Jacqueline Newman

Practice Areas

Jacqueline Newman practices in the areas of divorce and family law, including litigation and negotiation of divorce and custody matters, and negotiation and drafting of pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Career

Jacqueline Newman joined Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein LLP in 1998 and is now the managing partner of the firm. Ms. Newman’s practice consists of litigation, collaborative law, and mediation. She specializes in complex high net worth matrimonial cases and also in negotiating prenuptial agreements.

Ms. Newman is the author of the book, “The New Rules of Divorce: Twelve Secrets to Protecting Your Wealth, Health and Happiness” which was published by Simon & Schuster in January 2020. She has appeared as an expert commentator on various television and radio shows and has been quoted as an expert in numerous publications, including Fox’s Business, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, The New York Times, Woman’s Day, Glamour, the New York Post, Reuters.com, Crain’s New York Business, U.S. News and World Report, Business Insider, Time.com, USA Today, Yahoo Parenting, Woman’s Day, CNBC.com and The Huffington Post.

Ms. Newman is an adjunct professor at Cardozo School of Law, teaching Divorce Processes. She previously taught Family Law Practice with Barry Berkman at Fordham University School of Law. Ms. Newman has taught the Collaborative Family Law class for The NY Association of Collaborative Professionals and the Center for Mediation in Law, as well as the Introduction of Matrimonial Law for Collaborative Divorce Professionals for the New York State Unified Court System. She was also a Lexis Nexis Practice Adviser and drafted practice guides for matrimonial law. Ms. Newman received a certificate in Negotiation Mastery from Harvard Business School Online in 2021.

These activities and her reputation for ethical standards and professional ability among her fellow lawyers have earned her the highest rating, AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell. From 2019 on, Ms. Newman has been selected as a Family/Matrimonial attorney serving high net-worth clients in New York by Chambers and Partners, a highly respected international lawyer research company. Ms. Newman is honored to be selected for inclusion in Thompson Reuters New York-Metro Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Attorneys since 2013, and Best Lawyers in America since 2016.

In 2022, Ms. Newman was chosen by Super Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in New York City.

Professional Memberships

Former Board of Directors for the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals

New York State Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section)

New York State Women's Bar Association

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Former Member, Executive Board of Young Lawyers Committee)

Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York

New York Association of Collaborative Professionals

Gerson Lehrman Group Expert Council

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Awards