Sophie A. Bergman is a member of Hinman, Howard & Kattell’s Domestic Relations, Matrimonial and Family Law, Municipal Law, and Criminal Law Practice Groups. She represents clients in a wide range of divorce and family matters in both Supreme and Family Courts, as well as handling felony and misdemeanor criminal cases in Broome County Court and local courts throughout the county.
Before joining Hinman, Howard & Kattell, Ms. Bergman served as Corporation Counsel for the City of Binghamton handling municipal legal matters. She also brings valuable judicial experience from her time as a Binghamton City Court Judge, where she presided over criminal arraignments, trials, small claims, and landlord-tenant matters.
Ms. Bergman also provided legal counsel to the Crime Victims Assistance Center, Inc. through their legal services program representing innocent crime victims in various legal matters.
Sophie began her career as an Assistant District Attorney serving for almost ten years in the Broome County District Attorney’s Office. During her career as a prosecutor, she handled homicides, violent crimes, sexual assaults, cases of domestic violence, and drug crimes, including taking cases through grand jury to trial, resulting in guilty verdicts which, in a number of cases, resulted in life sentences for the defendants she was prosecuting, which led to her promotion to the Bureau Chief of the Special Victims Bureau where she handled and supervised all felony cases of domestic violence and sexual assault in Broome County.
Outside of her legal practice, Ms. Bergman is committed to her community. She currently serves on the Board of the Catholic Schools of Broome County, and is a past board member of the Danielle House, the YWCA of Broome County, and RISE (formerly SOS Shelter). Ms. Bergman is admitted to practice in New York State.
She received her J.D. from Albany Law School in 2007 and her B.A. (cum laude) in 2004 from Union College.
