I began my legal career as a juvenile dependency attorney.I spent nearly five years working full-time for dependency parents and children.That experience taught me how to be a strong and compassionate attorney, both in the courtroom and out.When Child Protective Services are involved, it is crucial to have a skilled dependency attorney working for you. The same goes for a family law case where your time with your children are at risk.Court-appointed attorneys often have over 200 clients per attorney. My practice has a limit of no more than 35 active clients. Whether its a juvenile dependenc...
Although our whole firm prides itself on being "warriors in court," I believe that I have a calling to spread the word to folks that there are alternatives to going to court. There are alternatives like mediation, collaborative law and cooperative law. People in our firm, and myself, had to take extra training, often at substantial expense and in other states, to be able to offer those alternative dispute methods for our clients. Now I have hobbies of "spreading the word" about those alternatives. I appear on TV, often with other members of our firm. I appear on radio. I write and blog. ...