Allen A.  Drexel Drexel Grande LLC, New York Allen A. Drexel, the managing member of Drexel Grande LLC, concentrates his practice on complex family law issues, including divorce, equitable distribution of business and financial assets, spousal and child support, contested child custody cases, paternity proceedings, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and lesbian/gay family law matters. After graduating from Stanford Law School, Mr. Drexel served as law clerk to the Honorable A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and then went on to practice general commercial litigation at Simpson Thacher LLP. Since 2003, Mr. Drexel’s practice has focused on family law matters, and he has lectured extensively and written articles in this area. From 2005-08, Mr. Drexel co-chaired the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association, and he presently serves on the City Bar’s Matrimonial Law Committee. He has been quoted in the New York Times, the New York Law Journal, and other publications as an expert on the subject of same-sex legal issues.