Kim M. Ciesinski, Esq.
Kim Ciesinski joins Mediation Solutions with over 30 years of experience focusing exclusively in the area of divorce and family law. She can help resolve issues involving divorce, custody, parenting time schedules, spousal maintenance, child support, distribution of assets, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and even issues that arise after a divorce has been finalized.
Kim has a passion for helping families in transition resolve their issues in an expedient, cost-effective and positive manner. She is certified in mediation from the Ackerman Institute for the Family and highly trained in Collaborative Interdisciplinary Practice through the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals.
She is a graduate of Hofstra Law and a member of the Nassau County and New York State Bar Association Matrimonial Committees, as well as the New York State Association of Collaborative Professionals and Collaborative Divorce Resolutions of Long Island. Kim serves on the Advisory Board for The Center for Children, Families and the Law at Hofstra Law School and as a Special Master for the Nassau County Supreme Court, where she is appointed by Judges to assist in resolving highly contentious matrimonial cases before trial.
Kim is also a graduate and member of the Energeia Partnership at Molloy College, a regional leadership program. Passionate about her commitment to eliminating the destructive forces of litigation in the traditional divorce paradigm, Kim has co-authored “Stress Free Divorce Volume 3” to raise public awareness about the Collaborative Divorce process and is the host of a podcast entitled “Dignified Divorce.”
Each year from 2010 to the present, Kim has been designated a Super Lawyer, and she has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, from 2003 to the present. She has also received both the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business and Leaders in Law awards from Long Island Business News, as well as Hofstra Law’s Center for Children, Families and the Law awards, among others.
She gives back to the community through fundraising and philanthropy and has served as a board member of Girls Inc., Long Island; the American Red Cross, Long Island and The Huntington Junior Welfare League, Inc. Currently, Kim is a board member of EAC Network, which partners with District Attorney’s offices, the Unified Court System, law enforcement, and mental health and substance abuse providers on the front lines in offering a wide array of programs and resources in support of public safety, mental health and substance abuse issues.
Kim is available to conduct mediations virtually or at any of our Long Island offices.
Mediating Cases In:
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- Divorce and separation
- Equitable Distribution
- Child support
- Custody and parenting schedules
- Spousal maintenance
- Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
- Post Judgement enforcement proceedings
Professional Experience
Founder, Kim M. Ciesinski, Esq., PLLC (2017-present)
Special Master, Nassau County Supreme Court
Co-founding Partner, Schwartz & Ciesinski, LLP (2013-2017)
Matrimonial Attorney, Tabat, Cohen, Blum & Yovino, LLP (2011-2013)
Matrimonial Attorney, DiMascio & Associates, LLP (2010-2011)
Kim M. Ciesinski, LLC (1997-2001)
Partner, Barrocas, Ciesinski & Parker, LLP (1992-1997)
Education
Hofstra University School of Law, J.D. (1989)
Hofstra University, B.A. (1986)
Energia Partnership at Molloy College
Ackerman Institute for the Family, certified mediator
New York Association of Collaborative Professionals, Collaborative Interdisciplinary Practice training
Honors
Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV (2003-present)
Super Lawyer (2010-present)
Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business, Long Island Business News
Leaders in Law, Long Island Business News
Outstanding Women in the Law, Hofstra Law’s Center for Children, Families and the Law
Memberships and Professional Activities
New York State Bar Association, Matrimonial Committee
Suffolk County Bar Association, Matrimonial Committee
Nassau County Bar Association, Matrimonial Committee
New York State Association of Collaborative Professionals
Collaborative Divorce Resolutions of Long Island
Hofstra Law’s Center for Children, Families and the Law, Advisory Board Member
EAC Network, Board Member
Girls Inc., Long Island, Board Member
American Red Cross, Long Island, Board Member
The Huntington Junior Welfare League, Inc., Board Member