Andy Izenson, Esq., Partner

Pronouns:  They/He 

Andy has been educating for fifteen years around alternative family law, gender and sexuality, restorative and transformative justice and prison abolition, and supporting vulnerable clients navigating a hostile legal system. This education work ranges from cultural competency trainings for court system employers to consent and communication workshops at high schools and colleges all over the country, and other areas of advocacy including direct services work as an attorney, mediator, consultant, and facilitator of restorative and transformative justice.

In Andy’s legal work, they are most passionate about supporting family creation and communication by aiding clients with family agreements, assisted reproduction technology work, and estate planning and advance directives.  Andy is a mediator and practitioner of collaborative divorce and separation, and assists families in restructuring peacefully and compassionately.  

In addition to their work with Diana Adams Law & Mediation, they are also Senior Legal Director of Chosen Family Law Center, a legal services nonprofit based in NYC.

Andy is a dedicated member of the NYC chapter of the National Lawyers Guild,  the selective Family Law Institute of the National LGBT Bar Association, and the Family and Matrimonial Law Committee of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York. 

Andy speaks and educates nationwide on these topics, including at New York State Bar Association, the Family and Divorce Mediation Council, the LGBT Bar Association Conference, the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, Creating Change, Skidmore College, Columbia University, New York University, Rutgers University, Cooper Union College, Yale Law School, and Harvard Law School. 

Download a PDF of Andy's Speaker Profile here. 

 Andy's writing has been published in the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, on the Yes Means Yes Blog, and in 24 Magazine, Sibling Rivalry Press, the Advocate, the Journal of Religion and the Arts, and the Journal of Critical Research on Religion. 

Admitted

2013, New York, First Department

Education

New York Law School, Trustee Scholarship, Justice Action Center and Diane Abbey Center for Family Law concentrations.

Skidmore College, B.A., Sociolinguistics, College and Departmental Honors

Awards

Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 by National LGBT Bar Association, 2017

New York Law School "Outstanding Work on a Capstone" and Public Service certification.

Trainings

Mediation, 2013, New York Center for Interpersonal Development

Collaborative law, 2013, New York Association of Collaborative Professionals

Restorative Justice Facilitation, Newburgh Model, 2015, The Restorative Center

Restorative Justice Circlekeeping Mastery, 2018, Kay Pranis

Transformative Justice facilitation, 2017, Dr. Mimi Kim