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Certified Family Law Specialist, Certified by State Bar of CA Bd Legal Specialization with over 25 years in practice, practice limited to family law. Emphasis on peacemaking including mediation, Collaborative Divorce and Cooperative Divorce. Lisa has handled a wide range of complex divorce cases through both litigation and out-of-court consensual dispute resolution. After training in large family law firms in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, she founded Zonder Family Law in 2003. She has an active niche boutique family law firm in Westlake Village (Ventura).

Lisa R. Zonder has been practicing law since 1991, and has handled a wide range of complex divorce cases through both litigation and out-of-court consensual dispute resolution. Lisa was certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Family Law in 1999. After training in large family law firms in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, she founded Zonder Family Law in 2003. She has an active niche boutique family law firm in Westlake Village (Ventura).

Lisa has successfully handled a high volume of mediated cases in her private practice and as a volunteer Settlement Officer for the courts. She had handled many Collaborative Divorce matters (partial and full-team) and countless “Cooperative” Divorce matters.

Lisa has completed over 115 hours of mediation and Collaborative Divorce training. She initially trained in mediation through Woody Mosten, Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and the American Institute of Mediation (AIM), and continues to take advanced mediation and Collaborative Divorce courses through these institutions as well as through Collaborative Divorce Team Trainings (CDTT) aka CDI. In 2012, Lisa completed “Train the Trainer” an intensive 5-day program providing trainers with the tools to teach Collaborative practice. In 2013, Lisa served as a Shadow Trainer at Skirball (Los Angeles) for Day 1 of the “Streamlined” Collaborative Process training for professionals.

Lisa is a devoted peacemaker. She volunteers several times monthly as a Settlement Officer at the local court such as Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, Ventura, and San Diego Family Courts.

J.D. Early admissions to Cardozo School of Law transfer to Whittier Law.

B.A. Queen College, Lisa received departmental awards in Political Science, her chosen major in college. After completing only three years of college, Lisa was accepted on an early admission basis ("Accelerated Entry Program") before the age of 19 to law school. After that, she completed her Juris Doctor in 1990 and went on to work for a 25-attorney family law firm in Los Angeles.

Lisa has been certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Family Law, since 1999.

Customized to serve the consumer's needs. Lisa uses a facilitative, directive or evaluative approach depending on the specific needs of the mediation clients.

Hourly arrangement. Discount for booking full day mediation.

Lisa actively leads her lawyer colleagues by taking on leadership roles including: Current member Ventura County Bar Association. Former President, Collaborative Practice California ("CP CAL"). She was previously on the executive board of Coalition for Collaborative Divorce (CCD), prior member of San Fernando Collaborative Professional Group and she previously served as Chair of the North County Certified Family Law Specialist (San Diego) and the Family Law Section (San Diego) where she actively practiced for 10 years.

She is a prior member of: the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS), State Bar Family Law Section, SCMA, APFM, San Fernando Valley Collaborative Professionals, Coalition for Collaborative Divorce (CCD), LA County Bar, and LACFLA.