Inga Bernstein, Attorney

Inga S. Bernstein was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1961.  Shegraduated from Wellesley College, magna cum laude, in 1984, and from Harvard LawSchool, cum laude, in 1994. She clerked for Judge Douglas P. Woodlock of theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1994 and1995.  Ms. Bernstein joined the firm in 1995 and became a partner inJanuary, 2001.

Ms. Bernstein concentrates her practice in the areas of criminal defense,civil rights and domestic relations law. She has been co-counsel in severalfirst degree murder trials, as well as in extortion, racketeering, bank fraudand drug conspiracy cases. With Norman Zalkind, she won a $7.6 million verdictin an employment discrimination case.  She regularly handles cases in thedistrict and superior courts and before the Massachusetts Commission AgainstDiscrimination.

Her appellate work includes representing the plaintiff, with John Ward, inDoe III, in which a portion of the Massachusetts sexual offender registrationlaw was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Judicial Court. She has alsodrafted an amicus brief and successfully petitioned for certiorari to the UnitedStates Supreme Court. A mediator for fourteen years, Ms. Bernstein is a memberof the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, the MassachusettsAssociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Massachusetts Lesbian and GayBar Association.