AAML Certified Arbitrator
No
University/Year/Degree
University of Vermont, 1984, BA
Law School/Year/Degree
Pace University, 1993, JD
AAML National Positions Held.:
2013 - 2014 Treasurer; 2013 - 2014 - CLE Chair
AAML Chapter Positions Held:
Chapter President
CLE Presentations:
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “The Voice of the Child: Obtaining and Presenting Reliable Information from Children.”, San Diego, CA, September 2019; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Webinar, “I won’t Go and You Can’t Make Me”: Children Resisting/Refusing Contact with a Parent in High Conflict Custody Cases. 2018; • 2018 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter; Psychological & Custody Evaluations in Family Matters; • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Resisting Contact: Why and How Children Resist Contact with a Parent.”, San Diego, CA, September 2017; • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Will the Bough Break? Legal and Mental Health Interventions for Children Who Resist or Refuse a Relationship with a Parent.”, San Diego, CA, September 2017; • 2016 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, Double Dips – Property vs. Cash Flow Issues, Normalizing Compensation and Dealing with Modifications; • 2015 Connecticut Bar Association, Annual Meeting, “Custody 911: Handling Emergencies from Start to Finish,” June, 2015; • 2014 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, Admitting Electronic Evidence; • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Court Involved Therapists”, Washington, D.C., September 2013; • 2012 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, Advanced Custody Seminar - Alienation; • National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts – Connecticut Chapter, “Business Valuations in Divorce”, October, 2012; • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/ Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, “Interviewing Children”, Philadelphia, PA., September 2011; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, How to Keep Up With and Effective Use Case Law, 2010; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, How to Navigate the Landmines of Motion Practice, 2007; • Rhode Island Family Court/Rhode Island Inns of Court, Seminar on Comparative Cross-Examination of a Psychologist Child custody Evaluator, Warick, Rhode Island, May 2010; • “Civil Unions, Making and Breaking Them”, Connecticut Bar Association 2005; • “Trading Spaces”, Connecticut Bar Association, 2005; • “Business Valuations”, Connecticut Bar Association, November, 2003 and May, 2005;• “Recent Developments in Family Law”, Fairfield County Bar Association, 1998 – present; • “Recent Developments in Family Law”, Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1997 – 2011, 2016 and 2018, 2019; Connecticut Bar Association Family Law Section monthly meetings, 1997 – 2011
Offices held in Legal and Professional Organizations (please detail with dates):
Overcoming Barriers, President 2021 - ; Overcoming Barriers Board Member - 2019 - Present; General Editor of LexisNexis Practice Guide: Connecticut Family Law, initially published in April 2013 and updated annually; Author of three chapters in LexisNexis Practice Guide: Connecticut Family Law, initially published in April 2013 and updated annually; Connecticut Bar Assn: Family Law Section Chair, 2007-2008; Family Law Section, Executive Comm. Member 1995-2015, Connecticut Family Lawyer, Editor-in-Chief.
