Allison's Professional Bio

Allison is one of the pioneers in the field of divorce mediation. She founded the Family Mediation Center in 1981 and, as an attorney, has specialized in mediation since that time. She was trained by Dr. John Haynes, a world recognized trainer who wrote the first book on divorce mediation.

For many years, Allison also practiced family law. Today she devotes her practice exclusively to her mediation clients. Some of Allison's many contributions to the profession are as follows:

(1) Executive Member of the American Bar Association's Committee that developed the first set of Standards of Practice for Attorney Mediators;
(2) Chair of the Committee on Domestic Relations for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force for the Supreme Court's Commission on the Courts;
(3) Co-Founder, Past President and present Board Member of the Maricopa County Association of Family Mediators;
(4) Past Board Member of ADRA (Arizona Dispute Resolution Association) and past chair of the Credentialing Committee for Family Mediators;
(5) Practitioner and Consultant member of the national Association for Conflict Resolution.

Allison has published several short books on different divorce-related topics, having authored four and co-authored four of these books. She is currently writing another short book on "Conscious Conflict Resolution," a subject about which she is passionate. Allison is available to groups as a speaker and to individuals and businesses as a conflict coach.