CHRISTINA LITTLEFIELD has practiced family law in the San Francisco Bay Area for over twenty five years. A Certified Specialist in Family Law approved by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, she is a co-founder of the original Alameda County Collaborative Practice Group, and has served as a board member of a number of family law bench and bar associations, Collaborative Practice organizations, and the Mills College Alumnae Association. Her practice emphasizes alternative dispute resolution including Collaborative Practice, mediation, consulting, and cooperative and unbundled litigation. She has served as a Judge Pro Tem, a privately appointed Judge, and a Special Master for the Superior Court and as an Arbitrator for the Alameda County Bar Association. She was the Coordinator of the Southern Alameda County Domestic Violence Law Project. Chris graduated from Mills College, the University of Maryland, and the King Hall School of Law at the University of California, Davis, where she was a Law Review author and editor. Chris is the mother of a teenager and supports youth organizations in the bay area. Chris has co-chaired the Collaborative Practice California state wide conference and has been a delegate every year.