Sofia Balile, counsel to the firm, earned her law degree from Wake Forest University in 2002. Upon graduating, Ms. Balile clerked with the Honorable Judge Maria Sypek in Trenton, New Jersey. She used her experience to enter into general litigation with Thaniel J. Beinert & Associates in New York, where her practice focused on litigation, divorce, and real estate law. Ms. Balile then worked for Cantor Epstein & Mazzola, defending condominiums, cooperatives, and management companies. She left defense litigation to join Paul Weiss in corporate litigation. She launched her own practice in 2009, focusing on domestic relations law, real estate and other general litigation matters. After years of practice, she became well-versed on the issues surrounding international divorce.She is also a court appointed referee in foreclosure actions, as well as the United Federation of Teachers Chapter leader for the Administrative Law Judges of New York City. She is also a proud mother of 3 and wife of a Native New Yorker.