Alla Roytberg, Esq.
Alla Roytberg, Esq., is a lawyer, mediator and frequent lecturer with over 30 years of professional experience. Alla was born in Odessa Ukraine grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, and came to the US as a teenager. Alla is fluent in Russian and English. She graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and then New York University. Alla graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1991. After practicing law at two major law firms, she founded her own law firm in 1996. Currently the firm has locations in Manhattan, Forest Hills Queens, Nassau County and Southampton.
Alla’s practice focuses on all aspects of family and matrimonial law, including representation, mediation, collaborative divorce and work on prenuptial and marital agreements. Her areas of concentration also include general, business and surrogate court mediation, residential real estate representation and general law practice. She frequently addresses the legal needs of the Russian-speaking Community in New York. Her clients range from individuals and entrepreneurs to privately held small companies.
Alla is a member and past President of the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals and a member of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation. She is also a founding member of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators and of the Family Section, the Dispute Resolution Section, and the Real Estate Section of the New York State Bar Association and has been a member of various committees at the New York City Bar Association, including the Alternative Dispute Resolution, Matrimonial, Small Law Firm, and Professional Responsibility Committees, as well as the Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession. Alla also is a AAA Hurricane Sandy Mediator.
Alla is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and New Jersey and to the Supreme Court of the United States. In addition to her private practice, she served as the Director of the Small Law Firm Center at the New York City Bar Association from 2006 to 2016 and is currently involved with the Small Law Firms Committee and its various subcommittees including a subcommittee on response to the COVID pandemic and AI regulation. Additionally, Alla is a member of NADP (National Association of Divorce Professionals), of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators and of the Pennsylvania Council of Mediators. She has also earned the designations of Senior Mediator, Certified Mediator and Certified Online Mediator from mediate.com.
Areas of Practice
- Family Court Cases – Child Support, Custody, Orders of Protection, Adoption, Guardianship
- Marital Agreements – Prenuptial Agreements, Post-Nuptial Agreements
- Divorce and Separation – Contested and Uncontested Divorces, Separation Agreements, Collaborative Divorce
- Domestic Partnership Agreements and Cohabitation Agreements
- Complex International Divorce Cases
- High Net Worth family Divorce Cases
- Cross-Cultural and Culturally Sensitive Mediation and Litigation
- Divorce and Family Mediation – Mediation of Divorces, Separations, Non-traditional family disputes
- Real Estate Closings – representations of buyers and sellers of houses, cooperative apartments and condominiums
- General Mediation – Mediation of Business Formation and Business Disputes, Elder and Surrogate Court related Mediation
- Legal Support for Clients who Represent Themselves in Court – Consultation and Legal Coaching Services
Education
- Parenting Coordination AFCC Certified Training 2021
- Online Mediator Certification Training 2020 Mediate.com
- Collaborative Divorce Training Interdisciplinary Model 2007
- Advanced Collaborative Law Training 2006
- Collaborative Law Training 2003
- Divorce Mediation Training, NYC Bar 1995
- Fordham University School of Law, New York, 1991 JD
- New York University, New York, 1987 BA
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Unbundled Legal and Mediation Services Under the Family Umbrella, Presentation to the NADP 07-13-2023
- How to Say I DO and Make it Last with A Good Prenuptial Agreement, Presentation to BNI 2021
- Hot Topics in Divorce, CLE New York City Bar, 08-11-2020
- Presumptive ADR in New York Courts, NYSDMC Winter symposium, 12-6-2019
- ADR for Small Firms, New York City Bar – 07-11-2020
- NYSDMC Webinar Closing Real Estate Loopholes in Mediation – 06-28-2018
- PADR Revolution for Solos and Small Firms, New York City Bar – 2020
- Dealing with Diversity in Multicultural Disputes, Lawline CLE Faculty – 03-31-2020
- Flagging Cross Cultural Issues in Family Disputes, Presentation to the NADP 10-14-2021
- Using Mediation and Unbundled Services to Expand Your Small Firm Practice, NYC Bar 03-13-2019
- Podcast with Stacy Francis of Francis Financial on How to find a good family lawyer 2018
- Anatomy of a Matrimonial Case, Presentation to the SLF Committee at the New York City Bar, 2018
- Helping Parties Navigate the Real Estate Quagmire in Separation and Divorce, NYSDMC Symposium at John Jay’s College, 2017
- Pro Se Assistance and Unbundled Services for Solos and Small Firms, New York City Bar, 2017
- Untying The Knot: Divorce Process Options in New York, New York City Bar, 2015
- The Basics of Family and Divorce Mediation Presentation, New York City Bar Small Law Firms’ Committee, 2015
- Expand Your Practice by using Mediation for Your Clients, New York City Bar, 2015
- Mediation in the Setting of Non-Traditional Family Disputes, Cardozo School of Law, 2014
- Matrimonial Litigation and ADR Alternatives, New York City Bar Small Law Firms’ Committee, 2009
- Collaborative Law: Learn What all the Buzz is About, Queens County Bar, 2008
- Representing Clients in Divorce Mediation, New York City Bar CLE, 2007
- Presentation on Family Court procedure and ADR Alternatives, New York City Bar Small Law Firms’ Committee, 2007
- Family Mediation – Counseling Your Client, New York City Bar, 2007
Matrimonial Mediation Panel Memberships
- 3rd Judicial District – Supreme Court
- 3rd Judicial District – Surrogate’s
- 4th Judicial District – Family
- 4th Judicial District – Supreme
- 4th Judicial District – Surrogate’s
5th Judicial District – Provisional - 7th Judicial District
- Bronx County Supreme Matrimonial
- Bronx County Surrogate’s
- Kings County Supreme Matrimonial
- New York County Matrimonial
- Queens County Supreme Matrimonial
- Richmond County Supreme Matrimonial
- Westchester County Family Court and Supreme Court – Matrimonial
- Westchester County Surrogate’s Court
- Nassau County Supreme Matrimonial
- Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, Past President, Member
- New York City Bar Association, Former Director, Small Law Firm Center
- Association for Conflict Resolution, Advanced Practitioner Member
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Attorney Member
- New York City Bar, Member, Committee on Legal Services for Persons of Moderate Means
- New York City Bar, Member, Small Law Firms’ Committee
- New York City Bar, Member, Professional Responsibility Committee
- New York City Bar, Member, Taskforce on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession
- AAA Hurricane Sandy Mediator
- New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section and Dispute Resolution Section, Member
- New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, Member and Co-chair of the Court Relations Committee
- New York
- New Jersey
- NY and NJ Federal Courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Lawyers Foreclosure Intervention Network Attorney – NYC Bar/Federal Reserve Bank, 2008 – 2017
- Arbitrator, New York City Small Claims Court
- Divorce Mediator – Panel Member, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens Divorce Mediation Panel
- On 13 Mediation Panels throughout New York State, Supreme and Surrogate Courts