BIOGRAPHY:
Trained in mediation, collaborative law and family violence
issues, Lisa is committed to helping couples resolve disputes
in a clear compassionate manner. Lisa limits her practice
to collaborative, cooperative and mediation matters in
order to give her clients the reassurance they need to
trust that their disputes will not end up in the adversarial
court system. She is firmly committed to the interdisciplinary
model of collaborative law and believes that clients are
best served by a team approach.
Lisa's conflict resolution training began with alternative
dispute resolution skills training at the University of
Victoria Law School, followed by coursework at the Justice
Institute of British Columbia and the Law Society of British
Columbia. She refocused her law practice on family issues
in the spring of 2003, having previously practiced general
commercial and family law litigation. Lisa is currently
an executive member of the Collaborative Divorce Association
of Vancouver and is the past co-Chair of the Association.
People are more than just their current struggles. We
are beings with deeply held beliefs, hopes and doubts.
For those clients who wish to engage a professional with
a faith perspective, Lisa is involved in a community church
in Kitsilano and works to bring to her practice a respectful
viewpoint of the emotional and spiritual aspects of divorce
and separation.
