Elayne E. Greenberg
		Special Professor of Law
		B.A. Brooklyn College M.S. Brooklyn College Certificate Education Administration Hofstra University J.D. Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Biography

Ms. Greenberg is a mediator, dispute resolution system consultant, parent coordinator, collaborative attorney and parent educator who has developed programs, trained, written and lectured nationally on the subject of mediation, conflict management, negotiations, parent coordination and parent education. She has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution for 2005 and 2006. Her areas of concentration include family mediation, domestic abuse, disability rights mediation, discrimination conflicts, attorney representation in mediation and ethics.

At present, Ms. Greenberg is in private practice and a special professor of law at Hofstra Law School and Hofstra's graduate program in psychology. Her deep involvement in the field is evidenced by the innovative dispute resolution programs that she has developed and implemented including: court-connected custody and visitation mediation programs in Queens and Nassau Counties; a divorce-mediation program for Catholic Charities in Nassau County; a client-focused system for a network of shelters for the homeless in New York designed to help transition those individuals living in shelters to independent living; a parenting coordination program in Nassau County; and a parent-education program in Queens. She has served as chair of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and as a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Advisory Council; editorial board of the Family Court Review; board and founding member of the NY Chapter of AFCC; and founding member and co-chair of the Parenting Coordinator's Association of NY.

Ms. Greenberg's publications include "Humanizing Divorce or Business As Usual," in the Fordham Urban Law Journal, "Mediation in Domestic Relation Matters," in the Annual Survey of Matrimonial Law; "The Role of ADR in Preparing and Trying the Civil Lawsuit" in Preparing For And Trying the Civil Lawsuit (2nd Ed.), and "Decision Tree Analysis in Custody Conflicts" in Creative Problem Solver's Handbook for Negotiators and Mediators (volume two).