Alisa A. Peskin-Shepherd Partner Email: aps@familylawofmichigan.com Practice Areas: Divorce; Family Law; Mediation; Family Mediation; Collaborative Law; Child Custody; Child Support; Visitation Rights; Paternity; Step Parent Adoptions; Premarital Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements. Admitted: 1985, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 1987, Michigan Law School: Case Western Reserve University Law School, J.D., 1985 College: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, A.B., 1982 Member: Oakland County Bar Association (Committee Member: Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Continuing Legal Education; Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education, 2004-2006) and State Bar of Michigan (Member, Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees). Biography: Recipient, Pro Bono Service Award, Oakland County Bar Association, June 1996. Pro Bono Service Activities: Woman's Survival Center; Lakeshore Legal Aid; Pro Bono Project for Domestic Violence Victims. Public Speaking Engagements/Seminars Taught: Oakland County Circuit Court SMILE Program - presenter; Reducing the Harmful Effects of Divorce Through Counseling and Mediation, St. John Eastwood Clinic In-service Training Program, 2006; Cooperative Divorce; Benefits of Mediation for Families in Transition, NASW-Michigan Chapter 2007 Annual Conference, Wayne State University School of Social Work, October 2007; Divorce Mediation Awareness Day, Michigan Council of Family and Divorce Mediation, Wayne County Chapter, 2005-2006; Oakland County Bar Association Speakers Bureau, 1998. Member: Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Congregation B'nai Moshe; Board of Directors Family Mediation Council, Oakland and Wayne County Chapters Association for Conflict Resolution. Fellow: Family Mediation Council, Michigan; Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan. Born: Cleveland, Ohio ISLN: 904481714 |