• Recipient of the AAML 2008 Michael Cohen Award for contributing greatly over the years to the continuing
education of lawyers in the area of Family Law
• Selected by her peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in Family Law and Illinois SuperLawyer
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1992 – present
• Past member, Illinois AAML Chapter Board of Governors, Illinois Delegate to national AAML Board of Governors
• Member of the family law sections and committees of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois
State Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association, and American Bar Association
• Past President of the Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County.
• Mediation training at CDR Associates in Boulder, Colorado, 1993.
• Collaborative Law training, 2003.
• Fellow, Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois
• Founding member of the Collaborative Family Law Professionals of the North Shore and the
Center for
Collaborative Practice, LLC.
• Faculty for Mediation Training offered by the AAML, DePaul University and Mediation
Training and
Consultation Institute, Ann Arbor MI.
