Lynn Fletcher, (Lawyer/Mediator)
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My focus is on helping you and your spouse to craft solutions that will work for your unique situation. Collaborative practice is the perfect fit for helping you to make informed, thoughtful decisions about both your future and your children's future. I bring to the collaborative practice many years of family mediation experience as well as specialized training in parenting coordination.
Collaborative Services
I am dedicated to helping couples and families get through divorce in as constructive, thoughtful, amicable and cost-effective way as possible. I support my clients in finding solutions that will keep you and your family out of destructive, expensive court battles.
Licenses
Admitted to the Bars of Virginia, District of Columbia and New York
Certified Family Mediator, Virginia Supreme Court (formerly)
Certified Civil and Family Mediator, Multidoor Division of the DC Superior Court (inactive) ,J.D.
Professional Activities
PRIOR:
Past President, Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia
Past Meetings Chair, Virginia Collaborative Professionals
AFCC Certificate in Parenting Coordination
Virginia Collaborative Professionals (member)
Virginia Mediation Network (member)
Virginia Bar Association (member)
Collaborative Practice Training
| Year | Course Title | Instructor | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic/ Introductory Collaborative Law or Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training. | |||
| 2009 | Three-day Multidisciplinary Collaborative Team Training - Columbia, MD | CPTI/MICPEL | 20 |
| 30-Hr Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills | |||
| 1995 | Divorce/family mediation | Mast | 20 |
| 1994 | Basic Mediation training | Mast | 20 |
| Additional 15 hours Intermediate/ Advanced interest-based negotiation, communication skills, collaborative, or basic professional coach training | |||
| 2011 | The Military and Divorce | Teresa Cole, Esq., Cynthia Zagorski, CPA and David Tyson, LCSW | 1 |
| 2011 | NAVIGATING EMOTIONAL CURRENTS: DELVING BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS | Scharff/Herrick | 2 |
| 2011 | Innovative Problem-Solving Model Moves Clients through Impasse | CPNV | 1 |
| 2011 | Exploring Bias within the Collaborative Team | I was instructor along with Pamela Pacetti, Esq. and Suzanne Doherty, PhD | 1 |
| 2011 | Challenges in the Collaborative Process | Varied | 6 |
| 2009 | Emotional Dynamics of Collaborative Divorce | CPTI | 4 |
| Annual 4 hours collaborative continuing education (basic, intermediate, or advanced) | |||
| 2023 | Trauma-Responsive Collaborative Practice (16th VaCP) 11-13-23 | Dana Baerger, J.D., Ph.D. | 6 |
| 2023 | Drafting Effective Parenting Plans | Hawkins | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Understanding the 5 Conflict Modes at Play in Our Mediation and Collaborative Cases | Kales, Kales, Colton | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Managing Challenges in the Collaborative Divorce Process: Cognitive Bias, Mental Health, High Conflict Personality Disorders, and Addictions | Dr. Beth I. Wilner, Ph.D. | 6 |
| 2022 | Managing Challenges in the Collaborative Divorce Process | Wilner | 6 |
| 2022 | If You See Something, Say Something | Blum and Egert | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Collaborative Clients: When kumbaya is not enough | Burr | 1.5 |
| 2022 | A Parent’s Mental Illness Should Not Prevent a Successful Parenting Plan | Smith and Garver | 1.5 |
| 2021 | VIRGINIA’S UNIFORM COLLABORATIVE LAW ACT: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE | CPNV: Jennifer A. Bradley, JD; Anne (Jan) W. White, JD; Karen L. Keyes, JD | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Understanding Domestic Violence | Viola Vaughan-Eden | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Transform them | Foust | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Streamlining Collaborative cases | Fletcher, Bradley, Goldberg, Ochsman | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Should Virginia Create a Legal Presumption of Shared Custody: A Current Effort is Underway, and There is Research to Support It | CPNV: Adele D’Ari, Ph.D., Lisa Herrick, Ph.D., Jennifer Bradley, J.D. | 1.5 |
| 2021 | SHOULD VIRGINIA CREATE A LEGAL PRESUMPTION OF SHARED CUSTODY? | Bradley, D'Ari, Herrick | 1.5 |
| 2021 | BEYOND SPREAD SHEETS AND CASH FLOW | May and Taub | 1.5 |
| 2020 | The New Normal | Goldman, Garver, Herrick, Goldberg | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Prenups, the Collaborative Way | CPNV: Michael McHugh & Lynn Fletcher | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Integrating substance abuse recover into parenting plan | Goldberg and Young | 1.5 |
| 2020 | DCACP during COVID-19: Impacts and Opportunities | Bradley, Herrick, Goldberg, Moher, soler | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Cash, Covid, and Collaboration: Financial considerations for assisting your clients. | Ochsman Rowney and Egert | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Addressing Full Disclosure of Ambiguous Adultery in Collaborative Divorce | Ginsberg and Goldman | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Wherever You Go, There You Are: Self-Reflective, Self-Aware Collaborative Practice | Tessler | 6 |
| 2019 | What's IACP Got To Do With It? | Chris Farish, JD | .5 |
| 2019 | The Space Between: The Richness of Our Work With Clients Before and After and In Between Team Meetings | D'Ari; Smoller | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Parent Child Contact Problems | Hawkins, Garver | 1.5 |
| 2019 | No Dress Rehearsal - Being in the Moment in Conflict | Chandler | 3 |
| 2019 | Nightmare Case, Dream Team: When Mental Illness is a Question | I was trainer with Herrick, D'Ari and Bradley | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Managing Client Expectations About the Collaborative Process | Bradley, Beach, Girgis, Grady | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Standards & Ethics (but were afraid to ask) | IACP Materclass | 1 |
| 2019 | Difficult Moments in Collaborative Cases. | I was instructor with Jen Bradley | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Collaborative Boot Camp: An Experiential Day of Refining Skills and Deepening Team Cohesion (12th 11-11-19) | Barbara Burr, JD & Lisa Herrick, PhD | 5.5 |
| 2019 | Collaborative Boot Camp: An Experiential Day of Refining Skills and Deepening Team Cohesion | Herrick, Burr | 5.5 |
| 2019 | ASD/Neuro-diversity in the Family | Jamell White, Ph.D., LCSW-C | 1.5 |
| 2019 | A Collaborative Case Study | Bradley, Herrick and myself | 1.5 |
| 2019 | In the Heat of the Moment: When Difficult Moments Require Immediate Response | I was trainer with Bradley | 1.5 |
| 2018 | Working Creatively with Conflict | Beach, Nackman, Garver | 1 |
| 2018 | VA Legislative and Case Law Update (11th VaCP) 11-12-18 | Christopher Macturk, JD | 1 |
| 2018 | UCLA Panel: What’s In It For Me? (11th VaCP) 11-12-18 | Del. David Toscano; Robert Merlin, PA; Teresa Cole, JD; and Cathleen Rea, PhD | 1.25 |
| 2018 | Support Redux: Navigating the New Tax Laws and the Emotional Challenges They Create for Spouses (and Teams) (11th VaCP) 11-12-18 | Sanford Cassel, PhD; Frank Morrison, JD; Gigi Robson, CPA, CDFA; and Paul Smollar, JD | 3.25 |
| 2018 | And They Lived Happily Ever After... | Miller, Brown, Gray | 1 |
| 2017 | The Single Coach Model in Collaborative | I was the instructor/D'Ari | 1 |
| 2017 | Creating the Conditions for Growth | Herrick/Scharff | 6 |
| 2017 | Complexity and Protocols: Adapting Collaborative Process in the Complex System of Divorce | Victoria Smith | 6.5 |
| 2017 | Business Valuations in Collaborative Divorce | Bradley/Schleifman | 1 |
| 2016 | The Power of Empathy in Conflict Resolution | Rowan | 1 |
| 2016 | Ethical issues for Collaborative Attorneys | White | 1 |
| 2016 | Client Science for Collaborative Professionals: Client Interviewing and Decision-Making Through Bad News and Other Legal Realities | Marjorie Aaron | 6.6 |
| 2016 | Challenges in the Collaborative Process | Goldberg and Marks | 1 |
| 2015 | “What Are Our Core Collaborative Principles?” | I was the instructor. | 1 |
| 2015 | “Employee Benefits: What the employee and spouse need to know as they contemplate divorce” | Lindahl and Schleifman | 1 |
| 2015 | Working with Families with Special Needs Children | Nuzzo | 1 |
| 2015 | My Daddy Has a Special Friend and My Mommy’s Always Sad”: Affairs and Divorce – From the Child’s Point of View | Nackman | 1 |
| 2015 | Legislative and Case Law Update (8th VaCP) 11-16-15 | MacTurk | 1 |
| 2015 | Information Security and Perry Mason Goes Digital: What all Collaborative Professionals Need to Know about Electronic Evidence (8th VaCP) 11-16-15 | Nelson and Simek | 2.25 |
| 2015 | Ethical and Practical Considerations for Virginia Collaborative Law Practice | Lee | 1 |
| 2015 | Delving into the Heart of Conflict | Smoller; Burr; Herrick | 1 |
| 2015 | Collaborative Premarital Agreements | McHugh | 1 |
| 2015 | Building Your Collaborative Practice (8th VaCP) 11-16-15 | Fancher | 2.75 |
| 2015 | Affirmation of Core Collaborative Principals | I was the instructor. | 1 |
| 2014 | The seven structural elements of successful marriages | Gaughan | 1 |
| 2014 | Law and the Human Brain: NeuroLiteracy 101 | Tesler | 6 |
| 2014 | Decision Support in Negotiations: The Power of Team Alignment | Fauss | 1 |
| 2014 | Creative Mortgage Solutions for Separating Couples | Hoffberg | 1 |
| 2014 | Challenges in the Collaborative Process | Berger; Alexander | 6 |
| 2014 | Building Your Collaborative Practice | D'Ari; Moher | 1 |
| 2014 | Brainstorming – what succeeds and fails in brainstorming | Mitlehner; Taub | 1 |
| 2013 | the division of “hybrid” property in Virginia collaborative cases. | McHugh; Moher | 1 |
| 2013 | Understanding Alcohol And Drug Addictions | Beauregard | 1 |
| 2013 | The Meaning of Money | Hitlin-Mason | 1 |
| 2013 | The Continum of Parental Alignment, Estrangement and Alienation in Collaborative Cases | Bill Zuckerman, PhD | 1 |
| 2013 | The Collaborative Gray Divorce | Pendzich, D'Ari, Szpanka | 1 |
| 2013 | Overcoming Barriers to Settlement: Strategies from Psychology, Communication, Negotiation and Neuroscience | Meirding | 7 |
| 2013 | Everything You Wanted To Know About Divorce And Tax But Were Afraid To Ask | Lindahl | 1 |
| 2013 | Divorce Research Redux: Which Myths Should We Believe About The Consequences of Divorce on Adults and Children - And Which Are.....Myths? | Herrick | 1 |
| 2013 | Collaborative Conversations about Support: A Model Between Fear and Fairness | Smoller, D'Ari | 1 |
| 2012 | When our Clients are Anxious and Depressed-- How Can We Help Them and the Team Process | David Kupfer, PhD | 1 |
| 2012 | Updates on Collaborative Protocols | Butler; Smollar; White | 1.5 |
| 2012 | The Opportunity for Collaborative Growth Provided by a Typical Case Conflict | I was instructor along with Liz Pendzich, Esq./Carol Miller, Ph.D./ | 1 |
| 2012 | The Infinity Loop | Lisa Herrick, Ph.D./Adele D'Ari, Ph.D | 1 |
| 2012 | The Impact of Gender and Culture on Negotiation and Mediation | Meierding | 4 |
| 2012 | Talking about Collaborative in Different Contexts | I was instructor along with Carol Miller, PhD | 1 |
| 2012 | Roadblocks to Financial Resolution in Collaborative Cases | Broussard; May; Robson | 1 |
| 2012 | Navigating Asset Valuation Pitfalls in Collaborative Divorce Cases | Erika Schleifman, CPA/Carl Mitlehner, CDFP | 1 |
| 2012 | Expanding Collaborative to Lower Income Families: The developing pro-bono and low-bono programs in DC and Maryland | Andrea Hirsch, esq | 1 |
| 2012 | Divorce Practice in DC, Maryland and Virginia | Panel | 3 |
| 2012 | Collaborative Conversations on Support | CPTI | 6 |
| 2012 | Challenges in the Collaborative Process | Cogan; Vaughan-Eden; Donlan | 2 |
| 2011 | Working With High Conflict Parents | CPNV | 1 |
| 2011 | Understanding and Litigating Child Sexual Abuse | Sharman | 3 |
| 2011 | Timing in the Collaborative Process | Paul Smoller, Esq. | 1 |
| 2011 | Spousal Support in the Collaborative Process | CPNV | 1 |
| 2011 | Preventing Real Property Pitfalls in Divorce | Kelly Lise Murray | 2 |
| 2011 | Managing Personality-Disordered Parents | Eddy | 12 |
| 2007 | Virginia Mediator Ethics | Twomey | 2 |
| 2007 | Resolving economic issues in divorce | Pope/Twomey/Corey | 12 |
| 2007 | Mediating Child Support issues | Foskett | 8 |
| 1997 | Civil mediation training | DC Multidoor | 24 |
| 1995 | Family mediation training | DC Multidoor | 50 |