Honors and Awards:

• Recipient of the Best Lawyers' 2012 Denver Family Law Mediation Lawyer of the Year Award, Outstanding Alumni Professional Award from the University of Denver College of Law and the Family Law Icon Award from the Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section.  Listed: The Best Lawyers in America.  Martindal-Hubbell AV Premier Peer Review Rated and listed in the Registrar of Preeminent Women Attorneys.

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• MSJA: University of Denver College of Law.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member of the American, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations.  Member of the Executive Council of the Colorado Bar Association Famly Law Executive Council, past chairman of the Denver and Colorado Bar Associations Dispute Resoloution Sections, past member of the Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors, and past president of the Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee.  Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and a Member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Colorado Women's Bar Association. 

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Member and past Member of the Board of Directors for the Colorado Judicial Institute. 

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Author: Parenting Plans For Families After Divorce (2011); "Child-Inclusive Divorce: The 2008 Family Law Survey," Colorado Lawyer (October 2008); "WholeChild Parenting After Divorce," International Education for Peace Conference, Vancouver, Canada (2007); "The Lawyer's Duty to Promote Peace," University of Denver Sturm College of Law Alumni Magazine, (Winter 2007); "The PeaceFinder: Riley McFee's Quest for World Peace," (Balue Fox Publishing Company 2006); Judge's Bench Book, Co-Author/Editor( Colorado Bar Association 2001 and 2006); "Parenting Time in Divorce," 31 Colorado Lawyer 25 (October 2002); "Your ADR Options: Mediation, Arbitration and Collaborative Law," 24 ABA Family Advocate 4, (Spring 2002); "Alternative Dispute Resolution Chapters 37 and 38," Colorado Practice Series, West Publishing Company, (1999); "Creating Parenting Plans That Work," Bradford Publishing Company, (1998); "Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Mediation," 3 MDICCC News, (1995); "The Role of the Attorney in Mediation," 43 Trial Talk 6, (April 1994); "Alternative Dispute Resolution: Restoring the Balance," 20 Colorado Lawyer 1087, (June 1991); "ADR Contract Clauses," 18 Colorado Lawyer 867, (May 1989); "Mediation Revisited: Amendments to the Colorado Dispute Resolution Act," 17 Colorado Lawyer 1297 (July 1988); "Alternative Dispute Resolution," II ESQ 39 (1987).  Frequent lecturer for the Colorado Bar Association and other groups. Adjunct Professor: University of Denver College of Law.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• N/A

Transactions:

• N/A

Representative Clients:

• Confidential

Educational Background:

• University of Denver College of Law: JD 1982; University of Denver College of Law: MSJA 1976; University of Colorado: BS 1964