I am a licensed attorney and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® with over twenty years of experience helping people solve their problems.

 

My mediation training includes:

  • Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation

    • Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

  • Orange County Human Relations

    • Divorce Mediation

    • Advanced Mediation Training

    • Civil Harassment and Online Dispute Resolution

  • Pepperdine Law School, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

    • Family Law Mediation

  • Loyola Center for Conflict Resolution -

    • Divorce Mediation

    • Community Mediation

  • Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

    • Mediation

  • Southern California Family Mediation

    • Parenting Plans

    • Contested Adoptions

  • Centinela Youth Services

    • Restorative Justice

 

I have Mediated with these organizations:

  • Orange County Human Relations

    • Divorce Mediation - Day of Trial Divorce Mediation

  • Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office

  • Loyola Law School Center for Conflict Resolution

    • Staff Mediator

      • Divorce

      • Family Mediation

      • Condominium and Home Owners Associations

      • Landlord/Tenant

      • Consumer Debt

  • Southern California Family Mediation

    • LA County Superior Court - Juvenile Division

      • Parenting Plans

      • Contested Adoptions

  • Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs.

    • Day of trial mediation in Los Angeles County Superior Court

    • Community mediation

  • Centinela Youth Services

    • Victim Offender Restitution

    • Family Mediation

    • Restorative Justice

 

Family Law Attorney

  • Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law

 

Professional Licenses and Credentials

  • State Bar of California

  • Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts

    • Certified Divorce Financial Analyst

  • State of California, Department of Insurance - Qualified Mediator

  • Society for Human Resources Management, Sr. Practitioner

 

Professional Memberships

  • State Bar of California

  • Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts

  • Southern California Mediation Association

 

Awards for Mediation and the Practice of Law

  • Excellence in Child & Family Mediation

    • Southern California Family Mediation

  • Certificate of Tribute

    • Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law

    • “…commitment to stopping domestic violence, improving the welfare of poor children, and assuring equal justice in the family courts.”

  • Certificate of Appreciation, 2019 and 2020

    • Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Division

    • “For devoting time and service to mediation at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Division.”

  • Wiley W. Manuel Certificate

    • The State Bar of California

    • “…provision of legal services to the poor or disadvantaged, improving the law and the legal system and increasing access to justice.”

 

Formal Education

  • University of Cincinnati, JD 1996

  • Ohio University, BA 1986

 

Additional Training - a Partial List

  • Divorce Mediation - Orange County Human Relations

  • Fundamentals of Divorce - Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts

  • Financial Issues of Divorce - Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts

  • Tax Issues of Divorce - Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts

 

I have helped many people and I can help you.

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