Sherri Donovan Biography

Sherri Donovan Biography

Sherri Donovan, a top attorney, author, and speaker, is the divorce clinic specialist for the Service Fund of the National Organization for Women (NOW), in New York City. She is the author of Hit Him Where it Hurts--the take-no-prisoners guide to divorce, alimony, custody, child support and more. A cum laude graduate of New York Law School, she lectures about divorce for audiences as diverse as the United Nations, the New York County Lawyers Association, and MSNBC.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Attorney for National Organization for Women's Divorce and Family Law Clinic since 1988;
Member of Matrimonial Section of New York State Bar Association
Member of Matrimonial Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association
Mentor for attorneys at Victim Services Agency

AWARDS
Recipient of Sylvia B. Garland Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation
Recipient of Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship

LECTURES AND APPEARANCES
Lecturer at the New York County Lawyers Association
Lecturer to the United Nations; Board of Education; YWCA; Learning Alliance; Behavioral Associates; Penn Plaza Brokerage; Women's Health Partnership, and St. Luke's Hospital; Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
Legal expert on MSNBC regarding the Britney Spears divorce
Television appearances as a legal expert on The Montel Williams Show; The Jennifer Regan Show and News Talk with Lisa Marie
Interviewed on The Joey Reynolds Show and the Bev Smith Show
Radio interview with classic rock 104.3 FM; one of the leading radio stations in the country
Guest speaker at WWRL Radio Program
Interviewed by UPN Channel 9, by reporter Barbara Nevins Taylor
Jane Magazine - appeared as legal expert
Speaker at Jewish Community Council
Various other radio appearances across the country

PUBLISHED WORKS
Author of Hit Him Where it Hurts--the take-no-prisoners guide to divorce, alimony, child support, and more
Author or subject matter of articles published in Daily News, the Post, Newsday, Village Voice, Crain's, Cosmopolitan, Amsterdam News, Brooklyn Woman and local newspapers
Featured in an Associated Press story
Author of articles in Divorce Magazine

POLITICAL, CHARITABLE, AND PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS
Former District Leader, 61st A.D., Part A (Greenwich Village Area)
Former Community Board Two Member, New York County
Cofounder and Board member of Art Helping Life, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting cultural arts; Cofounder and Board Member of Butterflies USA, an organization that helps street children in India
Former Board Member of the National Organization for Women Service Fund; and the National Organization of Single Mothers, Inc
Co-founder of the Village Temple's Soup Kitchen
Advanced Scuba Diver

EDUCATION
New York Law School, Cum Laude JD 1985; Graduated number 1 in all civil litigation courses
London School of Economics
Bennington College