Breastfeeding and Attachment Parenting Expert Witness and Consultant

Family Law | Custody | Time-Share Analysis | Litigation & Arbitration Witness | Employment Disputes | Breastfeeding in Public | Lactation Insurance Billing & Coding

Nicole Peluso is a lactation consultant certified by the International Board of Certified Lactation Examiners, a parenting educator certified by Attachment Parenting International, and a birth and postpartum doula (labor and perinatal caregiver) trained at the National Midwifery Institute. She also owns billing companies that handle insurance claims for midwives and lactation consultants throughout the US.

Nicole assists law firms and private clients in family law research and oral and written testimony as it relates to infant and toddler breastfeeding issues. She advocates for the welfare of the child and what is in the child’s best interest based on evidentiary information on lactation and informed by the attachment parenting model. She helps parents negotiate custody schedules using the family-centered attachment parenting philosophy.

Nicole supports mothers in employment situations that limit or prevent pumping breastmilk in the workplace, an activity usually protected by local laws. She also represents mothers where breastfeeding has been limited or prevented in a public venue. Additionally, she represents those seeking insurance reimbursement for lactation services under the Affordable Care Act who have been denied rightful benefits by their insurance companies.

Based out of Los Angeles, CA, and the NY metro area, Nicole can consult electronically or travel to your destination. She is internationally certified with the highest designation of clinical lactation provider currently available and has provided testimony in a variety of court settings.