Sherri Donovan Email and Phone Number

A personal, skillful, holistic, assertive and nurturing approach is my trademark. The children's needs are essential to me and I am available by cell phone, text and email. I am excellent in crisis and with complicated financial cases. I am very familiar with the courts attorneys, mediation and collaborative practice in NYC, Westchester and Nassau. I am Director of the Family Centre located with the law firm to offer legal, financial and mental health services to the families we assist in dispute resolution. I am also a neutral evaluator for the NYS Courts.

Trained by Ken Neuman in mediation and Joan Kelly in parent coordination

Lectures include New York City Bar Association on matrimonial Law; New York County Lawyers Assoc. on prenuptial agreements; United Nations on retirement benefits in divorce; Divorce Financial Planners on divorce and finances; Jewish Board of Family Services on custody; Thomas-West and AFCC on international divorce; Ameriprise Financial and AXA on same-sex marriage; Marino Bar exam prep and CLE's on domestic relations law; lawlineinfo, NY State Parent to Parent, & the Father's Forum on special needs children & divorce; National Organization for Women on Domestic Violence. T.V. appearances as a legal expert include CBS, NBC, MSNBC, UPN channel 9 and Mobwives on celebrity divorces. I have been quoted and/or written articles/blogs for the New York Law Journal, the Family Law Review, Huffington Post, Associated Press, Newsday, Crains, Village Voice, Daily News, Post, Cosmopolitan, Divorce magazine, Divorce360.com, Divorcedmoms.com, Divorcesaloon.com , mediate.com and numerous local newspapers. Adams Media published my book on divorce in 2007. Over 50 syndicated radio shows across the USA and podcast shows have included me as a guest speaker.

The curriculum I developed includes topics on the philosophical underpinnings of marriage & divorce, family dispute resolution, chronology and types of divorce, children, domestic violence, same sex relationships and international perspectives on family law. Practical documents, mediation role-playing, research and moot court methodologies are utilized.

In addition to our matrimonial and family law practice, the Family Center offers comprehensive services such as mental health, financial, divorce and life coaching, parent coordination, and attorneys in related area to assist those with family difficulties and transitions.

art helping life is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children in need through the arts and material support. Our current projects include a community center in Senegal, West Africa where international professors and volunteers teach local children English, arts, sports and geography. Arthelpinglife.com

Represented union members in custody, termination of parental rights, abuse/neglect and child support hearings, trials, and negotiations.

One of 200 chosen nationwide to create and carry out class action law suits concerning poverty law issues.

Democratic District Leader for the Greenwich Village area of Manhatten; associated with the Village Independent Democrats; also was a Community Board 2 member.