Elizabeth Bookwalter
Elizabeth has exclusively practiced family law for seven years. She began practicing collaborative law because she believes it provides a better framework for families to resolve custody, support, and property…
About the DC Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Collaborative Practice is an international network of legal, financial, mental health and other professionals who assist parties facing separation, divorce or other difficult matters in a healthier, non-adversarial process based upon integrity, direct discussion and cooperation.
About 60 Collaborative practitioners are members of the DC Academy of Collaborative Professionals (DCACP). Our membership includes attorneys, mental health professionals, financial professionals and child specialists who work together in teams helping families in ways that they most need.
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DCACP Executive Board: |
President
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President-ElectRachel is an attorney at the Burr Law Firm practicing family law in Virginia, DC and Maryland. Rachel began her practice in Virginia in 2017 and witnessed the impersonal experience… |
Immediate Past PresidentFor many years a large aspect of Carl’s practice has been marital dissolutions, both in litigating and non-litigating cases (out of court settlements, mediation and collaborative divorces) and has assisted… |
TreasurerAfter seeing investment clients receive bad or no financial advice during their divorce, my partner Dwayne and I reasoned there must be a better way-A new way- to divorce. We… |
Secretary |
Members at Large: |
Jamie S. BlumJamie S. Blum, CPA, CDFA® is the Director of Divorce Financial Planning at Argent Bridge Advisors. She has more than 30 years of experience in finance, litigation support and accounting…. |
Colleen Bokman, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSWColleen has worked with families for over 18 years as a clinical social worker. She has expertise in the areas of child development, child abuse/neglect, children\’s special needs within the… |
Jennifer BradleyJennifer Bradley has worked in family law for over 15 years, and has practiced Collaborative law for 10 years. She was named the Best Lawyers® 2024 and 2021 Lawyer of… |
Patrick BrendePatrick Brende is a mortgage loan advisor at Residential Mortgage Center, a family-owned and operated mortgage company with over 40 years of experience in the industry and over 20 years… |
Abbie FrishmanAbbie Frishman, MPS, CFP®, CDFA® is the Director of Divorce Financial Planning Services at Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM). Since 2017, she has focused her practice on helping individuals, couples,… |
Michelle MuhammedMichelle Muhammed, CFP®, CDFA®, ChFC®, CBDA, brings over two decades of financial experience to her role. Her journey to specializing in divorce financial advising began when she witnessed how poor… |
Membership Committee |
Jennifer BradleyJennifer Bradley has worked in family law for over 15 years, and has practiced Collaborative law for 10 years. She was named the Best Lawyers® 2024 and 2021 Lawyer of… |
Patrick BrendePatrick Brende is a mortgage loan advisor at Residential Mortgage Center, a family-owned and operated mortgage company with over 40 years of experience in the industry and over 20 years… |
