Moss, Forman & Beyda and one of New York City’s premier divorce attorneys. Her focus is elite divorces, for those with $15 million in assets or more – past clients have included Diandra Douglas, Michael Douglas’s now ex-wife, and Stephanie Madoff, daughter-in-law of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff.

She holds a BA from Syracuse University and a JD from the University of Miami. Brought up in a family of lawyers, she was drawn to matrimonial law after representing women who were convicted of killing their abusers while in law school.

She founded her firm in 2002 with Susan Moss, another lawyer whom she first met when they represented opposing parties in a divorce case three years earlier.