Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Divorce Litigation 15%
• Collaborative Divorce 60%
• Mediation 10%
• Divorce Mediation 15%

Honors and Awards

• AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell (Peer Review), 1994 - Present
• Preeminent Attorney on the Bar Register (Peer Review), 2000 - Present
• Tulsa Centennial Award from the Tulsa County Bar Association, for Interventions into High Conflict Divorces
• 2006 Super Lawyers, Oklahoma's 25 Best Women Lawyers, 2006
• 2006 Super Lawyers, Oklahoma Top 17 Family Lawyers, 2006
• 2007 Super Lawyers, Oklahoma's Top 25 Family Lawyers, 2007
• 2008 Outstanding Collaborative Professional, OACP, 2008
• 2008 Super Lawyers, Oklahoma's Top 25 Family Lawyers, 2008

Published Works

• Parenting Coordination: A New Tool for Assisting High-Conflict Families, 75 OBJ 453, 2004
• Paternity: Defining Fatherhood in the Nineties, 64 OBJ 1680, 1993

Classes and Seminars

• Presenter, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, International Convention, Seattle, Washington
• Presenter, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, International Convention, San Antonio, Texas
• Presenter, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Workshop, Breckenridge, Colorado
• Presenter, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Regional Convention, St. Louis, Missouri
• Presenter, Florida Chapter of AFCC
• Presenter, Oklahoma Bar Association
• Presenter, Tulsa County Bar Association
• Presenter, National Business Institute
• Presenter, Oklahoma Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• Family Law Topics, including Parenting Coordination, Discovery, Psychological Privilege, Support Alimony, Law Office Management, and Impact of Divorce on Families, CLE Seminars

Pro Bono Activities

• On the Parenting Coordination Guideline International Task Force for Drafting Committee for the Association of Families and Conciliation Courts
• To Draft the First Parenting Coordinator Statute which was Passed here in Oklahoma
• To Draft Family Court Reforms in Tulsa County which Related the Families in Transition Program. This Program Mandates Early Intervention in Divorces to Resolve Conflict
• As Trustee Board of the Catoosa Library
• As Chair of the Rogers County Planning Commission
• Reporter for Family Law Quarterly, Section of Family Law, American Bar Association
• Authored Family Law Section Form Book Section on Parenting Coordination
• Wrote Amicus Curiae Brief for Constitutionality of the Parenting Coordination Statute
• Significant Contribution to the Drafting of the Families in Transition Plan, a Reformation of Domestic Court in Tulsa County

West Practice Categories

Mediation, Family Law, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Prenuptial Agreements