I have lived and practiced family law in Colorado since 2005, after moving from Massachusetts, where I began practicing law in 1990, and New Hampshire, where I became licensed in 1995.  While I had a more varied practice on the east coast, including civil litigation, family law, social security disabilty, equine law, and assisting veterans with benefit claims, I have focused exclusively on representation of parties in family law disputes for the past 21 years.  I take great pride in representing people who are trying to move forward from highly stressful conflicts with a former spouse or signficant other.  Neither the disputes nor the legal process are very easy to naviagte for parties involved in family law litigation.  People are frightened that they will lose their assets, their home and access to their children.  I help people move through the legal system as smoothly as possible and I advocate on their behalf to recieve the most assets and access to their children that the law provides in their specific situation.  

I recognize that for the vast majority of people, mediation is a less stressful and more cost effective manner of resolving their disputes.  Therefore, I completed mediation training through the Colorado Bar Association and have been mediating family law disputes and resolving disputes for couples in conflict since 2008.