Rachel Felbeck - Biographical Overview
Founder of the Collaborative Divorce professional community in Washington State
Member:
· Family Law Executive Committee Member (2005 – 2008), Washington State Bar Association (this 3-year committee position is by election, statewide within the Washington State Bar Association)
· Washington State Bar Association - Section Member of Family Law; Small and Solo Practice and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections (current)
· King County Bar Association – Section Member of Collaborative Law and Family Law (current)
· Collaborative Professionals of Washington (Founding Board Member: 2007)
· King County Collaborative Law (President: 2003-2006)
· King County Collaborative Law (Founding Board Member: 2003-2009)
Admitted:
· 1995 to the Washington State Bar
· 1995 to the United States District Court, Western District of Washington
Law School:
· Seattle University, J.D. 1994; (graduated cum laude)
Undergraduate College:
· University of Delaware, B.A. in Political Science and History; 1983
Speaking Engagements:
· Washington D.C., Co-Presenter “Advocacy in Collaborative Law”, IACP Annual Conference, October 2010
· Seattle, WA, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), October 2010
· Seattle, WA, Co-Trainer “Collaborative Law Advanced Negotiation Skills”, May 2010
· Kelowna, BC, Canada, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative law” (2 day basic training), March 2010
· Bellingham, WA, Co-Trainer “Collaborative Law Advanced Negotiation Skills”, February 2010
· Gig Harbor, WA, Co-Trainer, “Should We Terminate?”, Collaborative Professionals of Washington 2nd Annual Statewide Forum, November 2009
· Boise, ID, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), November 2009
· Lynwood, WA, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), October 2009
· Seattle, WA, Co-Trainer “Collaborative Law Advanced Negotiation Skills", May 2009
· Seattle, WA, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), February 2009
· Seattle, WA, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), September 2008
· Seattle University, “Skills Necessary to be a Collaborative Attorney”, March 2008
· Seattle, WA, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), February 2008
· Bremerton, WA, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), September 2007
· Seattle, WA, “Emerging Trends in Dispute Resolution”, WSBA ADR Section, September 2007
· Spokane, WA, “Collaborative Law: The Team Approach” WSBA Family Law Mid-Year, June 2007
· Lynnwood WA, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), June 2007
· AOC Spring Judicial Conference, Semiahmoo, WA, April 2007
· Seattle University, 20th Century Lawyer Program, April 2007
· Seattle University, “Truth and the Law: Honesty as Advocacy”, March 2007
· Bellingham, WA, Co-Trainer, Co-Trainer “Introduction to Collaborative Law” (2 day basic training), March 2007
· Seattle University, various CLE programs 2003 - present
· Seattle University, Family Law Practicum with Betsy Hollingsworth, 2004 - present
· WSBA Family Law Mid-Year, Walla Walla, WA, June 2006
· NW ADR Annual Conference, “Collaborative Law: How it Works”, Seattle, WA, April 2006
· Council for Community Property States, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2006
· Island County Bar Association, Oak Harbor, WA, spring 2006
· Seattle University, “Collaborative Law: An Introduction”, December 2005
· Whatcom County Collaborative Law Group, fall 2005, Bellingham, WA
· Washington State Bar Association, Co-Chair “Advanced Client Communication Skills for Lawyers”, Seattle, WA, August 2005
· Access to Justice Annual Meeting, Yakima, WA, spring 2005
· Spokane County Bar Association, “Make Peace Not War: A Collaborative Approach to Family Law” Spokane, WA, November 2004
· Seattle University, “Unbundled Legal Services”, Seattle, WA, February 2004
· WSBA Family Law Mid-Year, Ocean Shores, Washington, June 2003
Publications:
· Editor, Chapters 56 and 57, Washington State Bar Family Law Deskbook, Fall 2009
· Quoted in “Harmonic Divergence: A Win-Win Way to Divorce” by Karen West, Seattle Woman Magazine, April 2009. (http://www.seattlewomanmagazine.com/articles/april09-2.htm)
· Co-author, Amicus Brief on behalf of Washington State Bar Association, Family Law Executive Committee, September 2008, Tresler v. Treadwell
· Co-author, “Collaborative Family Law and Ethics in Washington”, January 2008
· "Collaborative Law: The Evolution of a Revolution", Published in Family Law Section Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 2007
· Editor, Chapter 56, Washington State Bar Family Law Deskbook, Fall 2006
· "Collaborative Law and Difficult Cases", Family Law Mid-Year 2006
· "Meretricious Relationships and the Pennington Case", Washington State Bar News
· Co-author, "Collaborative Law Reaches Out", Washington State Bar Association, February 2004
