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Margaret L Anderson, AAML, CFLS, JD (Lawyer)

My family law practice is limited to Collaborative Practice and mediation, after 25 years of litigation. I have been honored as a Northern California Super Lawyer and one of the Best Lawyers in America from 2005 through the current year. I have also been recognized as a Honored Fellow of the Northern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial lawyers in 2008. My practice is now limited to collaborative work, mediation, and training other collaborative professionals.
Firm/BusinessName: Law Offices of Margaret L. Anderson
Address(es): Collaborative Practice Center
829 Sonoma Avenue
Santa Rosa CA 95404 USA
Phone: 707-546-4677
Fax: 707-576-8182
Email: mlanders@sonic.net
Website: http://www.margaretlanderson.com

Practice Group Membership
  • Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire
    • Professional Activities
  • I have practiced family law since my admission to the State Bar of California in June 1977. I became a Certified Family Law Specialist in 1983, have been a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1984, and volunteered my time for eight years to the State Bar of California Family Law Section Executive Committee, serving as Chair and as liaison to the California legislature. I have served a three-year term on the Family Law Advisory Commission of the State Bar of California, and am the Chair of the Commission for 2007-2008. Extensive training in mediation in the 1980's, and more recent training in collaborative practice, have led me to a shift of my practice to exclusively collaborative and mediation matters. I have been involved in the formation of the Sonoma County Bar Association Family Law Section, the leadership of the Sonoma County Bar Association Collaborative Law Section, and the formation and leadership (elected Vice President in 2004 and Secretary in 2006) of the Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire, an interdisciplinary association of collaborative professionals which include the legal areas of family law, civil law, and probate law. In 2006 I was named one of the top 50 female lawyers in Northern California by San Francisco Magazine, and was also included in each annual edition of Best Lawyers in America since 2006.
    • Professional Licenses
  • Certified Family Law Specialist, State Bar of California
  • Juris Doctor (Law) degree
    • General Comments
    Thirty years ago, when I began my practice, family law looked very different from how it looks today. In the early 80's, the mediation movement took root among Sonoma County divorce lawyers, well ahead of its acceptance in other parts of the country.



    Collaborative practice is yet another significant progression in the legal culture. Sonoma County family lawyers, civil lawyers, probate lawyers and other collaborative colleagues, are in the forefront of a shift in how lawyers, therapists, financial and other professionals, provide support and advocacy for spouses, partners, parents and children, neighbors, employers and employees in resolving conflicts and restructuring their ongoing relationships.



    I have been part of these developments, since 1977. I am committed to the collaborative process, and encourage families, businesses, and other legal consumers to consider and choose collaborative dispute resolution.
    Areas of Practice
  • Collaborative Law
  • Family Law
  • Mediation
    • Education
    Undergraduate Education
    No response provided.
    Post-graduate Education
    Juris Doctor degree earned from University of San Francisco, Dec. 1976
    Professional Education
    Extensive training in mediation through the Center for the Development of Mediation in Law, Mill Valley, CA

    15 units completed toward LL.M. Taxation at Golden Gate Univ.

    J.D. - University of San Francisco - December 1976
    Collaborative Practice Training
    Year Training Type Instructor Hours
    1998 Basic Collaborative Law Training Stu Webb 6
    1998 Basic Interdisciplinary Training Collab Div Training Team 6
    1999 Basic Collaborative Law Training Chip Rose 6
    1999 Intermediate Collaborative Law Training Chip Rose 6
    2001 Conflict Resolution Training SCBA-Fred Luskin 6.5
    2001 Advanced Collaborative Law Training Chip Rose 6
    2001 Advanced Collaborative Law Training Chip Rose 6.5
    2002 Intermediate Collaborative Law Training SCBA-Sharon Keating 1
    2002 Intermediate Collaborative Law Training Pauline Tesler 6.5
    2002 Conflict Resolution Training SCBA-ADR Section 2.5
    2003 Advanced Collaborative Law Training Chip Rose 6
    2003 Conflict Resolution Training SCBA-various 5.7
    2003 Advanced Mediation Training Gary Friedman 24
    2003 Intermediate Collaborative Law Training SCBA-Sharon Keating 6
    2004 Advanced Collaborative Law Training Gary Friedman 3
    2004 Mediation Training Gary Friedman 21
    2004 Advanced Collaborative Law Training Pauline Tesler 5.5
    2005 Basic Interdisciplinary Training Cameron & Gamache 13
    2005 Basic Interdisciplinary Training Cameron & Gamache 13
    2006 Advanced Interdisciplinary Training CP Cal-various 14
    2006 Advanced Collaborative Law Training Monk & Winslade 6.5
    2006 Conflict Resolution Training Norman Fisher 20
    2006 Advanced Mediation Training Gary Friedman 24
    2007 Conflict Resolution Training CCRE 1
    2007 Conflict Resolution Training Rick Shields 21
    2007 Intermediate Interdisciplinary Training I was instructor 12
    2007 Advanced Collaborative Law Training I was instructor 70
    2007 Basic Interdisciplinary Training I was instructor 8
    2007 Advanced Mediation Training Ctr for Med in Law 35
    2007 Basic Collaborative Law Training I was instructor 16
    2008 Advanced Collaborative Law Training I was instructor 35
    2008 Building Core Strengths - CP Cal various 10
    2008 Impasse and Narcissism various 1
    2008 Harvard Negotiation Project Advanced Negotiation Seminar Robert Mnookin 17
    2008 Negotiation Seminar Slovin and Smith 14
    2008 Interdisciplinary collaborative training - Santa Barbara I was instructor 14
    2008 Practice group development - Silicon Valley I was instructor 3
    2008 Collaborative practice development - Marin I was instructor 3
    2008 Interdisciplinary collaborative training - Fresno I was instructor 14
    2009 Power Imbalances Conner & Friedman 14
    2009 Interdisciplinary collaborative training - Oakland I was instructor 14
    2009 Practice development - East Bay I was instructor 3
    2009 Interdisciplinary collaborative training - Melbourne, FL I was instructor 14
    2009 Interdisciplinary collaborative training - Oakland I was instructor 14
    2010 Interdisciplinary collaborative training - Oakland I was instructor 14
    2010 Interdisciplinary collaborative training - Mendocino I was instructor 14
    2010 Diversity and Spirituality ADRNC 6
    2010 Neurocollaboration Lewis & Tesler-Pepperdine 18
    ** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals. I verify that I meet the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and that I apply the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals in my collaborative practice.

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    ** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Trainers I verify that I am a Collaborative Practice trainer who meets those Minimum Standards.

    ** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for a Collaborative Basic Training. I verify that the basic training that I offer as a Collaborative Practice trainer meets those Minimum Standards.

    IACP does not verify the information provided by the professionals listed in this directory.



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