Areas of Practice

• Child Custody and Visitation
• Child Support and Alimony
• Collaborative Practice
• Domestic Violence
• Enforcement
• Mediation
• Paternity
• Property
• Relocation

Education

• St. Lawrence University-BA, 1980
• Washington University, St. Louis-JD, 1983

Professional Activities

• RELATED TRAINING:
• Divorce Mediation, 40 hours, AFM, 1987
• Child Custody Mediation, 16 hours, UMSL, 1994
• Divorce Mediation, 32 hours, UMSL, 1994
• Family Dynamics, 16 hours, UMSL, 1994
• Divorce Mediation, 8 hours, UMSL, 1995
• Domestic Violence and Mediation, 8 hours, UMSL, 1995
• Basic Collaborative Family Law, 8 hours, CFLA, 2002
• Basic Collaborative Family, 16 hours, CFLA, 2003
• Introductory Collaborative Family Law, 15 hours, CFLA, May 2003
• Advanced Mediation Techniques, 6.5 hours, AFCC, November 2003
• Intermediate Collaborative Law, 16 hours, CFLA, May 2004
• Advanced Mediation Training, 8 hours, AFCC, March 2005
• Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, 16 hours, CFLA, May 2005
• Interdisciplinary Collaborative Family Law Practice, 3.6 hours, CFLA, October 2005
• Collaborative Family Law, 16 hours, January 2006
• Intermediate Interdisciplinary Collaborative Coaching, 12 hours, CFLA, May 2006
• Ethics of Collaborative Practice, 3 hours, CFLA, May 2006
• Unique Skills for Exceptional Results in Negotiation, Persuasion and Conflict Resolution, 6.5 hours, The Likeable Lawyer, June 2007
• Innovative Models of Lawering: Collaborative Law and Other Processes, 2 hours, MU Law School, October 2007
• ACTIVITIES:
• CFLA, Founding president 2003-2004, board member 2005, member 2006 to present
• Academy of Family & Conciliation Courts, Local planning group member and newsletter editor, 2007-2008
• International Association of Collaborative Professionals, member 2007-2008
• Association for Conflict Resolution, Advanced practitioner member -- Family Law Section, 2006-2007
• Association of Missouri Mediators, board member 2007-2008

Professional Licenses

• Attorney, Missouri-1983