Pamela Pacetti, (Lawyer/Mediator)
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Pamela M. Pacetti focuses her practice on Family Law, Family Law Mediation and Collaborative Family Law and Divorce. Ms. Pacetti utilizes a holistic approach to family law matters and believes most family law issues can and should be resolved in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. The core of most family law issues deal with relationships. Legal principles provide only one factor in the approach to issue resolution. The creative and future-looking solutions reached through the collaborative process are more durable, valued and honored by the parties who design them. Court-imposed resolutions, on the other hand, provide limited results and often encourage on-going litigation. The collaborative process is particularly valuable to the welfare of children effected by their parents' decision to collaborate rather than litigate.
Collaborative Services
Ms. Pacetti is past Chair for the Virginia Collaborative Professionals (VaCP) and has served on the board of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia (CPNV) since 2007. She is a member of Cutting Edge Law and works dilegently to increase public awareness of the collaborative process and expand the pool of trained professionals to meet the needs of families in transition.
Professional Activities
PRIOR:
Virginia Bar Association, Family Law Section
Fairfax Bar Association, Family Law Section
American Bar Association, Family Law Section
Collaborative Practice Training
| Year | Course Title | Instructor | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic/ Introductory Collaborative Law or Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training. | |||
| 2005 | Collaborative Law Training | Slovin and Smith | 20 |
| 30-Hr Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills | |||
| 2005 | Mediation Training for Supreme Court Certification | Northern Virginia Mediation Service | 60 |
| Additional 15 hours Intermediate/ Advanced interest-based negotiation, communication skills, collaborative, or basic professional coach training | |||
| 2011 | The Basics of Divorce Law for Non-Lawyers | I was instructor | 3 |
| 2009 | Advanced Collaborative Law Training | Collaborative Practice Training Institute | 4 |
| 2008 | Collaborative Law Training | Pauline Tesler | 3.5 |
| 2008 | Collaborative Boot Camp | DCACP | 7 |
| Annual 4 hours collaborative continuing education (basic, intermediate, or advanced) | |||
| 2017 | Going Paperless and Beyond | NBI | 6 |
| 2017 | Advanced Collaborative Training: Stop Driving at the End of your Hood | CPNV | 1.5 |
| 2016 | Modivational Interviewing and Collaborative Divorce | CPNV | 1.5 |
| 2016 | Legal Ethics of Technology Competence | NBI | 3 |
| 2016 | Grey Divorce Part II | CPNV | 1.5 |
| 2016 | Experience and Connections Among the Professionals | CPNV | 1.5 |
| 2016 | Divorce Law - Top Five Challenges | NBI | 3 |
| 2016 | Divorce Boot Camp | NBI | 6 |
| 2016 | Advanced Mediation Ethics | Mediation Training Coalition | 2 |
| 2016 | Advanced Mediation | Mediation Training Coalition | 6 |
| 2016 | Advanced Ethics | ALPS | 1 |
| 2015 | Prenuptial Agreements | CPNV | 1.5 |
| 2015 | Handling Complex Family Law Issues | NBI | 6 |
| 2015 | Affairs and Divorce | CPNV | 2 |
| 2015 | Advanced Mediator Ethics | NVMS | 2 |
| 2015 | Advanced Ethics | ALPS | 1 |
| 2015 | Advanced Equitable Distribution | VTLA | 7 |
| 2014 | Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Drafting, Negotiations, Disputes | NBI | 2 |
| 2014 | Approaches to Divorce: Litigation, Mediation, Collaborative | I was the instructor. | 2 |
| 2014 | Advanced Training: Breaking Down Barriers to Support | CPTI | 6 |
| 2014 | Advanced Mediation Ehics | NVMS | 2 |
| 2014 | Adult Attachment Style During Separation & Divorce | Yuval Berger, MSW,RSW; Lisa Alexander, B.A.,LL.B | 6 |
| 2013 | Understanding Alcohol & Drug Addictions | Jan Beauregard, Ph.D | 1.5 |
| 2013 | Parental Alignment, Estrangement and Alienation | Dr. William Zuckerman | 1.5 |
| 2013 | Overcoming Barriers to Settlement | Nina Meierding, JD | 8 |
| 2013 | Divorce and Tax | Keith Lindahl, CPA - CPNV | 1.5 |
| 2013 | Collaborative Ethics | D.C. Metro Area Tri-State Committee | 3 |
| 2013 | Collaborative Conversations About Support | Smollar; D'Ari | 1.5 |
| 2013 | Business Valuation in Divorce | NBI | 1.5 |
| 2012 | Technology and the Law | ALPS | 1 |
| 2012 | Roadblocks to Financial Resolutions | May;Robson; Broussard | 1.5 |
| 2012 | Collaborative Training; The Infinity Loop | Herrick; D'Ari; Smollar; White | 1.5 |
| 2012 | Collaborative Protocals | Smollar; White; Butler | 1.5 |
| 2012 | Collaborative Divorce Practice | I was instructor | 1.5 |
| 2012 | Challenges in the Collaborative Process | Cogan;Vaughan-Eden;Donlan | 2 |
| 2012 | Asset Valuation | Schleiman; Mitlehner | 1.5 |
| 2012 | Advanced Mediation Training | Stephen Kotev | 4 |
| 2012 | Advanced Collaborative Training, Financial | Debora E. May, CDFA; CFP; CPA | 1.5 |
| 2011 | Advanced Collaborative Law Training | CPTI / Kelly Lise Murry | 4 |
| 2010 | Advanced Mediation Training | Northern Virginia Mediation Service (West) | 8 |
| 2010 | Advanced Mediation Ethics | Virginia Supreme Court | 2 |
| 2009 | Collaborative Boot Camp, Advanced | DCACP | 7 |
| 2009 | Advanced Mediation Ethics | Northern Virginia Mediation Service | 2 |
| 2009 | Advanced Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training | Gamache, PHD; McCollam, JD; Wolf, CFP | 15 |
| 2009 | Advanced Collaborative Training - Models | Pauline Tesler / Peggy Thompson | 5.5 |
| 2008 | Advanced Mediation Ethics | Northern Virginia Mediation Service | 6 |
| 2008 | Advanced Collaborative Law Training | Bill Eddy | 6 |
| 2007 | Advanced Mediation Training | Northern Virginia Mediation Service | 6 |