Cordell & Cordell

Specialties

Cordell & Cordell is a nationwide domestic litigation firm focused on men’s divorce and all other family law practice areas.

Our mission is to be advisors and advocates for men before, during, and after divorce, with a passionate and intelligent devotion to excellence.

Our passionate devotion to excellence calls us to rigorous honesty, loyalty, and tenacity. Our intelligent devotion to excellence calls us to great imagination, organization and proficiency.

Our belief is that too often divorce lawyers and even judges resign themselves to stereotypes and thus perpetuate the status quo. We are not suggesting this mentality is malicious or even conscious, but it is prevalent. Cordell & Cordell is here to help men level the playing field in the family court system.

History

Established in 1990.

Cordell & Cordell was co-​founded by Joseph E. Cordell and his wife, Yvonne, as a general practice law firm with a focus on men’s divorce and family law.

Mr. Cordell noticed about 98% of the firm’s clients were men, and the need for a level playing field in divorce courts sparked the idea of Cordell & Cordell.

«During the course of that experience I couldn’t’ help but notice the challenges consistently facing the guys’ side of the table when it comes to custody, maintenance issues, and accusations of domestic violence,» Mr. Cordell said. «I found in waging those fights that I enjoyed it more. So we proclaimed ourselves as a firm that devoted itself to representing men in domestic relations matters.»

Cordell & Cordell has grown to more than 100 offices across the country and opened its first office in the United Kingdom in May 2015. With more than 200 divorce lawyers focused on men’s family law, we have become one of the largest family law firms serving men in the world.

Meet the Business Owner

Joseph C.

Business Owner

In 1990, while practicing general law, Joseph E. Cordell, J.D., C.P.A., LL.M., P.F.S., realized most of his clients were coming to the Cordell & Cordell firm for domestic relations help.

Fighting for fathers’ rights is what motivated Mr. Cordell to become a divorce lawyer for men.

Since co-​founding the firm with his wife, Yvonne, Mr. Cordell and his team of more than 200 divorce lawyers have helped thousands of men going through divorce.

He is frequently featured in national media outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and CNN.

Mr. Cordell received his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. He is a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and holds a Missouri CPA license. He also received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., where he now serves as an adjunct faculty member.