ATTORNEY AT LAW / ACCREDITED MEDIATOR
COLLABORATIVE FAMILY PRACTITIONER and TRAINER
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55 Bridge Avenue Ph. 732-842-6939
Red Bank, NJ 07701 Fax 732-842-6775
COMMITMENT TO SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR FAMILIES IN TRANSITION
COLLABORATION TRAINING and EXPERIENCE:
One of the initiators of the collaborative practice movement in New Jersey
Founding member and past President of Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group
Founding Member of New Jersey State Council of Collaborative Law Groups
Basic Collaborative Practice Training – July 2005
Advanced Collaborative Practice Training, July 2005, July 2006, July 2007
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law Training August 2007
IACP Forum/Training- Oct. 2007, Toronto, Canada; Oct. 2008 New Orleans:
Oct. 2010 Washington, D.C., 2011 San Francisco
No Tech Chat Room Facilitator Oct. 2010 and 2011
Oct. 2013 San Antonio
Trainer-Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group and Practical Collaborative Solutions since February 2008
NJSBA-ADR Day-Role Play of Collaborative four-way June 2008
Collaborative Law and the Future speaker June 2009
The NJ Family Collaborative Law Act speaker 2014
New Jersey Council of Collaborative Practice Groups: Founding Board member 2011
Legislative Committee- (co-Chair)
Website Committee- Chair
Protocols Committee-2013
Forms Committee- 2015
Member: MC Divorce Mediation & Collaborative Professionals
MEDIATION EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
Mediation in family matters since 1997
Institute of Dispute Resolution, Montclair, NJ: 40-hour Mediation Training – March 1997
16-week Internship – May-August 1997
Ocean County Community College, Toms River, NJ: 18-hour Civil Mediation Training
– Ocean County Surrogate’s Court Bar Panel Mediations: June 1999
– Ocean County Parent Education Pre-Mediation Workshop Speaker: 2000 to 2013
– Ocean & Monmouth County Court Roster Economic Mediator and Liaison: February 2001 to present
– Ocean Monmouth County Foreclosure Program volunteer mediator 2009-2010
– New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators member since 1997
– Executive Vice President 2013-2014
– Secretary 2012-2013
– Board Member 2009-2014
– Accredited Practitioner Member
– 40 hour Divorce Mediation Trainer/Assistant/Speaker
– NJAPM Annual Conference 2010 speaker-Resolving Difficult Financial Issues in Divorce Mediation
– Co-Chair of NJAPM Education Committee
– Co-coordinator of NJAPM Divorce Mediation and Apprenticeship Program
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
New Jersey State Bar Association
Committees: Family Law
Dispute Resolution Section:
Secretary; Executive Board member
Sub. Comm. chair, Collaborative Law
Ocean County Bar Association
President: 1992-1993
Newsletter Committee, Editor: 1994
Family Law Committee, Chair: 1999-2002, Member
Alternate Dispute Resolution: initiated committee/Chair since 2004
Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist: 1982-Present
Judicial Appointment Committee-past member
District Ethics Comm. Past member
Fee Arbitration Comm. Past member
Monmouth County Bar Association: Family Law Committee
Committee on Professionalism
Technology & Publications
Real Estate Committee
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, Accredited Family Practitioner
Executive Vice President 2013-2014
Director 2009-2010, Secretary, 2010-2011
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member since 2006
IACP Committee- Practice Group Development 2013
IACP Committee- Standards 2014, 2015
IACP Ethics Café facilitator at Annual Forum 2014
Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group- founding member 2004:
President 2009
Vice-President-2008 Membership and Advertising Committee
Secretary 2007
Two Rivers Chapter -Pod member since 2011
Marketing/Education Comm. of JSCLG
Strategic Planning Comm. Of JSCLG 2014
Collaborative Divorce Professionals 2014 Podcast and Forms Comm.
2013 Commitment, Leadership and Vision Award from the Jersey
2010 New Jersey Businesswoman of the Year-Ocean Monmouth Chapter NJAWBO Shore Collaborative Group
2009 Professionalism Award from the Ocean County Bar Association and Commission on Professionalism in New Jersey
EDUCATION:
Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ: JD – June 1973
Marymount College, (now Fordham University), Tarrytown, NY: BA – June 1970
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS and AWARDS:
Italian American Cultural Society of Ocean County, Member 1985-Present
Awarded “Businesswoman of the Year”- 1993
Family Planning Program of Ocean County, Past President 1986 and Board Member
New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, Member
Ocean Chapter, Member 1980-2000: Commended for service, September 1989
Vice President of Administration, 1990-91
Former Chair, Newsletter/ Publicity Committee
Monmouth Chapter, Member 2000-present, and V.P. of Public Affairs: 2001
Co-V.P. of Programming, 2007-2008
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
Red Bank Woman Club 2021 to present
NADP-Monmouth Chapter 2021 to present
Shore Women Networking Group
The Rumson Country Day School Board of Trustees: 1993-1999
Publicity Committee Co-Chair; Education Committee, Member
Rivercenter, Red Bank, Marketing Committee
Eastern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce-Membership Committee
