Law Office of Elena Jaffe Tastensen PLLC

The Law Office of Elena Jaffe Tastensen is devoted exclusively to the representation of men and women in family and criminal matters. Elena has represented mothers and fathers in Family Courts across the Capital District in matters involving custody, visitation, paternity, abuse and neglect, orders of protection, child support, and spousal support. She has also represented husbands and wives in divorce actions in Supreme Courts across the region, including the issues of equitable distribution of marital property, sales of residences, and division of assets.

Elena Jaffe Tastensen began her legal career in 1998 as an Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. After serving as an Assistant District Attorney for four years, she relocated to the Capital District. She served as an attorney for the New York State Consumer Protection Board in Albany, before opening her private practice in Saratoga Springs in 2004.

Since 2004, Elena has devoted her practice exclusively to the representation of men and women in family and criminal matters. Elena has appeared in Supreme and Family Courts throughout the region, including Saratoga County, Washington County, Warren County, Schenectady County, Rensselaer County, and Albany County.

While Elena is an experienced litigator, she strongly believes that the collaborative approach to matrimonial cases, as well as divorce and family mediation, results in better outcomes for clients and their families as they work through this time of transition in their lives. Elena is a member of the Collaborative Divorce Association of the Capital District, New York State Council on Divorce Mediation and the Academy of Professional Family Mediators.

Elena is also a member of the Saratoga County Bar Association, Adirondack Women’s Bar Association, New York State Defenders Association, New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, and serves on the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Lawyer Referral Service. Elena was appointed to the Executive Board of the Saratoga County Bar Association in June 2012, and has served as the Chairperson of the Law Day Committee for several years. Elena lives in the Saratoga Springs area with her family.

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