Barbara Greenberg
Barbara Greenberg is a partner in the law firm of Greenberg and Greenberg.
Barbara has vast experience representing singles and couples - including
same sex couples when permitted by law - with domestic and international
adoptions. She also represents birth mothers who want to place their child
for adoption.
In addition to her skills as an adoption attorney, Barbara performs investigatory research related to adoption matters. Barbara was the principal researcher for the book The Baby Brokers authored by Lynne McTaggart. She served as a researcher for Bernard Gavser formerly an NBC TV investigative journalist who won several Emmy awards for adoption issues including a segment called "Baby Laundering." Barbara Greenberg is also co-author of the chapter on international adoption in Adoption Law in New York, published by New York State Bar Association.
She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA) and has served as a mentor and advisor to the attorneys within that Association on innumerable issues and aspects of International Adoption.
Barbara is the proud recipient of the Hispanic Counseling Center's Humanitarian of the year award, as well as the recipient of several citations from Nassau County, the Town of Hempstead and the State of New York.
Barbara is a co-founder and director of the not-for-profit organization People Need Caring. Founded 31 years ago, People Need Caring is dedicated to meeting the medical and other needs of orphaned children and impoverished people worldwide.
She is a frequent speaker on adoption issues for the Adoptive Parent Committee, American Fertility Association, Resolve and the Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA) Ametz Program, among others.
Barbara Greenberg received a Bachelor's degree from New York University and Masters Degree in Humanities from Hofstra University and her Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law. She serves as a member of the Alumni Board of Hofstra University School of Law. She is admitted to both the Bar of New York and New Jersey.