Lydia A. Milone

Attorney Lydia A. Milone is a partner and member of BodnarMilone LLP law firm in White Plains, New York. Nationally recognized as one of the best lawyers in the country, Ms. Milone has more than 31 years of legal experience, and she provides unmatched counsel and support to clients throughout Westchester County and the surrounding areas who are going through a divorce or have some other family law issue they need to address.

Over the course of her legal career, Ms. Milone has achieved remarkable success assisting clients throughout the counties of Westchester, New York, Kings, Nassau, Suffolk and Putnam with making the best-informed decisions regarding their divorces and family law issues while helping them achieve the favorable outcomes they expect and deserve as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

To that end, she is highly well-versed in collaborative law and mediation, and she helped established and then served as president and vice president of the Association of Collaborative Lawyers of Rockland-Westchester. She is also a member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and she is able to help her clients resolve their conflicts and reach agreements without the need for expensive, stressful and adversarial court proceedings.

Among her other professional affiliations, Ms. Milone is a fellow with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has served as vice president of the organization's New York Chapter since 2018 as well as member of its board of managers. She is also highly active with the Family Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association and the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, having served on and chaired several of those organizations' committees.

Moreover, Ms. Milone has written extensively and conducted lectures and continuing legal education seminars across her region on a variety of topics related to family law. Honored for her exemplary professionalism and service, she has earned a Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished* peer review rating as well as consistent recognition from The Best Lawyers in America©. She has also received a listing in the Who’s Who in America, and she is the recipient of the Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award.

A 1979 magna cum laude graduate of the City University of New York, Baruch College, Ms. Milone obtained her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in 1989. She is licensed to practice in Connecticut as well as New York.

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