Professional Bio
For over 20 years, Sheryl has been serving as a Divorce and ElderCare/Family law Mediator and as a Court Evaluator or Attorney for the AIP, in Article 81 Guardianship proceedings.
Sheryl-Anne's prior ten years of litigation experience, along with her degree in Psychology, enables her to provide her mediation and collaborative clients with, not only an in-depth knowledge of the litigation process, but also enables her to emotionally assist her clients in their times of need.
Sheryl-Anne is one of the few Accredited Mediators with the New York State Counsel of Divorce Mediation and is a founding member of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators. She is a winner of the Nassau County Bar Association’s “Lawyer’s Choice Award” of the Faculty Bridge the Gap Weekend and was awarded 2019 Ten top Female Attorneys award and has been selected to the New York Super Lawyer list, (top 5% of attorneys in New York), Lawyers of Distinction and Best Attorney’s Top 10 Family Law Attorney List, (top 0.05% in the USA) and was just selected to the prestigious Super Lawyers List.
Sheryl-Anne Sastow's primary focus is to help clients either avoid the trauma of litigation, or to help resolve a situation that is already in litigation. Sheryl-Anne mediates on-line and in person.
Sheryl-Anne serves on the following esteemed Panels:
Divorce Mediation Panel for the Nassau County Bar Association
Commercial Mediation Panel for the Nassau County Bar Association
Elder Law Panel for the Nassau County Bar Association
Divorce Mediation Panel for the Nassau County Supreme Court Matrimonial Part (Originally formed by the late Judge Ross)
Divorce Mediation Panel for NY County OCA
Masters Matrimonial Mediation Panel – Supreme Court Nassau County
Early Neutral Evaluator Panel:
Nassau County Supreme Court Personal Injury Early Neutral Evaluator Panel (over ten years)
Court Evaluator/Attorney for the AIP Part 36 Panel
For the Nassau County Supreme Court Article 81 cases
Arbitrator Panels:
FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)
Nassau County District Court, handling commercial cases
Nassau County Bar Association
Sheryl-Anne has lectured for the:
Nassau County Bar Association on Alternative Dispute Resolution
The New York State Council on Divorce Mediation on Domestic Violence Issues in Mediation
For the Jewish Lawyers’ Association and Hadassah Attorney’s Chapter on the Jewish Get Law and New York State Law and other such presentations.
Radio and Television:
Sheryl-Anne has appeared on the radio show “Law You Should Know” and on cable television on Mediation
