Free Monthly Zoom Collaborative Practice Discussion Group

Co-Sponsored by Los Angeles County Bar Association Family Law Section

Topic Safety and Trust

By Fern Salka and Heidi Tuffias

How to answer the potential CDR client question, ‘Does a voluntary consensual process offer me as much protection as a traditional, litigated process?’ Attorneys Fern Topas Salka and Heidi Tuffias will explain how CDR provides protection that may be superior to the protection provided by a litigated process.  They will examine what clients worry about when they consider a consensual dispute resolution of their divorce and offer ideas about how to address both the CDR provider’s and client’s concerns. This will be followed by an opportunity for a group discussion.

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FERN TOPAS SALKA is a sole practitioner with law offices in West Los Angeles/Brentwood, California.  Ms. Salka is a Certified Family Law Specialist, former Chair of the Family Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar, Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, Family Law Section and the CDR/ADR Sub-Committee, Los Angeles Regional Standing Committee of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California. She is a co-founder and present Board member of the Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association (LACFLA) and was selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is a frequent speaker to professional and lay audiences and has taught as an adjunct professor of law at Southwestern University and a visiting professor at Loyola Law School. Ms. Salka has been published in many professional journals and was the editor of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Family Law News for seven years. Ms. Salka has been named a SuperLawyer 2004 through the present in Los Angeles magazine.

Ms. Salka now limits her practice to non-litigated matters, including the sophisticated selection, case management, and application of appropriate tools for consensual dispute resolution- from mediation, collaborative law, and coaching to limited representation, consulting, and negotiation. She also offers collaborative pre-marital legal services and specializes in issues related to stepfamilies.

Ms. Salka was the president of University Synagogue in West Los Angeles, serving her second term in 2019-2021 after holding the position 20 years ago. In 2021, she negotiated a highly favorable merger with Wilshire Boulevard Temple, where she now serves on the Board of Directors.

Heidi S. Tuffias graduated in 1987 with her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Davis, in 1990 she obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California and in 2018 she graduated with her Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles.  She is a Certified Family Law Specialist and a Licensed Associate Marriage Family Therapist, pursuing her MFT license.

Ms. Tuffias had a full family law practice for the first twenty-five years of her career including consensual dispute resolution, litigation and minor’s counsel.  Currently, she operates the Law and Mediation Offices of Heidi S. Tuffias, Inc., APC, and focuses on mediation, consulting to mediations, collaborative matters and pre and post-nuptial agreements in West Los Angeles.  Ms. Tuffias speaks, teaches and writes frequently about family law, mediation and using psychological theory and practice to contribute to dispute resolution.

LACFLA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

When: November 9, 2022 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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