Nancy S. Erickson, Esq.

Nancy S. Erickson (J.D., Brooklyn Law School; LL.M., Yale Law School; M.A. Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) is a consultant to attorneys on issues relating to law and psychology, particularly child custody evaluations and domestic violence.

From 1999 to 2007 she was a Senior Attorney at Legal Services for New York City, Brooklyn Branch, representing low-income clients – primarily battered women – in divorce and other family cases. She began her career as an associate with the firm of Botein, Hays, Sklar & Herzberg. Then for twelve years, she was a professor of law, teaching Family Law, Sex-Based Discrimination, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Civil Procedure, and Legal History, at New York Law School, Cornell, Ohio State, New York University, and Seton Hall Law School.

Ms. Erickson then returned to New York City and practiced as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department, Assistant General Counsel for the Legislative Unit of the New York City Human Resources Administration; as a Legal Services attorney with a national Legal Services research and support office (no longer in existence due to Congressional funding cuts); with the Brooklyn Branch of Legal Services for New York City; and in private practice.

She has provided pro bono assistance in many cases at the request of judges, organizations, attorneys, and individuals, and has been honored for her pro bono services by the Brooklyn Bar Association and by inMotion, a NYC non-profit organization.

She serves on several committees in professional organizations, including the Committee on Children and the Law of the New York State Bar Association, the Lawyers Committee Against Domestic Violence (NYC), and the Forensic Division of the New York State Psychological Association, of which she is a co-chair of the Child Custody Evaluation Subcommittee.

Ms. Erickson has written books and articles on family law, including domestic violence, child support, custody, marital property, attorneys for children, custody evaluations, and adoption. She has authored amicus briefs to the United States Supreme Court and the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division.

She has lectured and presented at many venues, including most recently at several judicial trainings, the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, the NYS Psychological Association, Legal Services of New York City, Albany Law School, CUNY Graduate Center, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Currently she is researching and writing primarily in the area of custody evaluations.

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Last updated January 12, 2011

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