Bernson Legal and Guardian ad Litem Services, P.L.L.C.

Tracy A. Bernson, Esq. formed Bernson Law Office in 2004 after practicing for a small conservative law firm on the seacoast. In 2006, Bernson Law Office became Bernson Legal and Guardian ad Litem Services,P.L.L.C. to more accurately represent the work that Attorney Bernson does.  Because the law office is small, you speak with your attorney directly. Your calls are returned promptly. Helping you obtain your goals is the only concern.

Attorney Bernson trained at one of the top 10 trial advocacy programs in the country, at Syracuse University College of Law (Syracuse, New York), from where she graduated with her Juris Doctor degree in 2003.

 

While in law school, Attorney Bernson was a semi-finalist for the annual National Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition, focusing on appellate civil rights issues. Additionally, she was a communication consultant for the National Trial Team, and served on the University's Judicial Appeals Board. While a student, Attorney Bernson worked as a Research Assistant for Dean Keith E. Sealing; her assistance culminated in the following articles: PELIGRO!: Failure to Warn of a Product's Inherent Risk in Spanish should Constitute a Product Defect, Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review (Fall 2001); Teaching Fundamental Learning Techniques with Moore v. Regents of the University of California, St. Louis University Law Journal (Summer 2002); and 'State Sponsors of Terrorism' Is a Question, Not an Answer: The Terrorism Amendment to the FSIA Makes Less Sense Now Than it Did Before 9/11 Texas International Law Journal (Winter 2003).

Attorney Bernson's legal work experience includes clerking for Northern District of New York (Syracuse) Judge Norman A. Mordue and New York State Supreme Court Justice, John J. Brunetti, for whom she assisted in editing his book, New York Confessions (Gould Publications, 2001). She served as a law clerk for the New York State Attorney General's Civil Litigation office, working in the area of consumer affairs and criminal appeals, and at the NY State Mental Hygiene Legal Service, a division of the New York State Unified Court System Appellate Division, providing legal representation to clients who are in-patient at psychiatric institutions. Finally, Attorney Bernson has small practice experience in the area of litigation.

As a trial attorney, Attorney Bernson concentrates her practice in probate litigation, which includes guardianships, termination of parental rights, powers of attorney disputes, trust disputes; family law, which includes divorce, child custody, abuse and neglect, and child support matters; criminal defense, both felony and misdemeanor offenses; and general litigation matters, which includes disputes involving businesses, real estate matters, landlord-tenant concerns, and other matters where the intervention of the Courts is needed. Besides being a trial attorney, Attorney Bernson is also a NH Board Certified Guardian ad Litem; she is regularly appointed to represent the interests of children, the elderly, and the mentally ill.

 

She is a member of the NH Bar Association, the  American Bar Association (Litigation and Family Law Sections), the American Association for Justice, formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association (the Ethics and Evidence Sections), and the Charles C. Doe Inns of Court. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New Hampshire and the Federal District Court of NH. She is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association's Ethics Committee, which drafts Rules of Professional conduct for all NH lawyers and issues advisory opinions on ethical issues submitted for review by local practitioners. She is also a member of the NH Bar News Editorial Board.  Attorney Bernson is a member of the NH Bar Association's Family Law and Children and the Law Sections. She is also a member and officer of the Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Probate Section.

Attorney Bernson regularly participates in activities which introduce the legal system to NH's youth. She has served as a judge at both the local and state level for the annual We the People competition, hosted by the Law Related Education Program of the New Hampshire Bar Association. Additionally, she has been a judge in the Annual State Mock Trial competition, which is also sponsored by the NHBA.  She is presently a  Coach of the University of New Hampshire's Mock Trial Team, a Nationally recognized program.

Attorney Bernson has answered legal questions posed by local citizens in the Bar Association's column A Question of Law, which has been featured in the Concord Monitor and the New Hampshire Union Leader. Her most recent article is "Employers Do Have a Role in Helping to Keep Workers Safe" featured in the Concord Monitor (October 31, 2004). Additionally, has been featured in local articles about pressing consumer issues, including pursuing damages against inept and unethical building contractors. These articles include Regulating Builders: Rising Complaints Spark Efforts to Protect Homeowners and Beware of a Contractor's Uncommonly Low Price, both featured in Foster's Sunday Citizen (January 23, 2005).

Attorney Bernson practices in all of New Hampshire's courts and is frequently appointed as counsel, Guardian ad Litem, and Appraiser for the Strafford County Probate Court.

Born in Augusta, Maine, and raised in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Attorney Bernson lives in Somersworth, NH. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in English from the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, a Certificate of Advanced Studies (C.A.S.) in Women's Studies from Syracuse University, and has completed coursework in English toward an MA, also from Syracuse University. As a former McNair Scholar,  Attorney  Bernson is avid supporter of the McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program at the University of New Hampshire.