Adam Jay Berner

With over 25 years of experience in family law and mediation, Adam expertly guides clients through the difficult situation of divorce to reach the best possible resolutions. A leading attorney-mediator in New York and New Jersey, Adam utilizes his extensive training in mediation and collaborative law to help families that do not wish to escalate their conflicts, find respectful solutions.

Drawing on his legal experience and training in mediation and collaborative law, Adam offers clients an array of conflict resolution tools, and can direct them to the divorce process that best suits their needs.

Adam is committed to helping clients settle their divorces out of court, believing that collaboration and mediation are effective even in the most complex cases because they allow for creative problem-solving and carefully informed decision making. Adam’s practice serves a wide range of clients, from those seeking a simple divorce to the most complex of cases.

Adam is recognized as one of the most active and established attorney-mediators in his area. He is Past President of the Family & Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, Founding President of the North Jersey Collaborative Law Group, and Founding Member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals.

In addition to his private mediation and collaborative law practice, Adam is an experienced and sought-after trainer, speaker and workshop leader in mediation, collaborative law, and conflict resolution, having trained attorneys, court personnel, schools, clergy and corporate staff throughout the New York and New Jersey area. He is an Adjunct Professor at Cardozo School of Law where he teaches Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Family Law classes in addition to having taught family law at the law school. Adam also served as the Director of Training at the New York Center for Interpersonal Developments' (NYCID) Mediation & Conflict Resolution Training Institute.