Foreword / Nancy Cameron -- Introduction / Forrest S. Mosten -- Introduction / Adam B. Cordover -- Prologue : making collaborative and non-court family practice your day job / Forrest S. Mosten and Adam B. Cordover -- Lawyers as peacemakers : really?!? yes, really / David Hoffman -- How collaborative practice will improve your profitability / Robert J. Merlin -- Redefining your practice signature and creating a profitable peacemaking practice / Kevin R. Scudder -- How many hats can I really wear? assessing whether to accept both litigation and collaborative work / carl Michael Rossi -- Being a client leader : the art of gaining new collaborative clients / Rich Grof -- Effectively marketing your collaborative practice / Gary Direnfeld -- Creating collaborative office space / Zanita Zacks-Gabriel -- Integrating technology into your collaborative practice / Brian Galbraith -- Getting buy-in for a collaborative approach from the other spouse and attorney / Enid Miller Ponn -- The first client meeting : gateway to a collaborative case / Bev Churchill -- The first joint collaborative meeting / Jeremy S. Gaies -- Fine-tuning your collaborative team / Lara Traum -- Developing a range of collaborative models : one size does not fit all / Ronald D. Ousky -- Mediation and collaboration : harnessing potential synergy / Elizabeth Potter Scully -- Traits and skills of a highly effective financial neutral / J. David Harper -- Collaborative child specialists : traditional and expanded roles / Kathleen Zumpano -- Using behavioral health professionals in family law / Nancy Retsinas and Susan J. Buniva (with Melissa Sulkowski) -- Collaborative marriage planning / Dennis Lerner -- Modifying existing agreements with a collaborative approach / Kimberly Stamatelos -- Avoiding and handling termination of the collaborative process / Michael V. Fancher -- Civil collaborative practice : the new way to do business / Sherrie R. Abney -- Collaborative practice as a business / Brian Galbraith -- Conclusion : next steps to building your collaborative practice / Forrest S. Mosten and Adam B. Cordover.