Nancy Ahern, Esq.

Nancy’s practice is dedicated to family law. Admitted to the bar in 2010, she has extensive experience litigating in New York Supreme Court, Family Court, and Criminal Court, and has successfully argued before the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department. She is certified by the 18-B Manhattan Family Court Panel of Attorneys for Children to represent parties in parental custody and family offense proceedings. She is also regularly appointed as counsel, court evaluator, and guardian in Article 81 proceedings.

Before starting her practice, she was an attorney at a matrimonial law firm in Manhattan, where she gained invaluable experience working on complex matters. Prior to that, she sharpened her skills working as a litigator in general practice and spent three formative years as an Assistant District Attorney at the Bronx D.A.’s Office prosecuting misdemeanor and felony crimes in the Domestic Violence, Grand Jury and Narcotics bureaus.

Nancy earned her undergraduate degree in English from the University of Michigan (B.A., December 2004) and her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., June 2009). While in law school, she was selected by a faculty committee for Cardozo’s Public Interest Fellowship, which she completed at the Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Law Project. 

Nancy serves as Secretary of the Hudson Valley Hispanic Bar Association. She is fluent in Spanish.