Navigating Legal Challenges
with Strategic Insight
Every divorce is its own unique story, and deserves the proper attention to unmarry. Most people don’t necessarily know how to get divorced and what it entails. I have the skill, experience, compassion, and focus to get you there without destroying one another and your family in the process. Because of my background, I can make this transformative chapter in your life a time and decision you will be proud to have made, whether you need a prenuptial, postnuptial, or cohabitation agreement, or if you are facing a divorce or custody determination.
As Bob Dylan wrote “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”... you need sound legal advice. Some of my new clients come as referrals from the exes of previous clients who have seen me in action and know what I bring to the table. Divorce doesn’t have to mean financial disaster and losing your relationship with your children. Managed effectively, divorce can be a second chance at life, a new, healthier relationship with your children, and financial independence. We take a proactive approach to help you achieve that goal.
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Jackie Barnett was my attorney and I could not have asked for better legal representation. She asks the right questions, listens intently and finds solutions that are in the best interests of a client. She also has a terrific sense of humor and sincere empathy which is helpful during litigation. I wholeheartedly recommend her services.
William Bratton
Former NY Police Commissioner
I have been a lawyer for more than fifty years. While my practice has been mostly in the area of business financial transactions I have also been in a position to represent some of those clients (and members of their families) on personal matters where I needed the specific expertise of co-counsel.
About 30 years ago I was referred to Ms. Barnett when I was seeking a lawyer to assist in preparing a prenuptial agreement for a client. At the time she was the head of the matrimonial department of a large and well respected law firm in New York City. Based on the expertise and professionalism that she brought to that experience she has since become my lawyer of choice for a variety of matrimonial law matters on which we have worked together, including pre-divorce counseling, litigation strategy and settlement issues.
Jackie Barnett is both “law smart” and “street smart”. She is extraordinarily insightful in sizing up situations and people. Consistent with that, she knows when to be assertive and when to hang back, and she does so without losing sight of the “big picture” goal of representing the best interests of her client. And unlike so many lawyers (and persons in other walks of life) we have all had to deal with from time to time, representing her client is not about “beating her adversary” for its own sake or gratifying her own ego in other ways.
I would be happy to speak to anyone considering hiring Ms. Barnett to discuss further the matters I have written about. Just ask her for my contact information and she will provide it.
RHW
Jackie came into my life about 7 years after my divorce was finalized.
There were issues in my divorce agreement that needed to be addressed and modified. There were also new matters that needed to be discussed and worked out. To say Jackie was a lifesaver Is an understatement. She understood the nuances and the delicacy of reopening the agreement . Not only did she professionally handle my case, she also gave me the advice and support that I didn’t even know I needed.
Most people don’t necessarily know how to get divorced and what it entails. Jackie was sensitive to my children’s needs. She provided insight and foresight that I hadn’t known was missing.
She asked me deep and detailed questions to understand my situation so she could get the full picture. She was nurturing and tough. She was knowledgeable and sympathetic. She emboldened me in a way that no one else had.
Meryl Poster
Creator and Executive Producer of the TV series “Girlfriends Guide to Divorce"