About Jill
Jill received an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Tufts University and a law degree and MBA from Columbia University. Prior to becoming a mediator, Jill began her legal career practicing corporate law at the prominent New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. After leaving the firm, she worked as an in-house corporate attorney and then as a Vice President for Business Development at Citigroup.
Jill decided to leave the corporate world and open her own law and mediation practice because she was interested in helping people find a better way to resolve disputes affecting them personally. She is inspired by the idea that conflict can be resolved in a way that is non-adversarial, and that parties can truly reach the best solution by taking control of their own conflict.
Jill had a private law and mediation practice for 5 years in New York City. After relocating to Los Angeles, she opened her law and mediation office in Beverly Hills in January 2010, where she is now based full-time. Helping clients navigate through conflict has affirmed for Jill that these processes really work and lead to better results for the parties.
When negotiating corporate transactions, Jill sought to understand the needs and interests of her own client and of the party on the other side of the table and to identify creative solutions that worked for both parties. Jill brings this philosophy and experience of finding common ground to her work as a mediator and collaborative attorney. In addition, her years as a corporate lawyer and a business development executive, combined with her educational background in mathematics and business, make her comfortable and well-versed in understanding and discussing complicated financial situations which are often part of divorce settlements and other matters.
In addition to serving as a mediator and collaborative attorney, Jill is available to represent other clients in mediation as a review or consulting attorney, and offers unbundled legal services to clients who are self-represented.
Credentials
General Education
- Tufts University, B.S. Mathematics, 1988 (Magna Cum Laude)
- Columbia University, J.D., 1994 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
- Columbia University, M.B.A., 1994 (Beta Gamma Sigma)
- New York Bar, Admitted 1995
- California Bar, Admitted 2010
Professional Affiliations and Teaching Positions
- Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association, Board member since 2011, Member since 2010
- California State Bar, Family section, Member since 2010
- California State Bar Family Law Section ADR/CDR Standing Committee (South), Member since 2010
- Southern California Mediation Association, Member 2010
- Women’s Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Member since 2009
- New York Association of Collaborative Professionals, Member 2007
- International Association of Collaborative Professionals, Member 2007
- Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, Board Member 2006-2007, Member 2003-2007
- Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Divorce Mediation, Spring 2006
- Center for Mediation in Law, Training Staff, Spring 2006
- New York University School of Law, Mediator, Lawyering Program Mediation Exercise, 2004
Mediation and Collaborative Law Trainings
- Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association, Advanced Trainings, ongoing
- New York Association of Collaborative Professionals, Collaborative Law Training, 2007
- Center for Mediation in Law, Mediation Intensive Training, 2003, Advanced Training Seminars, ongoing
- Center for Family and Divorce Mediation, Certificate in Divorce Mediation, 2003
- Ackerman Institute for the Family, Divorce Mediation Practicum observation, 2003
- Queens Mediation Network, Basic Mediation Training, Certified as OCS Mediator for Community Disputes, 2003