Continued working on contested custody and divorce cases, preparing Pleadings, Proffers, Discovery, conducting Depositions, Judicial Settlement Conferences and contested Hearings; aided in back-office hearing preparation, drafting questions and arguments, preparing Exhibits and witnesses; and aiding in office administration to capture expenses, billable hours and office processes, to include practice management for files.

Applied all the marketing that I had learned in my own firm, to include networking, seminars, and drafting Newsletters and a booklet; and completed contested custody and divorce cases, to include representation of children as a Guardian ad Litem.

In managing my own firm, negotiated and drafted separation agreements; completed divorces, both contested and uncontested; argued custody, visitation and child support battles; completed multiple Estate Plans; and handled various matters from partition suits to business formation.

Negotiated Consent Orders, Pendente Lite Orders, Separation Agreements; handled contested divorces, child custody, visitation, support; litigated criminal misdemeanors, landlord-tenant, traffic; and drafted estate planning matters.