Zoe Paolantonio, Esq.
Partner
Zoe Paolantonio is one of the leading family court attorneys in Columbia and Greene Counties. She has over a decade of experience representing adults and children in high conflict custody, child support, order of protection, divorce and child welfare cases. She specializes in representing domestic violence and sexual assault survivors. She is committed to providing her clients with high quality, zealous representation, along with the advice and support they need to feel empowered by their legal choices.
Zoe has dedicated her career to helping people seek safety and access justice through the family courts. She was educated at the Northeastern University Domestic Violence Institute, where she received and provided extensive training about trauma informed and client centered legal advocacy, and served as the Equal Justice Works Fellow from 2009-2011.
Zoe has been working in Hudson Valley and Capital District family courts since 2015, first in her role as the Domestic Violence Attorney for Columbia and Greene Counties at the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, and then in her Hudson based solo practice. Through this work she has represented hundreds of individuals and families in the local family courts, and achieved excellent results through litigation and negotiation. Zoe is proud of her strong, trusting attorney-client relationships.
Zoe is passionate about serving her community as well as her clients. She is a member of the Columbia County Bar Association and the Capital District Women’s Bar Association, where she has served on the judiciary committee. She has served on the board of the Columbia County Resource Center and WiseBodies, and has volunteered with the Columbia County Recovery Kitchen. A devoted yoga practitioner, Zoe earned her yoga teacher training certificate from the Sadhana Center for Yoga and Mediation in Hudson. She volunteers with Sadhana’s service project, Moving Potential, where she teaches yoga to women incarcerated at the Columbia County Jail. She lives in Columbia County with her husband and their two daughters.
