Cynthia Anson

Cynthia Anson has extensive experience in the practice of family law in Arizona. Upon graduation from the College of Law at the University of Arizona, she clerked at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two. After working for a large Tucson law firm, she opened her own office located at 3615 N. Prince Village Place. She represents clients in Pima and other southern Arizona counties. Cynthia is active in the community, having served as state president of the Arizona Women Lawyers Association, and as a board member of the Tucson Community Food Bank, the Business Development Finance Corporation, and other local organizations. She is committed to finding new and better ways to resolve family legal issues.

3615 N. Prince Village Pl., Suite 181, Tucson, Arizona 85719
Telephone: (520) 320-9595
Email: clanson@aol.com

John J. Assini

Always having had a great concern for people in distress, and especially children, my career began as a grade school teacher in Oracle, Arizona in 1981. After 6 years of teaching, I felt I needed a larger challenge so I enrolled in the University of Arizona School of Law. Upon graduating in 1994, I established my law practice. My practice consists of approximately 80% family law situations that being, divorce, child custody and child support. The remaining 20% consists of personal injury cases. My main objective has always been to alleviate as much stress as possible for my clients and their children and to provide the highest quality of service I possibly can. I pride myself on handling difficult cases with promptness, efficiency and always the utmost professionalism and I expect the same from my staff.

7493 N. Oracle Rd., Suite 213, Tucson, Arizona 85704-6332
Telephone: (520) 742-0036
Email: jackassini@hotmail.com

Peter Axelrod

Peter Axelrod has specialized exclusively in family law since 1980. He has extensive experience in all facets of representing clients, including collaborative law, mediation and traditional representation. In order to better respond to his clients' needs, Peter has earned a Master's Degree in Counseling & Guidance. His counseling experience is used to help better understand client needs and to ensure skillful communications with opposing attorneys. Having taken hundreds of divorce cases to court over the years and seeing the undue burdens placed on clients by the adversary system, Peter helped lead the effort to organize and then became a founding member of the Collaborative Law Group of Southern Arizona.

177 N. Church Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85701
Telephone: (520) 622-6075 Fax: (520) 743-7387
Email: pdaxelrod@earthlink.net
Web site: www.axelrodlaw.com

Minnette Burges

Tucson native Minnette Burges has practiced law in Arizona since 1984 and represents clients throughout the state in all counties. An active Family Law and Divorce practice is a hallmark of her law practice which also includes art law, employment law, and civil rights litigation. An attorney with compassion for clients and a commitment to collaborative process and resolution, Minnette works effectively to achieve optimal results for clients. Minnette encourages all divorce clients to consider the collaborative law process where the greatest opportunities come from the fundamental shift from adversarial confrontation toward cooperative decision making.

Law Offices of Minnette Burges
177 N. Church Ave., Suite 808, Tucson, Arizona 85701
Telephone: (520) 884-5514
Email: burgeslaw@aol.com

Dean Christoffel

Dean Christoffel has been in private practice since 1974 and is a certified Domestic Relations Specialist. He is presently a member of the Executive Council of the Family Law Section of the State Bar and Chairman of the Family Law Section of the Pima County Bar Association. Dean has received training in mediation and Collaborative Law and has been a Settlement Conference Judge Pro Tempore for 10 years. Dean is active in Rotary, History and Southern Writers Book Clubs, scuba diving (Certified Cave Driver), bicycling and is the owner of a very sweet, yellow Harley.

West, Christoffel & Zickerman, PLLC
2870 N Swan Rd., Suite 100 Tucson, Arizona 85712
Telephone: (520) 790-7337 Fax: (520) 748-0852
Email: dean@wczlaw.com
Web Site: www.wczlaw.com

Robert M. Hersch

Robert graduated from Seattle University Law School in 1977. He began his private law practice in 1988 after working for several years as an Assistant Tucson City Attorney and as corporate counsel for a real estate firm. Robert has extensive divorce mediation training and for the past twelve years has participated as a mediation trainer. Robert's law practice focuses on divorce and family law, real estate, business and estate planning, so he has expertise in the various areas of law that affect divorcing couples. Robert is one of the founding members of the Collaborative Law Group of Southern Arizona.

Robert Michael Hersch, Attorney at Law
3056 N. Country Club Rd., Tucson, Arizona 85716
Telephone: (520) 325-1515 Fax: (520) 325-0951
Email: rhersch@aol.com
Web Site: www.RobertMHersch.com

Gail F. Jansen

I have worked as an attorney in Tucson, Arizona, for over 25 years, concentrating on the area of family law for 25 years. Collaborative Law is a good fit for my style as a family law attorney. I listen thoroughly to all the concerns of my client, and maintain open communication. I value integrity and honesty from all parties. My goal is to achieve a settlement of all issues that is comprehensive and fair. I advocate for my client an agreement that promotes healing, and sets a positive tone for the future. I am particularly concerned that the needs of children in domestic cases are given the highest priority, and that the best interest of the children is the foundation of the agreement reached regarding custody, visitation and child support.

2930 N. Swan Rd. Suite 210, Tucson, Arizona 85712
Telephone: (520) 886-7590
Email: gailjansen@cox.net
Web Site: www.gailjansen.com

Michael Johnson

I personally experienced the financial and emotional benefits of the collaborative divorce process during my own divorce. That approach is far less stressful than the traditional adversarial process, especially when children are involved. Since graduating from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1996, my practice in Arizona, Colorado and Montana has focused primarily on divorce related matters with an emphasis on mediation, conflict resolution and collaborative divorce. I care for my clients, respond promptly to their calls and offer convenient payment options.

177 N. Church Ave., Suite 311, Tucson, Arizona 85701
Telephone: (520) 622-0065
Email: mj@proroom.net

Roy N. Martin

I am a graduate of Johns Hopkins University (Bachelor's Degree, 1985), and of the University of Arizona (1996, Magna Cum Laude). Having graduated 13th in a class of 164, and having served on law review, I nevertheless chose to practice domestic relations law because it is profoundly meaningful to me. In my first year of law school, I went through an extremely difficult divorce. I completed law school while serving as the sole custodian of two children. I now practice law while raising my children on my own. These experiences have given me empathy for those who are dealing with a difficult divorce. Collaborative Divorce is humane and responsive to the needs of clients. It creates an emotionally safe environment for both spouses and their children.

177 N. Church Ave., Suite 200, Tucson, Arizona 85701
Telephone: (520) 628-8900
Email: info@roymartinpc.com
Web Site: www.creativedivorce.com

Alyce Pennington

Alyce Pennington began practicing law in 1982, and has extensive experience in family law, mediating, and negotiating settlements in difficult cases. Alyce has been certified as a specialist in family law since 1995. She has been appointed to represent children and incapacitated adults in difficult family law matters, and acts as a Special Master or Arbitrator in many cases. Her practice focuses on family law and elder law. Alyce feels it is important to give back to the community through volunteer work. She believes that Collaborative Divorce can help families through what can otherwise be a very alienating and painful process.

DeConcini McDonald Yetwin and Lacy, PC
2525 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 200, Tucson, Arizona 85716-5300
Telephone: (520) 322-5000
Email: apennington@dmyl.com
Web Site: www.deconcinimcdonald.com

Deborah Pratte

Deborah Pratte has practiced family law in Tucson for over 22 years. She was one of the first attorneys in Pima County to be certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a Family Law Specialist. In addition to being a member of the State Bar family law section, she is a member of the Federal Bar Association and the White Mountain Apache Bar Association. Along with two other attorneys, she founded and organized this collaborative group. Deborah has participated in further studies in Collaborative Law in Vancouver (2003), Boston (2004) and Atlanta (2005). Deborah's years as a litigator and a negotiator have led her to believe that partners who choose Collaborative Law can successfully conclude their family law matters in a humane way with integrity.

2826 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona 85712
Telephone: (520) 882-2800
Email: deborahpratte@worldnet.att.net
Web Site: www.deborahpratte.com

Keith Singer

Keith Singer practices Domestic Relations and Juvenile Law. He also serves as a court-appointed child advocate in both the Adult Superior Court and the Juvenile Court. From the time he was a teenager until shortly after he became a lawyer, Mr. Singer worked with youth and families in summer camping and year-round informal education. Mr. Singer was licensed to practice law in 1998; he worked as a Family Law trial lawyer at two successive firms under two of Arizona's Best Family Law lawyers, and has been in solo practice since 2003. Mr. Singer has extensive training and experience in high-conflict Family Law litigation involving custody, parenting time, child support, spousal maintenance, property and debt division, business and asset valuation, and post-litigation enforcement. Knowing first hand how destructive the traditional trial process can be for families and lawyers, Mr. Singer is committed to a collaborative and non-adversarial experience with those who are likewise committed. In his spare time, he takes RV adventures throughout the Southwest and Mexico, hikes with his golden retrievers, Jake and Anne, and cruises the East Coast Intercoastal Waterway and the Sea of Cortez in sailboats.

2302 E. Speedway, Suite 104 Tucson, Arizona 85719
Telephone: 795-1800 Fax: 795-0808
Email: kas@azbar.org

Edina Strum

Edina Strum graduated the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2002 and is in practice with West, Christoffel & Zickerman, P.L.L.C where she focuses her practice primarily on domestic relations. Edina is deeply committed to resolving family law cases through the Collaborative Divorce model or mediation. Edina believes the intensely personal nature of divorce cases demand the respect each party is given by working through this complex legal issue without added fear and hostility trial often brings to the process. In her off-hours, Edina is an avid yoga practitioner, bicyclist and photographer.

West, Christoffel & Zickerman, PLLC
2870 N. Swan Road, Suite 100 Tucson, Arizona 85712
Telephone: 790-7337 Fax: 748-0852
Email: eas@wczlaw.com
Web Site: www.wczlaw.com

Thomas T. Tilton

Thomas T. Tilton, a practicing attorney in Tucson, Arizona for 30 years, received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, and his law degree from the University of Arizona. His practice consists primarily of domestic experience in the area of Domestic Relations/Mediation. Tom is one of the founding members of the Collaborative Law Group of Southern Arizona. Tom is committed to the concept of collaborative resolution-of helping clients resolve conflict using cooperative strategies rather than adversarial techniques and litigation. Creativity and achieving settlement through cooperation between the parties is far superior to litigating the matter in Court.

459 N. Granada Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85701-8213
Telephone: (520) 622-4622
Email: Tilton@TiltonandSolot.com

Natalie Wright

Natalie helps families resolve their conflicts peacefully so they can move on with their lives. Natalie is one of the most well-trained and experienced Collaborative Attorneys in Tucson. After litigating divorce issues for more than 12 years, Natalie now limits her practice to cases using Mediation or Collaborative Divorce process.

Natalie is a founding member of the CLGSA. She received her initial training in and has offered collaborative services since 2001. Natalie is also trained as a Mediator and has participated in advanced Collaborative Divorce studies in Vancouver (2003) and Phoenix (2006). Natalie earned both her Bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, with Highest Distinction, and her law degree from the Ohio State University. Natalie is a member of the State and Federal bars as well as the International Association of Collaborative Professionals and the National and Arizona chapters of the Association for Conflict Resolution.

Law Office of Natalie Wright
2826 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona 85712
Telephone: (520) 628-1929 Fax:(520) 318-3667
Email: wrightfirm@aol.com
Web Site: www.tucsonmediation.com

Sarah Wright

Sarah Wright has practiced law in Tucson since 1999. Upon graduation from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, she practiced at two of Tucson's largest and most prestigious law firms, Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. and DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy, P.C. In August, 2006, Sarah founded a boutique law firm, Wright & Yonan PLLC, where she focuses her practice on domestic relations and alternative dispute resolution processes.

Sarah's philosophy in handling domestic relations cases is to resolve most cases short of litigation. In her experience, the emotional and financial toll a family endures in a fully litigated case is not productive. Further, they lose control over the outcome. The collaborative model fits well with Sarah’s approach to domestic relations cases, creating an environment where the possibilities for successful resolution are maximized. Sarah is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and has received training as a mediator and in Collaborative Law. In her free time, Sarah loves to travel and enjoys running, hiking, and photography. For more information regarding Sarah and her legal practice, please view www.wrightazlaw.com.

WRIGHT & YONAN PLLC
1050 East River Road, Suite 202, Tucson, AZ 85718
Telephone: (520) 512-5444 Fax: (520) 844-8113
Alternate Fax: (520) 293-7326
Email: swright@wrightazlaw.com
Web Site: www.wrightazlaw.com