Complex sentence: In the mid- 1830s, as a lawyer in the New York Court of Chancery, Hamilton represented Eliza Jumel against her husband Aaron Burr during two years of divorce proceedings, finalized in 1836; she and Burr had separated after only four months of marriage.
Split into simpler sentences: In the mid- 1830s, as a lawyer in the New York Court of Chancery, Hamilton represented Eliza Jumel against her husband Aaron Burr during two years of divorce proceedings, finalized in 1836. She and Burr had separated after only four months of marriage.