Jennifer S. Bernstein

Jennifer S. Bernstein, the founder of The Law Office of Jennifer S. Bernstein, is a Boston-based attorney specializing in civil litigation and mediation. Ms. Bernstein is admitted to both the Bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In addition, Ms. Bernstein has appeared pro hac vice in several cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Prior to establishing The Law Office of Jennifer S. Bernstein, Ms, Bernstein founded the firm of Bernstein & Yang, LLP and worked as a Litigation Associate at Flynn & Associates, P.C., where she managed multiple civil cases from investigation to trial and appeal. Specifically, she coordinated discovery, took and defended depositions and managed client relations. She has also appeared in front of various state and federal courts for hearings and trials and drafted post trial and appellate briefs.

In addition to her litigation experience, Ms. Bernstein is also a trained mediator with knowledge and experience regarding alternative dispute resolution. She utilizes this mediation training within her own practice as well as volunteering her time mediating small claims matters throughout the Commonwealth’s court system.

Aside from volunteering her time as a mediator, Ms. Bernstein is also a volunteer at the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Foundation and the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Massachusetts Bar Association. Additionally, she is a member of both the Massachusetts Bar Association and Women's Bar Association.

Ms. Bernstein graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology. After graduation, Ms. Bernstein worked in social services before attending the New England School of Law where she graduated, cum laude in 2006.

While attending New England School of Law, Ms. Bernstein served as the Managing Business Editor of the New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement. Ms. Bernstein also clerked for the Civil Rights Division of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, for Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Raymond Brassard and at the Pro Se Office of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In recognition of her accomplishments, Ms. Bernstein was one of only four graduating students awarded the “Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award” by New England School of Law.

Ms. Bernstein was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in January 2007 and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in March 2007. In addition, Ms. Bernstein has appeared pro hac vice in several cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.