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My practice is limited to family law mediation and the negotiation and drafting of pre-nuptial agreements. I also represent children in custody cases and act as a parenting coordinator.
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Locations Served
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- Clakamas County
- Columbia County
- Marion County
- Multnomah County
- Tillamook County
- Washington County
- Yamhill County
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Practice Areas
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Domestic Relations: Cooperative/Adoption
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Domestic Relations: Dissolution/Divorce
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Domestic Relations: Financial Issues
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Approach to Practice / Form of Mediation
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I approach mediation from a practical standpoint: It is my role as mediator to facilitate and educate clients to become empowered to make educated and informed decisions for themselves, their families and their future. I follow a step by step approach: assisting clients to gather relevant information, balance communication, generate options, and when both parties have had their say and been heard, to negotiate a mutually agreeable settlement. I meet with clients together and in separate conference rooms, as they may need.
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Background
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After 12 years as a litigator, 7 solely in family law, I turned my practice to full-time family law mediation in 1994. I have successfully mediated over 1,000 cases. I am on the executive board of the Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners and have and am a Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution. In 1996-97 I, along with a colleage, created the parenting education classes now taught in Multnomah and Clackamas Counties.
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Education/Training
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Harvard University, BA; Boston College Law School, JD, 1981;
Denver University Law School Graduate Tax Program coursework, Center for Dispute Resolution, Boulder, CO, Mediation Training,1991, Harvard Univeristy Law School, Advanced Mediation Training, 2002. Various mediation conferences and workshops. Active member of the Oregon State Bar and the Multnomah Bar Association.
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