Frances L. Friedberg has been engaged in the practice of law since 1987. Upon graduating from Pace University School of Law, Frances L. Friedberg was hired by the Human Resources Administration, Office of Legal Affairs in New York City, where she made daily court appearances in Manhattan Family Court as a Special Assistant to the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, prosecuting child abuse and neglect cases. While in that position, from 1987 to 1990, Frances L. Friedberg made over a 1,000 court appearances and appeared before some of the toughest judges she has encountered in her career. These difficult but rewarding experiences have made her the powerhouse litigator that she is today.

From 1990 to 1992, Frances L. Friedberg applied her talents to the training department of the Human Resources Administration, Office of Legal Affairs, where she assisted the Director of Training to teach all newly hired attorneys for the 5 boroughs of New York City to prosecute the child abuse and neglect cases. Frances L. Friedberg trained attorneys, caseworkers, medical and mental health professionals, and even law enforcement personnel in the areas of trial advocacy, child abuse reporting laws for mandated reporters, child abuse and child neglect proceedings, and techniques for testifying in court.

From 1992 to 1996, Frances L. Friedberg was employed as an associate attorney for the law firm of Gordon, Siegel, Mastro, Mullaney, Gordon & Galvin, P.C. Frances L. Friedberg was initially hired to do personal injury work for the firm; however, she soon became responsible for almost all of the matrimonial and family law cases for the firm when the direction of where her natural talents and desires ran became clear.

In 1996, Frances L. Friedberg formed a partnership with Lisa K. Schoonmaker, founding a matrimonial and family law practice known as Schoonmaker & Friedberg, LLP. In 2000, Lisa K. Schoonmaker left the practice of law, and Frances L. Friedberg took over the business, creating the current law practice known as The Law Office of Frances L. Friedberg, Esq. Frances L. Friedberg has been a sole practitioner since the year 2000. Her law practice has been, and continues to be, exclusively devoted to matrimonial and family law.