NYACP Presents a Free Virtual Zoom Training for Members

We’re selling. Who’s Buying? How to Get More Collaborative Cases

Thursday, May 7th, 2020
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Presented by Shari Bornstein, Esq. and Katherine Eisold Miller, Esq.

This is a NYACP Member Only Event

One CLE and One CFP credit will be provided for participants. You must register to receive the credits.

One of the most frequent complaints heard from new and not-so-new Collaborative practitioners is “I love Collaborative but I just don’t get any cases.” This webinar will discuss how to present the Collaborative process to new clients so that they see the advantages and sign on. We will also touch on marketing to bring receptive clients into your office. Please join Katherine Miller and Shari Bornstein as they share practical insights for all collaborative professionals to sell the process to clients as an option for resolving divorce and custody disputes.

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Shari Bornstein practiced in her own matrimonial and family law firm in Connecticut since the firm’s creation in 1989, prior to relocating to New York City. Shari focused her practice on family matters and used her skills as a litigator, mediator, and collaboratively trained attorney to resolve cases involving spouses dissolving their marriages, parents in custody actions, post-judgment matters, as well as serving as a Guardian ad Litem for minor children. She also participated in the Special Masters’ program for the Superior Court by providing recommendations to colleagues and self-represented parties to assist them in settling their cases. In addition, Shari sat as a member of the Statewide Grievance Committee, adjudicating ethical violations of lawyers appearing before the Committee. Shari is passionate about using positive communication to solve problems and reduce conflict in relationships. Shari created and launched the co-parenting communication program, GOODTALK4PARENTS, at FamilyKind as a resource for high conflict parents to improve their communication for the benefit of their children. Shari served as the Director of FamilyKind Parent Services and now sits on the FamilyKind Advisory Council. Shari joined The Law Firm of John Yacos, P.C. to continue offering high quality legal services to matrimonial and family clients in New York in the process that best empowers clients to make solid decisions, while facing the emotional challenge of stress, conflict and the unpredictability of their future. Shari is a founding member of the National Association of Divorce Professionals, a Board member of the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, a member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals and co-chair of the Membership Committee, a member of the New York County Bar Association, a member of the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

Katherine Eisold Miller is a mediator and Collaborative Lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience.  Katherine’s career has been primarily focused on helping people found appropriate out of court resolutions and she has helped countless parties reach this goal.  Katherine is well-known for her expertise in mediation and Collaborative Law and is often sought after for high conflict and complex financial matters in the family as well as other spheres.   She is the founder of The Miller Law Group, with offices in New York City and Westchester County.  Katherine is also a director and trainer at the Center for Understanding in Conflict (understandinginconflict.org) where she has been teaching mediation and other conflict resolution skills for 15 years and she also teaches mediation at the Ackerman Institute.  Katherine was a founding board member and a past president of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals.  Katherine has taught numerous mediation programs in New York and around the country and is recognized as a preeminent mediation trainer.  Katherine has taught mediation skills to judges, attorneys, court personnel, mental health professionals in a variety of settings and her trainings through the Center for Understanding in Conflict are certified by New York State Courts to certify mediators for court-referred mediation programs.  Katherine hosts the radio show and podcast Divorce Dialogues  on WVOX radio and iTunes.  Katherine is co-Author of the #1 Amazon bestseller A Cup of Coffee with 10 of the Top Divorce Attorneys in the United States and author of the New Yorker’s Guide to Collaborative Divorce.   Katherine is also AV rated by Martindale Hubbell and has been named a Super Lawyer since 2013.