Lauren Behrman earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and began private practice in 1985. She completed Postdoctoral Training in Child, Adolescent and Family Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in 1990. She has evaluated and treated children and families since 1976 at Schneider Children's Hospital, Nassau BOCES, and was Chief Psychologist at the Child Development Center of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services from 1985-1994. She has taught and supervised doctoral candidates and was an adjunct professor in the graduate psychology departments at Long Island University, Yeshiva University and New York University.

Dr. Behrman has focused on developing services for children and families in the process of divorce since 2000, training in High-Conflict Co-parent Counseling, Parent Coordination, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce Practice and Mediation.
In 2002, Dr. Behrman led an effort to create a New York Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). She was the first co-president of AFCC-NY and a Board Member for 13 years. She also served three terms as a board member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals (NYACP) and serves multiple roles on Interdisciplinary Divorce Teams. She trains professionals in Co-parent Counseling and Basic Collaborative Divorce Practice. Dr. Behrman has presented extensively at national and international conferences and is the co-author of "Loving Your Children More than you Hate Each Other” and numerous book chapters and articles on divorce-related topics.

Dr. Behrman is in independent practice in Manhattan and Westchester, NY.

Adam J. Berner, Esq., M.A., is the founder of the Berner Law & Mediation Group, a boutique firm specializing in Mediation and Collaborative Divorce based in the Metropolitan New York and New Jersey area. The firm offers a unique focus on family law and alternative processes for resolving disputes. Adam's practice of mediation and collaborative law is based on the principles of facilitating understanding, enabling parties to work out their agreements according to their family values, priorities, and schedules while being informed of the law.

Adam is a past president of the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, where he chaired the Continuing Education Committee and sat on the Board of Directors for 7 years. He served as the Matrimonial Committee liaison on the ADR Committee of the New York Bar Association. He has been on the Training Committee while serving as an Advanced Practitioner Member for the Association of Conflict Resolution. For over 20 years, Adam has been an Accredited Practitioner Member of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation and the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators.

Adam has an active Collaborative Law Practice and has played a leading role in bringing Collaborative Practice to New York and New Jersey. He is a founding member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals and has served as the co-chair of its Continuing Education Committee and Curriculum Committee, commissioned to establish best practices of Collaborative Training. Adam was the Founding President of the North Jersey Collaborative Law Group from 2005-2011, based in Bergen County, New Jersey and a founding member of the New Jersey Council of Collaborative Practice Groups.

In addition to his private practice of over 25 years, Adam is an Adjunct Professor at Cardozo Law School where, for over two decades, he has taught Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Law. Adam is an experienced trainer in mediation and A.D.R., having trained attorneys, court personnel, law students, and other professionals throughout the New York City area. He is also certified by the New York State Office of Court Administration to provide basic and family mediation training.

Adam has founded his practice on the belief that preserving relationships while resolving conflicts is a prioritized goal. Adam understands that divorce is not the end of a relationship, as couples often have many years of co-parenting together. Divorce is a restructuring and reorganization of the family, and he is mindful of the relationships both during the divorce process as well as for the many years to come. It is the goal of Berner Law & Mediation Group to facilitate this transition in the best way possible.

Of greatest importance, as a husband and father of 4, Adam realizes that our conflict resolution skills remain a work in progress and practices his skills at home on a daily basis.

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Ira C. Kaplan, Esq. maintains a general practice in Hackensack, New Jersey concentrated in all aspects of family law, guardianships, domestic violence, elder law, probate, estate planning, and litigation. Mr. Kaplan often serves as court-appointed Parenting Coordinator and Guardian ad litem in family court matters and counsel and Guardian ad litem to minors and alleged incapacitated individuals in guardianship and family court matters in the Superior Courts of Bergen, Essex, and Hudson County. Since 1998 Mr. Kaplan has provided pro bono counsel to clients of Alternatives to Domestic Violence (ADV), having represented over 150 pro bono litigants. Mr. Kaplan was recently honored by the Judiciary for his commitment to providing pro bono services. Since 1997 Mr. Kaplan has served as Chair and Panelist for the Bergen County Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel. Mr. Kaplan served on the District Il-B Ethics Committee, and District 11-B Fee Arbitration Committee, as Chair and Panelist. Since 2015 Mr. Kaplan has served as Trustee of the Bergen County Bar Association. Mr. Kaplan was Certified as a Family Law Mediator in 2002. Mr. Kaplan received his Collaborative Law Training and Certification in 2019. He has lectured on child support and enforcement, domestic violence, the role of guardian ad litem, and custody issues concerning the representation of traumatized clients.