Biography
Ora Schwartzberg has been practicing law since 1985 and has also been a mediator for over 20 years. She is a graduate of Vermont Law School. Prior to that, she received a Master’s Degree in counseling from SUNY, Plattsburgh (New York), and an undergraduate degree in education from Temple University in Philadelphia. She has had careers as an inner-city high school teacher (English) and as a counselor prior to attending law school. Attorney Schwartzberg practiced law in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, New York, until 2001 when she passed the New Hampshire Bar and relocated to New Hampshire.
Attorney Schwartzberg’s primary focus is to provide sophisticated Estate Planning Services, although she continues to represent a handful of family law clients.
Professional Service:
- NH Bar Association Board of Governors (elected and served two 2 year terms) representing Grafton County Attorneys
- President Grafton County Bar Association (elected and served 2 terms);
- Co-Chair NH Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (elected and served 5 years)
- Former member of the NH Bar Association Legislative Committee (5 years)
- Fellow of the NH Bar Foundation since 2017
Published Works:
- Divorce Mediation From the Inside Out, Wheatmark
Practice Areas
- Wills and Estates
- Probate and Trust Administration
Professional Associations
- New Hampshire Bar, Legislative Committee
- New Hampshire Bar, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Co-Chair
- Grafton County Bar Association, President
- American Bar Association, Member
- Law Students & Mediators, Trainer
- Attorneys & Legislators on Family Law Issues, Consultant
- NH Bar Association, Member Board of Governors
Specialties and Certifications
- NH Certified Marital Mediator
- Certified Collaborative Law Attorney
- Certified Financial Litigator
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Mexico
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
Education
- Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont
- J.D.
- State University of New York, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh
- M.S.
- Major: Counseling
- Temple University, Philadelphia
- B.S.
- Major: English
Honors
- Fellow of the New Hampshire Bar Foundation