Twenty-two years inside Florida family courtrooms. One deliberate decision in 2026 to stop.

• •Florida Bar — admitted 2004 — Member No. 714291
• •Award-winning Complex Marital & Family Litigator (2004–2026)
• •Published book author — Just In Case! Lose Your Heart, Not Your Mind
• •Internationally recognized family law news commentator
• •Forbes Legal Advisory Board
• •AV Preeminent · Super Lawyers · US News Best Lawyers
• •Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator (c. 2009)
• •Florida statewide · Online practice
• •English and Spanish
• •Single mother. Bilingual household. Practicing parent.

From 2004 to 2026, I litigated complex marital and family law cases in Florida — twenty-two years inside the courthouse system, watching how it works and what it does to the people who have to use it. In 2026, I made a decision. I closed the litigation side of my practice. Not as a step down, and not as semi-retirement. As a deliberate choice to do this work in a way that I think actually helps people. I built a practice with the financial incentive every other family law attorney is structurally denied — the incentive to resolve your matter quickly, in writing, and walk away.

My practice now is advisory only. Five paths, one door: Presuit Negotiation, Presuit Mediation, Private Counsel, Second Opinion, and Prenups & Postnups — all opened by a single 60-minute paid consultation. I do not appear in court. I do not represent clients of record in contested proceedings. If your situation requires that, I’ll refer you to a Florida litigator who does that work well — there are several I trust.

After 22 years, I had seen the pattern enough times. The cases that resolved well were almost always the ones where someone got smart, expert advice early — before positions hardened, before a filing forced everyone into adversarial postures, before the billing clock turned every conversation into a strategic calculation. The cases that resolved badly were almost always the ones where the legal process itself became the problem.

Litigation is the right tool for some matters. It is the wrong tool for many of the matters that end up there.

I built this for the second category. People who want a senior attorney’s read — represented, self-represented, pre-filing, or mid-case — before things escalate. The fee model matches the posture: flat fees, scoped engagements, no hourly clock, no incentive to find problems I can solve by litigating for you.

Direct. You get me. Not an associate. Not a paralegal. Not a junior attorney pretending to be senior. Every consultation, draft, and strategic read is handled personally — because there is no one else here to delegate it to. That is the design, not a limitation.

Flat-fee. Every engagement is scoped and priced before you hire me. You know what it costs and what’s included.

Online. We meet by video. Documents move through secure electronic channels. There is no commute.

I am one attorney, working independently and selectively. I tell prospective clients honestly when their situation isn’t a fit. That happens regularly. It is the conversation working as intended.