Bonnie A. Berns, a native New Yorker, graduated from New York University, where she achieved the honor of Phi Beta Kappa and received the Founder’s Day Award for high scholastic achievement. Ms. Berns graduated from Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. While in D.C., Ms. Berns was a consumer advocate and worked on legislation to benefit consumers.

Early in Bonnie A. Berns career, Ms. Berns started her own practice in Naples, Italy where she represented individuals at special court martials on the U.S. Navy military base.

Then Ms. Berns moved to Florida, and in 1985 opened her own private practice in Palm Coast, Florida. Ms. Berns represented people who were injured in accidents, employees who had problems with their employers, and persons with family law problems. Bonnie A. Berns also did wills, estate planning, and probate.

In 1996, she moved her practice to the Tampa Bay area where she practiced as a civil trial lawyer for ten years in both Federal and State Courts. In December, 2006, Ms. Berns relocated back to the greater Daytona Beach area to serve Volusia, Flagler, St. John’s and Duval Counties. Ms. Berns continues to serve the Tampa Bay area as well.

Bonnie A. Berns History

Bonnie A. Berns is a member of the Florida Bar, the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, and the Volusia and Flagler County Bar Associations. From, 1985 – 1986, she was appointed Vice Chair of the Florida Bar Committee on the Elderly, and was a member of the Committee from 1985 until 1991. From 1985-1995, she served as a member of the Florida Bar Committee on Support Enforcement. Ms. Berns was President of the Volusia Flagler National Organization for Women from 1981 until 1991. She was the Founder and President of the Holocaust Educational Center for Volusia and Flagler Counties, Inc. Ms. Berns was also on the Board of the Flagler County Domestic Abuse Shelter. For many years, she was on the Florida Bar Family Law Legislative Committee. From 2001 through 2005 Ms. Berns served on the Individual Rights Committee of the Florida Bar.

Ms. Berns is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator and a Federally Certified Mediator. She’s a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators.