Bio
Brooklin M. Eleoff is a member of DarrowEverett’s Family Law Practice Group, representing individuals and families across the full spectrum of family law matters. Her practice includes divorce, equitable distribution, alimony and child support, parenting plans and time-sharing, paternity proceedings, post-judgment modifications and enforcement actions, adoptions and stepparent adoptions, Uniform Parentage Act matters, and guardianships. Brooklin also counsels clients on prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, helping them structure thoughtful solutions that protect personal and financial interests while minimizing future disputes.
Brooklin approaches each matter with a strategic, solutions-oriented mindset, tailoring her advocacy to the unique dynamics of each family and the long-term goals of her clients. She is committed to providing responsive, client-focused counsel and helping clients navigate family law issues efficiently and with confidence.
Brooklin holds herself to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and respect for the law and her peers, and brings deep compassion to clients navigating some of the most challenging moments of their lives.
Prior Experience
Prior to joining DarrowEverett, Brooklin spent more than a decade as a staff attorney with Rhode Island Legal Services (RILS), the state’s largest nonprofit provider of civil legal aid. While there, Brooklin served as family court-appointed counsel to hundreds of the state’s most vulnerable individuals. Her practice focused on family law and helping individuals achieve financial stability through the Family Preservation Project and the Responsible Parent Project.
In the Family Preservation Project, Brooklin represented parents facing allegations of abuse, neglect, dependency, or the involuntary termination of parental rights brought by the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families. She advocated vigorously to protect her clients’ constitutionally guaranteed parental rights, ensuring each client was afforded a fair opportunity to reunify with or maintain custody of their children. Her work required sound judgment and decisive advocacy in matters where the consequences for families were immediate and life-altering.
Through the Responsible Parent Project, Brooklin represented non-custodial parents facing potential incarceration related to alleged contempt of court for child support obligations. Throughout her work at RILS, she managed a high-volume caseload and spent the majority of her career litigating in family court. She brings this depth of courtroom experience and client advocacy to her role at DarrowEverett.
Practice Areas
- Family Law
Bar Admissions
- Rhode Island
- Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Education
- Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D.
- Northeastern University, B.A., communications, magna cum laude
Involvement
- Rhode Island Bar Association – Member
- The Edward P. Gallogly American Inn of Court – Member
Representative Matters
- Successfully reunified a single father with his son, averting the imminent filing of a termination of parental rights action.
- Secured reunification of an infant with both parents following nearly one year in foster care.
- Preserved a mother’s custody of her newborn despite efforts by the Department of Children, Youth and Families to place the child in foster care.
- Prevented incarceration of parents facing contempt proceedings through extensive evidentiary hearings regarding ability to pay child support.
- Reunified a mother with her two children, overcoming the potential permanent removal of parental rights.