Barbara S. Kellman - a Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (MA) Divorce Lawyer

Chestnut Hill Divorce Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Divorce

Attorney Information

Overview

Ms. Kellman is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (cum laude 1983) and of the Boston University School of Social Work (MSW, 1980). Ms. Kellman practiced law in Minnesota and, beginning in 1986, Massachusetts for thirty years.

Ms. Kellman served as General Counsel to the New England Deaconess Hospital (later Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and their parent companies) for ten years, supervising and providing legal work in all areas of health care, including employment and patient care. Later she was Counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Board of Registration in Nursing for four years.

Ms. Kellman represents individual men and women in divorce and family law matters and provides mediation services to divorcing couples. She began her current practice in 2010. Ms. Kellman is a trained Collaborative Lawyer. She is a Board Member and Vice President of the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation and a member of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council. Ms. Kellman mediated cases for the Community Dispute Settlement Center (CDSC) for over fifteen years.

Ms. Kellman has extensive training in family law, as well as in mediation and negotiation, including courses at the Harvard Project on Negotiation, CDSC, the Equal Opportunity Commission (where she also served as a Mediator) and the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. She has trained and coached mediation students with CDSC and at Newton North High School, as well as in her private practice. She was affiliated with The Mediation Group in Brookline for two years, providing mediation services and working on health care projects. She served as a volunteer mediator at Boston Municipal Count and Brighton District Court.

Education

Legal Education
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
Non Legal Education
- University of Michigan Residential College, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  B.A.
  Major: Theater
- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
  M.S.W.

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Past Positions

Choate Hall and Stewart, Associate, 1986 - 1987
New England Deaconess Hospital, General Counsel, 1987 - 1997
The Mediation Group, Senior Consultant, 1998 - 2001
Independent Mediation Practice, Mediator, Trainer, Consultant, 2001 - 2006
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, Board Counsel, 2006 - 2010

Pro Bono Activities

Volunteer Mediator Community Dispute Settlement Center
Volunteer Lawyer for the Day, Norfolk and Suffolk County Probate Courts

Bar Admissions

Minnesota, 1983
Massachusetts, 1986

Other Affiliations

Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation (Vice President)
Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council (Member)

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Contact

Chestnut Hill, MA

822 Boylston St.
Ste. 300
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 - 2504

Directions

Phone: 617-278-1881 ext. 321

Fax: 617-278-1888

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.sneiderkellman.com

Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm M-F

Credit Cards Accepted

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