Bracha Etengoff
*Manhattan & Long Island Offices, Video Sessions. I help people reach agreement and resolve disputes, saving you time and money and protecting your relationships. Areas include inheritance, estate, and trust disputes; prenups and postnups; elder care and multigenerational disputes.
My legal practice includes wills, trusts, and probate as well. I’ve practiced law in NY and NJ for 17 years.
Hiking, singing, writing, and family and friends fill my spare time.
ADR Experience
- Mediate estate distribution conflicts over inheritances
- Mediate elder issues, including grandparent visitation
- Mediate prenuptial agreements (prenups)
- Conflict coaching for agents under power of attorney
- Facilitate loan modifications to prevent foreclosures
- Proficient in video and in person mediation.
Approach
I craft a mediation model for each situation, drawing on a wide variety of techniques. For example, some cases may resolve in a couple joint sessions, while high conflict cases may benefit from individual sessions with each party. I may facilitate creative solutions from family members, such as when an elder is transitioning to long term care. While mediating prenups or a dispute over an inheritance, I also educate parties about the legal issues at play.
Please email inquiries to [email protected] or call (347) 640-0993.
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
Juris Doctor, June 2005.
Honors: Order of the Coif
Queens College, Flushing, NY
M.A., Psychology, May 2002
Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women, New York, NY
B.A. summa cum laude, Psychology, May 2000
Areas Of Practice
- Adult Family
- Autism
- Civil (general)
- Congregational
- Contracts
- Cross Cultural
- Elder
- Estate Planning
- Family
- Foreclosure
- General
- LGBTQ
- Marital Mediation
- Neighbor to Neighbor
- Nursing Home
- Online Civil
- Online Family/Divorce
- Online Mediation
- Organizational
- Parent-Teen
- Pet Mediation
- Prenuptial
- Probate
- Trust Management
Additional Services
- Advanced Mediation Trainer
- Communication Skills Trainer
- Conflict Coach
- Estate Planner
- Facilitator
- Fact-Finder
- Mediating Lawyer
- Mediation Consultant
- Mediation Trainer
- Representational Lawyer
- Systems Designer
Fees and Provisos
Mediation Proposal with fee estimate provided after the initial consultation. Fees vary based on time in session and documents I draft or review. Sliding scale for moderate income & assets.
Please email inquiries to [email protected] or call (347) 640-0993.
ADR Training
- Elder Mediation (Elder Decisions, 2015)
- Divorce Mediation (Center for Mediation & Training, 2015)
- Foreclosure & General Mediation (NJ Administrative Office of the Courts, 2009)
Awards
- Dispute Resolution in Mental Health Initiative, Certificate of Appreciation (CUNY Dispute Resolution Center, 2017))
- Outstanding Contributions to Access to Justice (NY State Courts, 2012)
Professional Associations
- Association for Conflict Resolution, Greater NY Chapter
- Women Owned Law
- New York State Bar Association
Publications & Presentations
- Reflections on Mortality, Anthology Chapter (2017)
