Tamara A. Mitchel

Tamara A. Mitchel was a partner in Kristensen Law PLLC, a law firm in Westchester County and New York City focusing exclusively on family and matrimonial law.  Ms. Mitchel practiced in all aspects of matrimonial and family and approaches to them, including negotiation, settlement, litigation, trial and collaborative law. She has extensive experience handling complex and straightforward financial and custody matters, modification/enforcement cases and domestic violence matters.Ms. Mitchel is a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and completed the Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute of the American Bar Association.  She is an esteemed bar association leader, including as former chair by election of the Westchester County Bar Association Domestic Relations/Family Law Section, serving on its Executive Committee from 2008 to 2024.  Ms. Mitchel also served by appointment as the Co-Chair of the Custody Committee of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section and has served on that Section's Executive Committee from 2008 through 2024.Tamara Mitchel previously worked as a partner at two esteemed New York family and matrimonial law firms, and, prior to that, as a supervising attorney at the Pace Women’s Justice Center, training law students, representing domestic violence victims and working with law enforcement, mental health professionals and legislators to improve services and outcomes.A frequent lecturer and writer for continuing legal education programs, Tamara Mitchel is recognized in the legal and public communities for her valuable services and contributions to the practice of family law and the protection of domestic violence victims. She received two Certificates of Distinguished Service from the Westchester County Office of the County Executive, and the Diane White Legal Advocacy Award from the Pace Women's Justice Center, for her service to domestic violence victims and their families. Ms. Mitchel is also a Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation.Ms. Mitchel serves on the advisory board of the Pace Women's Justice Center, and, In 2018, was a founding board member of New Dawn Family Resources Center, a not-for-profit dedicated to improving services in Northern Westchester for victims of intimate partner and family abuse and sexual assault.Ms. Mitchel has been described by her clients as a tenacious advocate, puzzle master, manager of a daunting process with clear vision and deliberate execution of process, and a professional in all aspects of the word.  She  has striven to expand her scope of work to use her insights, sense of justice and compassion, drive and determination, on behalf of the law and service to clients and the community.