Welcome Christine!
I like Stu Webb's suggestion that you talk about collaborative law and
show your enthusiasm for it with everyone you meet who asks," what's new
with you?" As you know, I am leaving my mid-size firm (12 lawyers) at
the end of the year to focus on collaborative law, mediation and
settlement advocacy as a sole practitioner. When looking for a desk and
bookcases, the owner of the furniture store asked why I needed the
furniture and 30 minutes later, he had written down "collaborative law"
and our web site for referral to neighbors or friends who might be in
need of help in the future. At the bench bar holiday party, a civil
litigator mistook me for someone else; I introduced myself and ten
minutes later he was asking if collaborative law could extend to his
area of law. Have faith and we will help each other make this
transition.
Sue
Suzanne L. Brunsting, Esq.
202 Clovercrest Drive
Rochester, New York 14618
sbrunst1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
as of January 1, 2004: (585)244-4239
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Subject: [CollabLaw] New Member
Welcome Christine !
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Name: Christine D. Gordon
Firm name: Christine D. Gordon
Address: 63 Ward Lane
City: Fairport
State: NY
Zip: 14450
Phone: Office: 585-377-4763
Phone: Home: 585-377-9002
FAX: 585-377-4763
Eddress: cdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web site:
Area(s) of practice: Primarily collaborative family law
Any trainings in Collaborataive Law:
3 in 2003: (1) 2 days in Ithaca, NY, basic training (2) 2 days in
Rochester, NY, interdisciplinary (3) 2 days in St. Catherines, Ontario,
Canada, jointly attended by Canadian and US attorneys.
What is your interest in Collaborative Law? I am reopening my law
practice specifically for the purpose of practicing collaborative family
law. I was admitted to New York State bar in 1978. I worked as law
clerk in NY appellate and trial courts for about 13 years, including
court with heavy matrimonial caseload, for which I mediated settlements,
researched contested issues, advised court as to outcomes in contested
matters, and processed default divorces. For the next 5 years I was in
private general practice with emphasis on family law including court
appointed law guardian work. For the next 5 years I left active
practice of law to teach elementary school children in urban setting. I
am returning to active practice of law specifically for purpose of
practicing collaborative family law and helping to establish it in
Rochester, NY, area where we have large and active professional
collaborative family law organization: Association of Collaborative
Family Law Attorneys.!
I have not yet had my first collaborative law case. I am working
with other attorneys who are at beginnings of building a collaborative
law practice. We have many attorneys who are able and extremely
interested in collaborative law, and we have the support of the local
bar. The big question is, how do we get collaborative clients? More
experienced collaborative attorneys are recommending that we work with
regular clients who come in the door for divorces. However, that does
not work for those of us who are at the beginning of building our
practices and don't yet have clients of any kind coming in the door. I
see this issue of incorporating new attorneys into collaborative
network, and helping them get clients, as vital for survival of
collaborative law.
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