Jan 18 2008

Bio

Mediation & Legal Focus

  • Mediating Divorces & Parenting Plans
  • Collaborative Divorce Representation
  • Limited Legal Services

    • Experience

  • Principal, Kane Law & Mediation Services, LLC, 2000 -Present
      • -Mediated 100 + Divorces
      -Mediated Prenuptial Agreements
      -Mediated Parenting Plans & Child Custody Disputes
      -Represented Spouses in Collaborative Divorces
      -Provided Limited Legal Services, e.g., second opinions, legal strategies, options going forward, non-contested divorces
  • Partner, Ferguson & Burdell (1979-1995) and Of Counsel, Foster Pepper & Shefelman, PLLC, 1998 – 2000
  • Principal, Law Offices of Christopher Kane, 1995 – 1997
  • President, Lawyer Selection Advisors, 1996 – 1997
  • Adjunct Professor, Seattle University Business School, Masters Program, 1994 – 1995 & Edmonds CC, 2001-2002
  • Captain, U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 1969 – 1973
  • Legislative Aide, U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson, 1968 – 1969

    • Education

  • JD-Georgetown University Law Center, 1969
  • BA-Political Science-Seattle University, 1966

    • Applicable Training & Professional
    Memberships)

  • Advanced Family Law Practitioner Certified, Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly the Academy of Family Law Mediators)
  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
  • King County Bar Association (Collaborative Law Section)
  • King County Collaborative Law Association
  • Certified Mediation and Intensive Family Law Mediation Training, UW Law School
  • Certified Arbitrator, International Center of Arbitration
  • Past Member of Article 39.1 Panel of Volunteer Mediators, U.S. Federal Court, Seattle, Washington