Gabrielle Hagege is a Senior Associate in HDRB&B’s Matrimonial & Family Law Department and represents high-net-worth individuals in complex divorce, custody and family law matters.
With more than a decade of litigation experience, she handles cases involving substantial and sophisticated marital estates including closely held businesses, executive compensation, stock options and deferred compensation, partnership and carried interests, and multi-property real estate portfolios. Her practice also includes complex tracing and classification disputes involving separate and marital property. She works closely with forensic accountants, business valuators and real estate appraisers to build the financial record to ensure equitable distribution.
Gabrielle has extensive experience in contested custody and other high-conflict family matters, litigating in Supreme and Family Courts throughout New York’s First and Second Judicial Departments. She has served as lead and second-chair trial counsel from discovery and motion practice through trial and appeal, and has examined and cross-examined forensic accountants, business appraisers, forensic psychologists and other expert witnesses at trial. She also has significant appellate experience and has also resolved numerous high-conflict matters through mediation and negotiated settlement.
Matrimonial disputes carry significant personal and financial stakes. Gabrielle works with clients from the outset to understand their priorities and builds a strategy designed to protect their interests and pursue the strongest possible outcome.
Gabrielle earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from the University of Michigan. She is a member of the Brooklyn Bar Association and Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association. Gabrielle is a native French speaker.