Ani Van Dyke Mason

Ani Mason is a matrimonial attorney and mediator in New York City. She founded Mason Law & Mediation, LLC in 2014 and has been honored by Super Lawyers for the last eight years through selection to its New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Ani graduated with honors from Princeton University and New York University School of Law, which she attended on full merit scholarship. She has held a Fulbright Fellowship, a Sinsheimer Scholarship and a Skadden Fellowship.

Prior to dedicating her law practice to out-of-court dispute resolution, Ani litigated high-conflict divorces on behalf of survivors of domestic violence. She has worked for the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, the consulting firm Accenture, and various international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Save the Children, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF, while living in Madrid, Cairo and Mexico City.

Ani is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. She has also studied human behavior at the NYU School of Social Work and psychoanalysis at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies.

Ani has taught a seminar on divorce mediation at Cardozo Law School and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Family & Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York.

She is fluent in Spanish, proficient in French and can still get around (more or less) with her very basic Arabic.

Features

• Adoption
• Child Custody
• Child Support
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Paternity Cases
• Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
• Spousal Support (Alimony)

• License
  Licensed in New York
  State: New York
  Acquired: 2008
  Active
  
• Honors
  2021 - Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
  2020 - Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
  2019 - Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
  2018 - Rising Star, Super Lawyers
  2017 - Rising Star, Super Lawyers
• Work Experience
  2014 - Present Founder, Mason Law & Mediation, LLC
  2012 - 2014 Associate, Miller Law Group
  2008 - 2011 , Skadden Fellow + Staff Attorney, Legal Services of NYC
  2007 - 2008 Skadden Fellow, Urban Justice Center
  2006 - 2006 Law Clerk, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Associations
  2009 - Present
  Family & Divorce Mediation Council - Member
  New York State Bar Association - Member
  2012 - 2014
  New York Association of Collaborative Professionals - Member
  2011 - 2014
  Family & Divorce Mediation Council - Former Board Member
• Education
  2007 - New York University School of Law - JD
  2000 - Princeton University - BA - Bachelor of Arts
• Speaking Engagements
  2015 - The Future of Mediation - Mediation Panel Discussion for ABA's Mediation Week
  2013 - Comparing Divorce Processes: Mediation vs. Collaborative Law vs. Litigation - Healthier Paths to Divorce
• Publications
  2016 - Which Divorce Process Is Right For Me?
  UNtied.net
  2016 - Who Should Be On My Divorce Team?
  UNtied.net
• Languages
  English - Native / Fluent

Location