Andrea J. Coleman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York Law School. She spent the bulk of her career, over ten years, working in Family Court.

      For over seven years, she worked at The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division, representing children in a wide variety of cases, including neglect, abuse, termination of parental rights, delinquency, PINS, and custody matters. For the remainder of that period, she was in private practice, where she represented children and adults in the same types of cases as well as in paternity, family offense, child support, and adoption matters. Prior to working in Family Court, she worked for three years at the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs, bringing lawsuits against businesses that engaged in deceptive trade practices. She also spent three years working as a hearing examiner at the NYC Department of Health.

      Andrea is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; the American Bar Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section; the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation; and the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, where she is on the Continuing Education Committee. She is a volunteer mediator at the New York Center for Interpersonal Development, where she received training in general and divorce mediation. She also received training at the Center for Family & Divorce Mediation, where she participated in a practicum.