Lisa C. Matthews is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist, a Collaborative Divorce Attorney, and a qualified Family and Juvenile Court Mediator. She has spent years working with the Louisiana State Bar Association, judges, attorneys, mental health professionals, financial professionals, and community agencies in an effort to make the legal system more responsive to the needs of families in transition. Ms. Matthews has participated in local, state, national and international presentations about Collaborative Divorce, and served as a keynote speaker at the Annual Meeting of Family Services Australia in Adelaide, Australia in September of 2005.