Law and Mediation Office of Helene Bernstein

Ms. Bernstein is skilled as both a mediator, collaborative attorney, litigator and consulting and review attorney, which provides her clients various legal options on how to proceed with their particular goals. Ms. Bernstein is committed to the process of resolving her client’s issues without the need for court intervention if possible, through mediated or negotiated settlements while keeping the best interests of the child of paramount importance. In the event there is the need for court intervention, in either the Supreme Court, Family Court or the Appellate Division, Ms. Bernstein is a highly skilled litigator who started her career as a prosecutor for the Administration of Children’s Services and later representing children in highly contested custody cases and adults in high conflict matrimonial and family court proceedings. She is also on the court approved presumptive divorce mediation panels for Kings, New York, Richmond and Bronx Counties.