SUZAN BARRIE AIKEN
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SUZAN BARRIE AIKEN is a family law attorney, mediator and collaborative law practitioner with more than thirty years of experience successfully negotiating and mediating family law settlements.
Suzan is committed to facilitating respectful negotiation and creative settlements. Suzan approaches consensual dispute resolution with both empathy and skill. She has been a collaborative practitioner since 1998, and a mediator for over two decades. Since 2006, her practice has been devoted exclusively to consensual dispute resolution. In addition to her private practice, Suzan regularly serves as a Settlement Master in San Francisco. She also serves as a Settlement Panelist in Marin, including in the context of Marin's innovative Interdisciplinary Settlement Conference program, addressing high conflict custody matters. Suzan is deeply committed to consensual dispute resolution, and involved with supporting the development of the field at the local, national, and international levels. She was a board member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and served as its President for the 2016-17 term. She served on the board of Collaborative Practice California for many years, and served as its President in 2014. She was also a long-time board member of Collaborative Practice Marin, where she served for more than five years as the organization's first board President. Suzan also served on the board of Integrative Mediation Marin, and is a member of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association, as well as The Mediation Society. Suzan regularly trains and presents to other professionals, and co-authored the publication Collaborative Team Practice in Divorce. In 2010, Suzan was honored with the Collaborative Practice California Eureka Award, which recognizes those who have made significant contributions to Collaborative Practice in California. |
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