Lisa Fischel-Wolovick, JD, MSW is an attorney who has represented battered women for over thirty-five years. She is the author of numerous publications, including Traumatic Divorce and Separation: The impact of domestic violence and substance abuse in custody and divorce, Oxford Univ. Press (2018) and “Battered Mothers and Children in the courts: A lawyer’s View” (2020). In June 2024, Ms. Fischel-Wolovick was a delegate at the Hague Forum on Child Abduction and Domestic Violence in Johannesburg, South Africa.
She also helped to organize the first Criminal Court that specialized in domestic violence in New York State. Ms. Fischel-Wolovick teaches Family Violence and Child Maltreatment at the City University of New York, in John Jay College’s graduate program in Forensic Psychology. Before becoming an attorney, she obtained her master’s in social work. She has provided consultation for attorneys, mental health professionals, and the judiciary on custody, domestic violence, and trauma.