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About Me
"I help people transform divorce from an ending into a beginning."
Hi !
I'm very glad that you're considering using the Collaborative Practice approach as you move toward dissolving your marriage. Being divorced myself, I know that this is not where you wanted to be when you got married. And I know that you are possibly concerned about all the "war" stories about other divorces. And since you're here, I know that, even if you've decided that your marriage has run its course, you do not want it to conclude in a battle.
I deeply believe in Collaborative Practice. I no longer engage in litigation of any kind. I believe in Collaborative Practice because I firmly believe in the ability of individuals to work together; even in the challenging and emotional process of ending a marriage.
As deeply as I believe that, I also understand that the right support in that process is essential. The 'right' support, in my mind, acknowledges you when things are difficult and keeps you focused on your future. On what you want your post-marriage life to look like. With that focus we can work alongside your soon-to-be-ex in a creative manner to find ways to take what you both had in your marriage and best use it to create what you each will need to move forward.
I take a personal interest in each of my clients. I don't believe that how any other divorce has happened controls in any way what must or even should happen in yours. My intention is always to keep our attention on what will work for YOU, what will meet YOUR needs.
I believe that you are best supported when you have the right professionals in place. And I believe that means each of you having:
- a coach in place to work with your individual goals for the future and with communicating them with each other
- a common neutral financial professional to show you what various options would look like
- attorneys to work with you two to make sure that the agreements you two reach can and do happen
AND all of these professionals to help you two come up with ideas about what can be done so that you two might be able to reach your goals.
I look forward to talking with you about your circumstances.
Whether you use my services as an attorney or as a coach [I can NOT be
both your attorney and your coach]...or we discover that I am not the
right fit for you...I would enjoy talking with you about the full
benefits of Collaborative Practice.
Here is an interview I did with the founder of 
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In the law...
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Rossettie and Rosettie ‑ Corning, NY
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The Legal Aid Society ‑ New York, NY
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Fordham University School of Law ‑ New York, NY ‑ J.D., 1984 (admitted in New York [1963149] and Illinois [06238518])
In counseling...
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Private Counseling Practice - Chicago, IL. Licensed Professional Counselor [IL 178-000842]; National Certified Counselor [210381]
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University of Notre Dame ‑ Notre Dame, IN ‑ MA, Psychology, 1977
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Fordham University ‑ Bronx, NY ‑ BS, Psychology, 1975
COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE INVOLVEMENT
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Member since 2001, Board member 2002-2004
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Founder, Executive Director, 2010-present
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Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois
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Member 2002-2009, Board member 2002-2006
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Member since 2004
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Creator and Moderator of CollabLaw, the international email listServe for Collaborative Professionals to share ideas and experiences and improve as Collaborative Professionals [since 2000]
CERTIFICATES AND TRAININGS
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Family and Divorce Mediation through DePaul University
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Nonviolent Communication Skills through LifeLink Corporation
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Coaching for Clinicians through MentorCoach
MAJOR PRESENTATIONS
"There is an 'I' in Team, New Mexico Collaborative Law Symposium, May, 2008
Bringing Visioning to the Collaborative Tool Box, IACP Forum, Toronto, 2007
"Relationships? Sure. They’re all about me. ' Annual Conference of The International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers, Monterey, CA, April, 2006
Featured speaker at "The Role of the Peacemaker in Healing Polarization. Summer Peace Camp for Lawyers." Renaissance Lawyer Society, Black Mountain, NC, July, 2005
Panelist, "Alternative Dispute Resolution: New Opportunities" at Chicago Bar Association, January, 2004
"Collaborative Family Law" at Forum of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Kansas City, September, 2003
Panelist, "Emerging Models for Collaboration" at International Academy of Collaborative Professionals annual forum, Galveston, November, 2002
Featured instructor at "Creating Value in Collaborative Practice", Cincinnati, Ohio, September, 2002
Featured Tele-class Speaker for The Renaissance Lawyer Society, January, 2001
Presentation on listening skills to the Annual Conference of The International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers, Chicago, September, 2000
ARTICLES
"May I Have a Moment of Your Time? Regular Debriefing Improves the Collaborative Team’s Efectiveness", with Linda Solomon, LPC, LMFT, The Collaborative Review, Summer 2007 Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 14-15
"SHIFTING GEARS: How Do I know If I’ve Made the Paradigm Shift?", The Collaborative Review, Winter, 2006. Volume 8, Issue 3, pp 7-9
"Stepping Off the Edge": 'Threads' from the Collaborative ListServ, The Collaborative Review, Oct, 2002, V 4-2, p 22 (editor)
"Why Lawyers
Can't Hear." First published by the International Alliance of
Holistic Lawyers, 2002
Reprinted with permission by the Florida Bar Association, April, 2005
and by the AARP Legal Hotlines, Summer, 2005
"Healing Polarization by Listening", Cutting Edge Law magazine, V1-1, (pending)
M.A., J.D., L.P.C.
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773-292-3456
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