Protecting the family, improving the practice.

Pauline Tesler

Telephone and Fax:
Tel. (415) 383-5600
Fax. 415) 383-5675
Mobile Phone:

E-mail and Website:

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www.w.teslercollaboration.com

Primary Address:

Tesler, Sandmann & Fishman
163 Miller Avenue, Suite 4
Mill Valley, CA.94941
Secondary Address

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Practice Counties:

San Francisco, Sonoma Areas of Practice

Pauline Tesler

Tesler, Sandmann & Fishman



Pauline Tesler is a pioneer in the development of Collaborative Family Law, and a leader in the international Collaborative Practice movement. A certified specialist in family law since 1984 (California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization), she received the first "Lawyer as Problem Solver" award from the American Bar Association in 2002 and has been selected as a Northern California SuperLawyer in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Her practice is currently limited to collaborative law, second opinions, and consultation. She maintains offices in San Francisco and in Mill Valley. Areas of Specialty

  • Collaborative Law
Education 

  • B.A. cum laude, Harvard University (Radcliffe College), 1964
  • M.A., Victoria University of Manchester, England, 1966
  • J.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974

Publications

Community Service

  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
  • Author, Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce without Litigation (ABA, 2001, 2008)
  • Co-Author, Collaborative Divorce: The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure Your Family, Resolve Legal Issues, and Move On with Your Life (Harper Collins, 2006)
  • Collaborative Practice San Francisco
  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
  • San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Practice Group

Current Positions

  • * Adjunct Faculty, Straus Dispute Resolution Institute, Pepperdine Law School, Malibu, CA
  • Chair, Ethics Task Force, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
  • Past President and Ex Officio Board Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Honors

  • Author,"Dear Collaborator" column, Collaborative Review
  • Founding co-editor, Collaborative Review

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