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Lynda J. Robbins is a collaborative lawyer and
family law mediator with over twenty-five years experience.
Lynda's practice areas include wills and estates, divorce, legal
separation, custody, visitation and parenting plans, child
support, alimony, modification and post-divorce issues, paternity,
guardianship, prenuptial agreements, property division and
allocation of assets and debts, and move away/relocation issues.
She also does court-appointed and private work as Guardian ad Litem in family
and estate matters including divorce and custody disputes, parent
coordinator and visitation monitor.
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- J.D. Suffolk University Law School
- B.A. magna cum laude, Suffolk University
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- Mediation of all family disputes including divorce, post-divorce (modifications) and marital
mediation
- Collaborative Family Law Practice
- Court-appointed Guardian ad Litem
- Parent/Visitation Coordinator
- Visitation Monitor
- Family Law Settlement Counselor
- Custody, visitation and parenting plans
- Case Evaluation
- Drafting Agreements
- Probate work including wills, Estates, guardianships and conservatorships
- Health care proxies and Durable Powers of Attorney
- Pre-Nuptial Agreements
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- Licensed to practice law in Massachusetts since 1979
- Admitted, District of Massachusetts, 1980
- Admitted, Supreme Court, 1984
- Mediation training with Divorce Mediation Training Associates, October 1989
- Collaborative Law Training with Pauline Tesler, April 2000
- Conflict Resolution Training with Chip Rose, May, 2003 and June, 2005
- Conflict Resolution Training with Jeffrey Kerr, June, 2005
- Collaborative Law Interdisciplinary Training with MCLC, May, 2004
- Instructor—Collaborative Law Trainings sponsored by Mass. Collaborative Law Council, 2002-2006
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- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Greater Lowell Bar Association
- Board of Directors and Clerk, Massachusetts Collaborative Law
Council, Founding member and former president
- Board of Directors, Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Member, IACP International Public Education Committee
- Co-Founder, Merrimack Valley Mediators Group
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- Northern Middlesex Bar Association Legal Ease video presentations:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Divorce law
- Adoption
- Child Custody In Divorce
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminars:
- November 1999, GALs in Guardianship and Domestic Relations Cases
- July 2003, Paralegal Conference: ADR and Mediation
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals:
- October 2005, 6th Annual Networking and Educational Forum
The 'Art' of Four-Way Meetings Panel Workshop
- Boston Bar Association:
- January 2006, How to Help Clients Avoid the 'Stranger in the Black Robe' Mediation and Collaborative Law Practice
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