I help my clients navigate through the emotionally and financially difficult issues connected with divorce. My goal is to create viable and lasting solution that promote family health, respect and dignity for the entire restructured family. Children's and family needs are always a critical and central focus.
My trial experience in family law matters, gained over 30 years, coupled with working closely with clients to bring families out of crisis, gives me unique insight into family dynamics and solutions that will make divorce less painful and restore financial and emotional health. I believe that children's needs must come first and that to restore a broken family back to health, excellent guidance from dedicated professionals is essential.
CURRENT:
Top 25 Female Lawyers in Virginia, Virginia Business Magazine listed every year since 2007
Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia, Virginia Legal Elite
Selected to Superlawyers every year since 2007
Member, Family Law Coalition for the Virginia State Bar
PRIOR:
2012 Best Family Lawyer in Richmond as chosen by Best Lawyers
Past Chair, Virginia State Bar Board of Governors, Family Law Section
Influential Woman in Virginia 2008 ~Listed in Best Lawyers in America
Martindale Hubble's highest AV Preeminet rating
Year | Course Title | Instructor | Hours |
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Basic/ Introductory Collaborative Law or Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training. | |||
2006 | 3-day intoductory Team training | CDTT/Janis Pritchard | 18 |
30-Hr Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills | |||
1996 | mediation training | Mediate-tech | 36 |
Additional 15 hours Intermediate/ Advanced interest-based negotiation, communication skills, collaborative, or basic professional coach training | |||
2008 | 3-day Advanced Team Training | Pauline Tessler | 18 |
Annual 4 hours collaborative continuing education (basic, intermediate, or advanced) | |||
2021 | Use your IACP profile to Maximize your online presence | IACP | 1 |
2021 | Stigmas: gaining more awareness of what we might not know | Einhaus and Picard | 1 |
2021 | Collaborative Law:Clients, Custody and Divorce | Virginia State Bar | 2 |
2020 | What Collaborative Clients Say they want | IACP | 1 |
2020 | Equity, Inclusion and Bias | Dr. David Campt IACP | 1.5 |
2020 | Collaborative Success Stories | Cassell/CPR | 1 |
2020 | CREATING A UNIFIED MARKETING MESSAGE ABOUT COLLABORATIVE | Gigi Robson | 1 |
2020 | Attract Clients by Boosting Your Online Presence | IACP Webinar | 1 |
2019 | The Roles of Collaborative Professionals on the Team | CPR Hunt/Cassel/Robson | 1 |
2019 | The Importance of a Communication Coach on the Collaborative Team | CPR Cassel/ter Haar/Einhaus/Buniva | 1 |
2019 | Small Business Valuation Issues within Collaborative Divorce | CPR/Kerry | 1 |
2019 | Getting Back on your feet post-divorc | CPR/Herlick | 1 |
2019 | Everything you always wanted to know about standards and Ethics but were afraid to ask | IACP Masterclass | 1 |
2018 | The Intersection Between Property Settlement Agreements and Parenting Plans, pt. 2 | Sanford Cassel & Annelise Petry | 1 |
2018 | The Complicated Marriage of Family Law and Estate Planning | Stovall | 1 |
2018 | Protecting Ourselves & Our Clients from Identity Theft | Harrison | 1 |
2018 | Love Yourself First: Top 10 Financial Planning Tips | Jennifer Berdell | 1 |
2018 | Intersection Between Property Settlement Agreements and Parenting Plans, pt 1 | Sanford Cassel | 1.5 |
2017 | The Psychology of Money and its Relevance to Family Law Professionals | Paul Legrand | 1 |
2017 | Creating Durable Parenting Plans in Collaborative Cases | I was the instructor | 1.5 |
2017 | Collaborative Practice and Clergy Forum | Kenny Elkins | 1.5 |
2017 | Case Conference on Reason Cases Fall Out of Collaboration | Sanford Cassel | 1.5 |
2016 | Use of Private Investigators in Collaborative Cases | I was the instructor. | 3 |
2016 | Retirement and Preparation for Retirement During Time of Uncertainty | Paul Legrand | 1 |
2016 | Case Conferencing Protocols | Cassel, Robson | 1 |
2015 | It's not about you, It's about You! From problem solving to Empowerment | Yampolsky and Weiss | 1.5 |
2015 | Collaborative Advocacy: Achievable or an Oxymoron? | Galbraith and Cook | 3 |
2014 | The Collaborative Process and the Challenges of Expectations, Trust and Fairness | Slovin | 6 |
2014 | Real Learnings for the Challenges ol Real World Collaborations | Brunsting | 1.5 |
2014 | False Harmony in Collaborative Teams: It's time to face the music | Soloman | 3 |
2014 | Collaborative Rescue Squad: Emergency Interventions | Lazar | 6 |
2013 | University of Richmond Symposium on the Divorcing Brain | Bolea | 4 |
2013 | Interest-based Negotiation in a Neuroscience Context | CPTI | 6 |
2012 | Collaborative Conversations on Support: a model between Fear and Fairness | 3-C Institute for social development | 6 |
2008 | Intermediate Collaborative Training with Pauline Tessler | Pauline Tessler | 2 |
2008 | Collaborative Practice Seminar for the Virginia State Bar | I was instructor | 1.5 |