Lawrence S. Katz is a Fellow in The International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is a recognized expert in interstate and international family law and child abduction. He has practiced law for over four decades.

Mr. Katz is a mentor with the International Child Abduction Attorney Network (ICAAN) and the U.S. Department of State Attorney Network. He has received numerous awards from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). He has been counsel of record, mentored or consulted in over 150 Hague Convention and child abduction cases. A significant percentage of reported federal cases in Florida have been handled by this firm.

In the years 2006-2008 he has returned 23 abducted children to their habitual residences. Mr. Katz was the first U.S. attorney to recover children from: Turkey, (non-Hague) Iran, Saudi Arabia and Japan (using "Special Circumstances)"as well as to return children to Haiti, The Bahamas and Russia. Mr. Katz also conducted the first international mediation in a Hague case for NCMEC in November of 2005.

In 2008, Mr. Katz successfully represented 3 clients in international relocation cases and served as a Guardian ad Litem in a fourth case where he was responsible for drafting the relevant portions of the agreement and final decree with respect to relocation, jurisdiction and enforcement. The 4 mothers were authorized to relocate with their young children to: Germany, Belgium and Israel.