Second Saturday, Inland Empire

We carefully select the top professionals in the industry to be a part of our program.  Each presenter must prove their abilities and are continuously critiqued by the professionals and attendees alike.  Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our panel:

Attorneys:

Pamela Edwards-Swift, Esq.

      Pamela Edwards-Swift, a Certified Family Law Specialist, is committed to providing exceptional service to the Inland Empire community. Ms. Swift who has been a practicing attorney for over 22 years, began focusing her practice exclusively to Family law in 1996. The firm has grown over the years to include attorneys, Stephanie A. Richer, Sherrie L. Davidson and Farhaad Azimi.

In maintaining high standards for the firm, Ms. Swift became a Certified Family Law Specialist, which is a special designation awarded to few Family law attorneys by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Such designation ensures an attorney has successfully completed additional rigorous training, passed an additional bar exam, demonstrated vast experience and obtained outstanding peer recommendation. In further servicing her clients, Ms. Swift has become trained in Mediation and Collaborative areas of the law.

Ms. Swift is a Board member of the organization, Collaborative Professionals of the Inland Empire, which was formed to educate professionals involved in the area of divorce with a child focused approach to ending a marriage. (Certified Specialist, Domestic Relations-Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)

For more information or to contact Ms. Swift, please visit www.PamSwiftLaw.com

Christine Thielo, Esq.

PRACTICE AREAS:                            Family Law, Criminal Law                     ADMITTED TO THE STATE BAR:        2002,  California                                  LAW SCHOOL:                                University of La Verne College of Law, J.D. 2002                                              Editor In Chief in Journal of Juvenile Law, University of La Verne Law Review, 2001-2002.                                                             COLLEGE:  University of La Verne B.A. 1997                          HIGH SCHOOL:  Claremont High School, Claremont, Ca. 1989 MEMBER:  Los Angeles County Bar Association,  Western San Bernardino County Bar Associations (Director)

For more information or to contact Ms. Thielo, please visit www.thielo-lawoffices.com

Real Estate Consultants:

Laurel Starks, REALTOR, DRES

Laurel Starks is a multi-award winning REALTOR ® in the Inland Empire.  Ms. Starks works as a Real Estate Consultant and advisor to divorcees and participates in co-mediations as the real estate expert.  Ms. Starks is often Court-appointed as the listing agent in divorce cases and frequently testifies as an expert witness in the family court system.

Education:

• A native of Central Florida, Ms. Starks was educated at The Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park
• Undergraduate studies were completed at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and then at Whittier College in Whittier, California, studying Sociology and Political Science
• In May 2008, Ms. Starks completed Divorce Mediation Training, under the instruction of the legendary Forrest "Woody" Mosten, esq.
• In December 2007, Ms. Starks completed Collaborative Divorce training in Phoenix, AZ, and was the first real estate professional to attend CD training.
• Student of the Graduate Realtor Institute educational program

Professional Accomplishments:

• Host, "Real Estate Matters" talk radio show KTIE 590-AM
• Contributing writer for various publications on real estate issues
• Frequent lecturer to attorneys and judicial officers on real estate topics
• Provides Bar Association continuing education classes
• Training Committee Chairperson for Keller Williams, Rancho Cucamonga
• Faculty member for Keller Williams University
• Serves on the Board of Directors for Keller Williams Realty, Rancho Cucamonga
• Court-appointed to, or advised in, over 100 dissolution of marriage cases
• Mentor for newer REALTORS ®
• Maintains a 100% short sale approval success rate
• Authored "The Nuts & Bolts of Short Sales" Training class

For more information or to contact Ms. Starks, please visit www.LaurelStarks.com

Diana Arranaga, REALTOR

• Full Time California Licensed Realtor since 2000
• Serves on the board of directors for Keller Williams Realty, Rancho Cucamonga
  
• Consistently have remained in the top 10% as Top Producer for Keller Williams Realty with over 250 agents (present)
• 80% referral based business
• Extensive area knowledge
• Bilingual in Spanish
• Professional, Honest, Reliable
• Friendly, skilled, proficient
• Member of National Association of Realtors and California Association of Realtors

For more information or to contact Ms. Arranaga, please visit www.BuyandSellwithDiana.com

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Family Counselors:

Lois Nightingale, Ph.D.  

      Dr. Lois Nightingale is one of the very few psychotherapists licensed both as a Clinical Psychologist and as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor. This means she holds both a masters degree and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, has completed the thousands of hours internship requirements for each therapeutic specialty and passed both the written and oral exams in California for these two therapy licenses. She has extensive experience working with families, couples, adolescents, children and adults.

Dr. Nightingale is the author of Overcoming Postpartum Depression, a Doctor's Own Story, A Quiet Time for New Mothers and the book: My Parents Still Love Me Even Though They're Getting Divorced, a story/workbook for children and parents facing divorce. She has also authored many professional journal and self-help articles, therapeutic stories and audiotapes, and is an award winning poet.

More information about Dr. Nightingale may be found at:  www.NightingaleCenter.com

Marvin Chapman, MFT, CFC

     Marvin L. Chapman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), MFC27081, Clinical Forensic Counselor (CFC), F16841, Divorce Coach and Registered Legal Document Assistant. Early on Marvin recognized his passion for aiding people in crisis when he began his career as an Army medivac helicopter pilot and emergency medical technician. After being honorably discharged from the Army and upon completing his education, Marvin worked within the family court system as a family mediator with Mediation and Conciliation Court Services, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

In 1986, Marvin was appointed to the California Senate Task Force on Family Equity, a task force set up by the California legislature to review and make recommendations to the legislature on issues relating to family courts. Marvin is a member of Who's Who Among Outstanding Business Executives and Who's Who in California.  Marvin is currently the President of United Fathers of America, a nonprofit organization established in 1976.

With over 27 years of experience, Marvin has been involved in thousands of cases and has developed a working professional relationship with the Courts, Facilitator's Office, Legal Aid Society, Department of Social Services, Department of Child Support Services, private attorneys, custody evaluators, therapists and many others.

For more information or to contact Mr. Chapman, please visit www.MarvinChapman.net

Financial:

Stephanie Maloney, CFP, CDFA

   Stephanie Maloney was one of the first practicing divorce financial planners in the Los Angeles area. Stephanie offers problem solving on a wide range of financial issues relating to divorce.

Ms. Maloney earned her Certified Financial Planning (CFP®) credential from the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado in 1991. She completed the training with the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts as a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst in 1999. She has taken Collaborative Divorce Training™, completed 30 hours of mediation training in 2005 and 40 hours of divorce mediation training in 2007. In 2008, Stephanie provided coaching for mediation training programs for Mosten Mediation, Peace Talks and an advanced program for Dispute Resolution Services, a nonprofit corporation of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. In 2008, Stephanie became certified to teach the High Conflict Diversion Program™. The High Conflict Diversion Program™ is a resource for parents in high conflict divorce, offering strategies to help them reduce the conflict related to their custody issues.

Stephanie is a member of the Institute for Certified Divorce Planners, the California Divorce Planners Network, Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Alternate Dispute Resolution Standing Committee of the State Bar-Family Law Section (Southern California), and Associate Member of the Los Angeles County Bar.

For more information or to contact Ms. Maloney, please visit www.financialsolutionsfordivorce.com

Dave Bowman, CPA

2593 Chino Hills Pkwy #I
Chino Hills, CA 91710

Mr. Bowman is a Certified Public Accountant in Chino Hills, California.  Mr. Bowman is a board member of Collaborative Divorce Professionals of the Inland Empire. 

For more information, please contact Mr. Bowman at  909-393-2711.

Mediators:

Diana L. Martinez, Esq.

     Diana L. Martinez, founder of West Coast Mediation, provides “no-court divorce solutions, including collaborative divorce and divorce mediation services, in San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange counties.  She is an active member of the Los Angeles County Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel and a board member for the Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association.   

Education:

• University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
• University of California at Riverside
  

Memberships:

•        State Bar of California

• United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

• Los Angeles County Bar Association

• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

• Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association

• Southern California Mediation Association

• Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce, ambassador.