Victoria helps clients who want to resolve their separation and divorce wisely, protect important relationships, and move forward with their lives. She brings a recognized capacity to negotiate creative settlements that satisfy her client's interests and values, even when the dynamics are challenging and the issues complex. With over 30 years of experience, Victoria's practice focuses on serving professionals, business owners and their spouses with high net worth or complex financial issues. She provides skillful and compassionate conflict resolution, to foster a respectful process and create optimal results for her clients..Victoria believes that most people faced with separation or divorce are best served by being supported to resolve their matters out of court. Over 13 years ago she confined her practice to Collaborative Practice and Mediation. Victoria is a member of Chestnut Collaborative Solutions, a group of independent CP professionals in 2 Toronto locations, delivering cutting edge conflict resolution services to family clients. .Victoria is committed to supporting the evolution of the legal profession from traditional adversarial advocacy to conflict resolution advocacy. She is Adjunct Professor of Collaborative Lawyering at Osgoode Hall Law School. She is an internationally recognized trainer in the process of Collaborative Practice, settlement advocacy, effective interdisciplinary teams, negotiation and communication skills. Victoria is co-author of "Collaborative Family Law, Another Way to Resolve Family Disputes", published by Carswell. She is a Certified Comprehensive Mediator with Family Mediation Canada, and a Chartered Mediator with ADR Institute of Canada. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Collaborative Practice Toronto and a former director of the IACP. Specialties: Collaborative Lawyer, Mediator, Adjunct Professor of Collaborative Lawyering, and Collaborative Practice, advocacy and negotiation Trainer.