Howard Talenfeld, one of the nation’s preeminent children’s rights attorneys, is leaving Colodny Fass Talenfeld Karlinsky Abate & Webb, where he has worked since 1978, to start his own firm with three colleagues.

Talenfeld, who has received national honors for his work fighting for abused and neglected children, will launch Talenfeld Law in Plantation on Nov. 1 with Colodny Fass attorneys Stacie Schmerling, Rayni Rabinovitz and Nicole Coniglio as well as several staffers.