Hon. Jane Pearl (Ret.) represents parents and children in matrimonial and family law matters. She also serves as a parent coordinator, mediator and trial consultant.

As a Ph.D. psychologist, Judge Pearl represents her clients from an interdisciplinary legal and clinical perspective. Family law issues embody great complexity, and.at times are emotionally fraught and baffling. Judge Pearl provides sustained personal attention to clients as they navigate new and unfamiliar personal and familial chapters in their lives.

Her mission is to help families resolve disputes amicably when feasible, and pivot to zealous advocacy when needed. 

Judge Pearl served for nearly 22 years as a judge of the New York City Family Court, presiding in New York, Bronx, and Kings counties. Her leadership roles included Supervising Judge of Kings and Richmond Counties and New York County Family Courts. Prior to that she served as a referee and a child and spousal support magistrate.

Before entering the legal field, Judge Pearl had an extensive career in psychology. She worked as a clinician and forensic consultant in Chicago and held academic roles at the University of Illinois Department of Preventive Medicine and School of Public Health, and at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine in Israel.

PRIOR AFFILIATIONS

Tenzer, Greenblatt (now Blank Rome)