Lisa Fischel-Wolovick, Attorney at Law

Lisa Fischel Wolovick, JD, MSW, is an attorney who has represented battered women for almost thirty years. She helped to organize the first Criminal Court in New York State that specialized in domestic violence. Before becoming an attorney, she obtained her masters in social work and worked as a hospital social worker. She is currently teaching family violence and child abuse and neglect at the City University of New York, John Jay College's Graduate Program in Forensic Psychology, and has published and been a panelist in domestic violence, child custody, and trauma.

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"For professionals working in the area of child custody and intimate partner violence, this book is a must-read. The author deserves the thanks of those who work in the field of intimate partner violence for her painstaking attention to the details of abusive custody and divorce and for her suggestions about how survivors can come through this process empowered and intact." - Laura Brown, University of Washington, Seattle, Psychology of Women Quarterly