About Margaret Nicholson
Collaborative Divorce and Family Mediation
Attorney Margaret Nicholson
Ms. Nicholson’s practice is currently concentrated in the areas of collaborative divorce and family mediation. Through her experience acting as an attorney for children, guardian and guardian ad litem in the Westchester and Putnam, Family, Supreme and Surrogates Courts, Ms. Nicholson is keenly aware of the need to protect the rights of children and the disabled. She can offer clients options with respect to parenting plans that can be tailored to families’ individual needs, including, for example, parents striving to formulate a plan that serves not only their special needs child but the whole family.
Likewise, Ms. Nicholson brings her experience in representing clients in real estate transactions to the mediation table, helping clients navigate options with regard to the marital home, including weighing the benefits of a sale or buy out of one of the parties’ interests.

Ms. Nicholson formerly volunteered as a mediator for the Dispute Resolution Center in Carmel, New York, where she served as a legal presenter for “Parents Apart” a parent education program certified by the New York State Parent Education and Awareness Program designed to help separating, divorced and never married parents focus on the special needs of their children during the restructuring of their families. She is a member of the Pace Women’s Justice Center Moderate Means Matrimonial Panel.
Prior to focusing her practice solely on mediation and collaborative divorce, Ms. Nicholson was certified to act as an attorney for children by the Appellate Division, Second Department.
Ms. Nicholson was also a member of the Part 36 Panel of Fiduciaries qualified to accept appointments in the Supreme and Surrogate’s Courts of Putnam and Westchester counties.
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Margaret A. Nicholson was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1984. She graduated from the State University of New York at Albany, cum laude, in 1980 and received her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law in 1983.
History & Expertise
Law School
J.D., 1983, St. John's University School of Law
B.S., 1980, University of New York at Albany, cum laudeBar Admission
NewYork 1984
Professional Affiliations
- New York Association of Collaborative Professionals
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Northern Westchester Collaborative Divorce Professionals
- Westchester Women's Bar Association
- Putnam County Bar Association
- Northern Westchester Bar Association
- Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York
- New York State Council on Divorce Mediation
- Westchester County Bar Association
Ms. Nicholson opened her practice in Somers, New York in 2007. Prior to private practice, Ms. Nicholson was employed as staff attorney at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley where she represented domestic violence victims in the Family and Supreme courts, assisting clients in obtaining orders of protection and advocating on their behalf in custody, visitation, child/spousal support and divorce proceedings.
Early in her career, Ms. Nicholson was engaged in general practice as an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Anthony I. Giacobbe, a retired Supreme Court Justice from Richmond County, New York. While raising her three children, she authored “You and the Law” a legal column published monthly in First Magazine, a national magazine focusing on women’s issues. She also worked as an associate attorney for Helene M. Selznick, Esq., a matrimonial attorney in Somers, NY and volunteered in the legal center of My Sister’s Place, an organization providing comprehensive shelter, advocacy, legal, and supportive services for victims of domestic violence in Westchester County, New York.
Ms. Nicholson was a member of the Town of Somers Zoning Board of Appeals from 1990-2002. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Putnam County Legal Aid Society and a member of the Westchester County Bar Association, having previously served as co-chair of its Pro Bono Committee. In 2007, she also served as co-chair of People Against Domestic Violence (PADV), a community organization in Carmel, NY devoted to providing support to victims of domestic violence. She is a member in good standing of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, Putnam County Bar Association, Northern Westchester Bar Association, New York Association of Collaborative Professionals, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York and New York State Council on Divorce Mediation.
Ms. Nicholson resides in Somers, New York, where she is a member of the Somers Chamber of Commerce, and the Somers Lions Club. She has been a long-time member and is a former vice-president of the Somers Historical Society where she volunteers her time as legal advisor and is a member of the landmarks committee. She has been married for 39 years and has three children and six grandsons.

