Laurie Puhn, Esq.
Family & Divorce Attorney-Mediator
Persuasive Communication Expert
Television Personality

Laurie Puhn Esq. is a Harvard-educated attorney, Family and Divorce Mediator with a private practice in New York City and the Persuasive Communication Expert who authored the best-selling book Instant Persuasion: How to Change Your Words to Change Your Life (Penguin).

She appears regularly on CourtTV/TruTV and Fox News Channel where she offers expert advice on marriage, divorce and family issues, and commentary on hot topics with analysis of the legal and relationship happenings in the lives of politicians, celebrities and people in the news.

She hosts the television show “I on New York with Laurie Puhn” which airs weekly on WPXN-TV reaching 8 million homes in the NY Metro Area. Laurie’s high energy, entertaining style and solid content make her a popular guest expert on many high profile television and radio programs.

In addition to her television appearances, Laurie is a writer and contributing legal expert for First Wives World, the site that focuses exclusively on family and divorce issues. She is the contributing Relationship Communications Expert for Happen Magazine, a division of Match.com.

Known as “The Dispute Doctor” and “The Ann Landers of the New Millennium” by The News Tribune because of her unique talent for instantly turning conflict into conversation at home, at work and in one’s social life, Laurie is a recognized expert quoted in The New York Times, Newsday, Chicago Tribune, Woman’s Day, Maxim, Martha Stewart Living, Redbook and numerous other major publications across the United States.

Laurie is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. She served on the Board of the Harvard Mediation Program and taught mediation skills to Harvard law students. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section and has multiple professional mediation certifications. She practices family and divorce law and mediation in her New York office.

The Nassau County Commission on Human Rights honored her with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award for her work in tolerance and conflict resolution. She was inducted into the Woman’s Roll of Honor of the Town of North Hempstead for her programs designed to reduce conflict and enrich relationships through effective persuasive communication.

Ms. Puhn lives with her husband in Manhattan, New York.

"I on NY" reviewed in Celebrity Magazine
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Laurie on Fox News
with Megyn Kelly & Bill Hemmer


Discussing Male/Female Communication

Laurie on CNN "Tips from the Top"
Discussing tolerance and respect

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