Attorney Profile

Lehigh University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, 1980

Admitted:
Highlights of Continuing Legal Education:

Parenting

• Child Development, Regional Family Trial Docket 1995
• 2010 State of CT Judicial Branch Guardian Ad  Litem/ Attorney for the Minor Child Comprehensive Training

Collaborative

• Basic Collaborative Law 2000
• Intermediate Collaborative Law 2003
• Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training 2006
• Advanced Collaborative Law Training 2006
• Collaborative Divorce Training Certification (to teach other lawyers and collaborative professionals) 2009

Litigation

• American Bar Association Section of Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute (litigation skills) 2004

Mediation

• Family and Divorce Mediation Certification 2003
• Marital Mediation 2009
• Advanced Mediation 2009

Experience, Honors, and Distinctions:

• Divorce mediator since early 1990s
• Collaborative attorney since 2000
• MENSA member
• Recipient, Connecticut Bar Association Letter of Commendation (for pro bono service to the citizens of Connecticut)
• Special Master, Regional Family Trial Docket (contested custody cases), local judicial districts throughout Connecticut and privately for divorcing couples
• Founder, several collaborative practice groups throughout Connecticut
• Educator including guest appearances on radio and television, newspaper columnist, instructor to law students, lawyers, pediatricians, business valuation experts and the public
• Connecticut “Super Lawyer” since 2007

Professional Memberships:

• Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section
• The Connecticut Council for Non-Adversarial Divorce
• The Collaborative Divorce Lawyers Association
• Central Connecticut Collaborative Family Law Group
• Divorce Solutions of Connecticut
• The Collaborative Divorce Team of Connecticut
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Personal
Wife, mother, stepmother. Enjoy sports, travel, and family.