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If your looking for a lawyer and you’ve seen the show law and order it’s a scene from a movie of how they work in there office !! Thank you Stephanie for representing me and I highly recommend this firm HANDS DOWN !! 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Stephanie Bernstein is a fantastic custody attorney. She is so knowledgeable, honest, responsive, hardworking and delivered the best possible results. I completely trust her advice. Attorney Bernstein could have made more money by going to court one last time but instead she created an amazing agreement that was 100% in my favor. I highly recommend her for any of your family court needs. 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