I am in private practice in Westport, Connecticut, of counsel to the firm of Freshman & McGlynn. I work with couples and individuals who are going through divorce. I also provide training and consulting services for divorce professionals (attorneys, mental health professionals and financial professionals).

My services include:

• Divorce mediation
• Collaborative divorce
• Consultation
• Limited services (unbundled)
• Family Law Software training
• Training in the economic consequences of divorce
• Case conference and co-counsel advisor
• Consultation in divorce and mediation practice development
• Consultation with non-lawyer for professionals in areas related to divorce practice.

I am a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. I am the author of The Friendly Divorce Guidebook for Connecticut, 2nd Edition (Law First Publishing, 2003) and (as co-author) of The Divorce Practice Handbook: Skills and Strategies for the Family Lawyer (Michie, 1994). I contributed chapters to two CT Bar Association books, CT Lawyers’ Deskbook Third Edition and Mediation Practice Book. I am the past Presidentand founding member of the Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation and a founding member of the Collaborative Divorce Attorneys of Fairfield County.

In 1996 I received the American Bar Association Family Law Section’s Chairmen’s Cup for meritorious service to the Section, including service as chairwoman of the Publications Development Board since 1993 and as a faculty member at the Family Law Advocacy Institute since from 1987 to 1993.

I received my undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Maryland in 1972, my JD from the University of Denver College of Law in 1976 and a Master Degree in Liberal Arts form the University of Denver in 1987.

I live in Brooklyn, NY and Meriden, CT.