Areas of Practice

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

Education

• Southern Illinois University-Finance, 1979
• Southern Illinois University-MBA, 1981; Webster University-MA, 1984
• Saint Louis University-JD, 1991

Professional Activities

• RELATED TRAINING:
• Custody Problems and Solutions, 7.2 hours, BAMSL, 2001
• Domestic Violence Mediation, 1.8 hours, AFCC, 2002
• Basic Collaborative Family Law, 8 hours, CFLA, 2002
• Divorce Mediation, 40 hours, Rebecca Magruder, 2003
• Basic Collaborative Family Law, 16 hours, CFLA, 2003
• Advanced Mediation Techniques, 8.5 hours, AFCC, 2003
• Intermediate Collaborative Law, 16 hours, CFLA, 2004
• Interdisciplinary Collaborative Family Law, 3.6 hours, CFLA, 2005
• Booze, Drugs and Custody, 3 hours, AFCC, 2005
• Intermediate Interdisciplinary Collaborative Coaching, 12 hours, CFLA, 2006
• Advanced Mediation Training, 8.5 hours, AFCC, 2006
• Victim-Offender Dialogue Training for Facilitators, 19.5 hours, St. Louis Family Court, 2006
• Alienated Child, 8.4 hours, AFCC, 2007
• Child Custody Evaluations, 4.8 hours, AFCC, 2007
• Father Involvement: Overnights to Parental Alienation, 7 hours, AFCC, 2008
• Yearly Advanced Guardian ad Litem training since 1998.
• PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
• Collaborative Family Law Association, Since 2002
• Board member CFLA, 2006 to present
• Academy of Family & Conciliation Courts, 2003 to present
• Missouri Bar, Family Law Section, member 1991 to present, vice-chair 1999-2000
• BAMSL Family Law Section, 1993 to present
• Legal Advocates for Abused Women, board member since 2000, president 2007 to present
• Family Resource Center, Advocacy Board Member since 2006
• Lawyers for Kids, Board member 1999 to present
• PUBLICATIONS:
• "The Impact of Domestic Violence Allegations in Custody Determinations," St. Louis Bar Journal, Winter, 2001
• Legal Services Volunteer Award, 2003

Professional Licenses

• Attorney, Missouri-1991
• Attorney, Illinois-1992