Jeffrey Bernfeld

Jeffrey L. Bernfeld is listed as an attorney with Bernfeld, DeMatteo & Bernfeld, LLP in Tarrytown, New York. His New York registration record gives his full name as Jeffrey Lawrence Bernfeld and reports his status as “Delinquent.”

Bernfeld earned his undergraduate degree at the University at Albany in 1988. He completed a J.D. at Pace University in 1993 and was admitted in New York in 1994. His firm biography places him at Hoffinger Friedland Dobrish Bernfeld & Stern from 1993 to 1996, then at Tanner Propp LLP from 1996 to 1997. It records three federal district court admissions in 1996—Eastern, Southern and Northern New York—and admission to the Second Circuit in 2001.

The same biography describes civil and criminal cases in state and federal courts, along with matrimonial work. Bernfeld has prepared pleadings and motions, taken depositions and handled appeals. He also worked with his partners on criminal and healthcare matters. His individual practice list includes civil rights litigation, civil and criminal RICO cases and entertainment law; its family-law entries cover divorce, custody, support and visitation.

Mediation is another part of his professional history. According to the firm, Bernfeld trained and qualified as a mediator for the Commercial Division of the New York County Supreme Court and mediated complex disputes there. His biography also lists commercial, matrimonial and family mediation among his practice areas.