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Pauline H Tesler, JD
(Lawyer)
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I have been committed to providing collaborative legal services to family law clients since the early 1990's and have been instrumental in bringing awareness of this model to lawyers, mental health and financial professionals through trainings I have offered across the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, and Israel since 1999. My practice has been limited to collaborative law and related services (second opinions, consultations) since 1999. In 2000, the American Bar Association published my book on collaborative law, the first in the field, and also conferred on me and Stu Webb the first 'Lawyer as Problem Solver' award for our work in developing and promoting awareness of collaborative family law. I helped found IACP, and served as founding co-chair and then first President. As chair of the Standards Project Committee I guided work that led to IACP's adoption in 2004 of comprehensive standards for practitioners, trainers, and trainings. I am certified as a family law specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and am a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Being able to provide superior collaborative divorce services for my clients, and helping colleagues learn to practice more effectively in this remarkable mode, give me enormous professional satisfaction.
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Tesler, Sandmann & Fishman |
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38 Miller Avenue, #128
Mill Valley CA 94941 USA
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| Phone: |
415-383-5600 |
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415-383-5675 |
| Email: |
phtesler@lawtsf.com |
| Website: |
http://www.lawtsf.com |
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| Professional Activities |
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First President and co-founder, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Co-founder and first co-editor, Collaborative Review
Chair, first IACP Standards Committee
Chair, first IACP Ethics Task Force
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (California)
Trainer, collaborative law, since 1999
Trainer, interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, since 1999
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| Professional Licenses |
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Member. State Bar of California
Member (inactive),State Bar of Wisconsin
Admitted to practice before United States Supreme Court
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| General Comments |
I was instrumental in launching the first collaborative practice group in the San Francisco Bay Area (the third or fourth practice group in the world) in the early 1990's. By the late 1990's I was among a small number of 'first wave' trainers who began teaching collaborative practice in introductory trainings in the U.S. and Canada. Since then, I have given more than 100 separate trainings and workshops (not including many additional workshops I have presented at IACP, AFCC, and other organizational conferences and conventions).
Although those trainings are far too numerous to list below on this page, you can find a list of some of my most recent trainings as well as a list of sponsor contacts by going to this link:
https://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.aspzT=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
My speeches, writings, trainings, workshops and introductory orientations have been instrumental in bringing collaborative practice to lawyers, mental health professionals and financial professionals across the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel.
The most gratifying work I have ever done is to introduce collaborative practice to new nations. The first trainings presented in a country new to the model have an enormous impact in how Collaborative Practice develops thereafter, and for that reason it is a particular privilege and a great responsibility to be the first collaborative trainer to teach in a new nation or state. A powerful and passionate trainer who communicates not just techniques, but also the unique purpose and meaning of our work, can inspire participants to become leaders in their own right. I take great pride in having introduced this work to many of the second and third generation trainers who are now offering collaborative training programs themselves, as well as to most of the IACP Presidents who have followed me in holding that position, and to the pioneering individuals who stepped forward as first leaders in the collaborative communities that now flourish in Canada, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Australia, and Israel.
In the late 1990's, I co-founded IACP, and served as its founding co-chair and then as its first President. As chair of the first IACP Standards Committee I guided work that led to IACP's adoption in 2004 of the first comprehensive standards for practitioners, trainers, and trainings. These standards have been widely adopted by practice groups worldwide. Subsequently, I served for two years (2007 and 2008) as Chair of IACP's Ethics Task Force a group whose work helped to articulate the ethical soundness of the collaborative approach in the face of challenges that arose briefly in the United States during 2007.
My practice with clients has been limited since 1999 to collaborative law and related services (second opinions, consultations). I am certified as a family law specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and am a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
In 2002, the American Bar Association published my book on collaborative law, the first in the field, which is now in a substantially revised and expanded second edition, published in 2008. In 2006, HarperCollins published a book for general readers that I co-authored with psychologist Peggy Thompson, introducing the collaborative divorce team approach and explaining its many advantages for divorcing couples and their children. In addition, I have authored numerous law journal and magazine articles and book chapters about collaborative practice, including one (co-authored with Astrid Boos) which was the first to be published in Switzerland about collaborative practice, and one (co-authored with Michal Kaempfer) which was the first to be published in Israel.
I have been honored for my work in extending collaborative practice by the American Bar Association, which in 2002 conferred on me and Stu Webb the first 'Lawyer as Problem Solver' award for our work in developing and promoting awareness of collaborative family law. In 2006 I was among the first to receive the 'Eureka' award, which recognizes and honors those who 'have made significant contributions and demonstrated an abiding dedication to establishing andsustaining Collaborative Practice in California'.
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Collaborative Law
Other
Teaching
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| Education |
| Undergraduate Education |
| Harvard University (Radcliffe College), B.A. cum laude, 1964 |
| Post-graduate Education |
| M.A. (English), Victoria University of Manchester (England), 1966 |
| Professional Education |
| J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1974 (graduated first in class) |
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** 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.
See IACP Standards >
** 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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