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General Comments
Deborah Sandler has been practicing family law since 1985. Her practice has included divorce, custody and visitation, Court-appointed representation of Minors, property division, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, domestic partnerships, and support. She has served as a Judge Pro Tem in the Family Law Division in Contra Costa County, and as Court-appointed Minor’s Counsel in numerous cases. She has presented at Court-sponsored Minor’s Counsel trainings and at the Contra Costa County Family Law Section’s Custody Issues Committee on Minor’s Counsel issues, as well as mentoring newly trained Minor’s Counsel attorneys. Deborah was recognized by STAND for Pro Bono representation of a domestic violence victim at trial, and by the Contra Costa County Family Law Division for her work on behalf of Minors. She has also provided Pro Bono mediation at Court. After extensive litigation experience, Deborah began to look for different options to help families resolve their disputes with mutual respect, and to better protect children. Her practice expanded to include mediation in 1992, and collaborative law in 2009. Deborah finds collaborative law to be some of the most rewarding and creative work she has ever done in family law, and she is committed to increasing its use to resolve family law disputes. She currently serves on the Steering, Public Education, Modest Means and Membership Committees of Collaborative Practice East Bay. She is actively involved in planning and implementing the monthly Divorce Options seminars, as well as the Pro Bono Modest Means Collaborative Clinic at the Contra Costa County Bar Association. Deborah is a member of the State Bar of California, the State Bar’s Family Law Section, the Contra Costa County Bar Association, the Contra Costa County Bar Association’s Family Law and Solo and Small Practice Sections, and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. She received her Bachelors degree from Pitzer College, and her JD from Golden Gate University.
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