ABOUT
Hi, I’m Crystal Fedeli. I support women leaving domestic abuse navigate the family court system through strategic financial transition planning, documentation and evidence organization, and strategic communication support within high-conflict and coercive control dynamics.
My work sits at the intersection of lived experience, research, and systems-based understanding. Through my consulting practice, nonprofit work, and educational initiatives, I help women better understand and navigate the institutional systems surrounding the family court system, financial instability, and coercive control, while also helping professionals and organizations better understand the gaps survivors often encounter within those systems.
My approach focuses on bringing greater structure, clarity, and strategic understanding to situations that are often overwhelming, reactive, and misunderstood.
Before beginning my consulting practice and founding my nonprofit, I worked for the State of New Jersey, Office of the Public Defender, in the Drug Court Unit where I managed drug court expungements for the entire state. Prior to that, I worked for the State of New Jersey, Department of Children and Families, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency within the Litigation Unit. My background also includes work with community-based nonprofit organizations supporting individuals impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, childhood trauma, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities, giving me a deep understanding of how complex situations are interpreted within institutional systems and where critical gaps often exist.
I hold dual graduate degrees, one in Social Research Analysis and the other in Child Advocacy and Policy with a Child Public Welfare Concentration. I also hold a Paralegal Certificate and a Graduate Certificate in Data Collection and Management. This combination of research, policy, and legal-adjacent training informs my work and allows me to approach complex situations with both analytical rigor and real-world context.
