Sandra helps families and partnership move out of conflict using the most appropriate dispute resolution model, be that: Collaborative Practice, mediation or limited scope representation. As legal disputes and status adjustments (like dissolutions of marriages, separation of parents or partnerships) can be costly in terms of money, time lost, and emotional turmoil, it is critical for people facing such life changing events to be educated about and understand clearly their dispute resolution process options and the various pathways to resolution before proceeding.

Sandra is a past President of Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois. She teaches the 40-hour Divorce Mediation Course at Northwestern University and writes frequently on the topics of mediation and conflict resolution. Sandra has been nominated by her peers for many years as an Illinois “Super Lawyer” and in 2018 she received the “Leading Lawyer” designation. She is a past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council and a past Chair of the its Delivery of Legal Services Committee. Sandra sits on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation and on the Advisory Board of the Schiller, DuCanto and Fleck Family Law Center at DePaul University Law School, Chicago.

• 1993 Mediation Training through the Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago.
• 1994 Train the Trainer Training for Mediation Skill through the Center for Conflict Resolution
• 2002, 2003, 2004 Collaborative Basic Skills Training through the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois
• 2003 to 2019 Advance Collaborative Skill Trainings through the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and through the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois (now the Collaborative Divorce Institute)