Dedicated advocate.
Trusted counselor.
Genuinely in your corner.

I am a Canadian expat who has made New York home — and I bring a perspective to legal practice that is genuinely different. I grew up in Montreal, Quebec, and if you listen carefully, you might catch a faint French-Canadian lilt when I switch between English, French, and Haitian Creole with clients. That fluency is not a professional credential to me. It is simply how I grew up.

My academic path took me from Concordia University in Montreal, where I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1995, to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, where I received my law degree in 1999. A few years later, I relocated to New York and completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law in 2002.

I am the daughter of Haitian immigrants, and that upbringing shaped everything. My parents were relentless about four things: working hard, staying resilient, maintaining integrity, and never letting go of faith. Those were not motivational phrases on a wall — they were the operating system of our household. They became the operating system of this firm.

These are also the values I pass on to my own child — that the measure of a person is not what they achieve in comfort, but what they build through difficulty. I practice law the way I was raised: with full effort, honest counsel, and genuine care for the people in front of me.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

When you work with me, you will get honesty — about your case, about your options, and about what is and is not realistic. I will not tell you what you want to hear. I will tell you what you need to know so you can make real decisions. And then I will fight for you with everything I have.

My practice spans immigration, family law, real estate, civil litigation, mediation, estate administration, not-for-profit law, personal injury, and entertainment and arts law — the last of which is personal to me as the daughter of Guerdy Jacques Préval, the internationally recognized Haitian-Canadian painter. I understand what it means to protect creative work because I grew up watching it being created.

I am also the daughter of a mother who worked hard in healthcare to provide for her family. Her dedication — showing up every day and giving everything she had for her children — shaped the way I approach this work. Every client deserves that same level of commitment.

I also serve clients virtually throughout New York State — including all five boroughs of New York City, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan — in addition to in-person appointments at our White Plains and New City offices. Wherever you are, we can connect.