Elena Jaffe Tastensen began her legal career in 1998 as an Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney's Office in Manhattan. After serving as an Assistant District Attorney for four years, she relocated to the Capital District. She served as an attorney for the New York State Consumer Protection Board in Albany, before opening her private practice in Saratoga Springs in 2004.

Since 2004, Elena has devoted her practice almost exclusively to matrimonial and family law, representing individuals in matters involving divorce, custody, visitation, paternity, abuse and neglect, orders of protection, child protective services investigations, child support, and spousal support.

Elena strongly believes that the collaborative approach to matrimonial cases, as well as divorce and family mediation, results in better outcomes for clients and their families as they work through this time of transition in their lives. After litigating matrimonial and family cases for years, she was thrilled to participate in the formation of the Collaborative Divorce Association of the Capital District in 2008 and is a founding member of the organization. Elena is also a member of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation and the Academy of Professional Family Mediators. For more information on family and divorce mediation, click here. For more information on collaborative divorce, click here.

Elena is currently a member of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, Academy of Professional Family Mediators, Collaborative Divorce Association of the Capital District, Saratoga County Bar Association, Adirondack Women's Bar Association, and New York State Bar Association Family Law Section. Elena serves on the Executive Board of the Saratoga County Bar Association, and is a Past President of the organization.