Deborah Bennett Berecz - Deborah Bennett Berecz (pronounced Be-Reece) obtained her law degree from Notre Dame Law School and focuses her practice primarily on family law, including Collaborative divorce, mediation, adoption and alternative dispute resolution. She is the immediate past President of the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan and has served as Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Deborah is committed to providing clients the opportunity to resolve disputes with respect and dignity for all parties, particularly when there are children involved who will be affected by their parent’s family transitions.

She is a member of the team selected to train professionals in Michigan who wish to practice in the Collaborative model and regularly presents for The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, including the Advanced Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Institute (ANDRI), and the Family Law Institute, on topics related to dispute resolution. She has served as a mediation training coach with nationally recognized trainers and is the author of a number of publications on ADR. Deborah encourages people facing a divorce to educate themselves on the options available. She or her legal assistant, Kathy Hickman, may be reached at 269.428.3447.

Carl Burdick - Carl Burdick's law practice includes family law, collaborative divorce, civil and divorce mediation, and general civil litigation. He obtained his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Berrien County Bar Association. He is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

He is the past President of the Berrien County Bar Association, 1992 - 1993; former member of the State Bar of Michigan's Representative Assembly, two terms; Member State Bar of Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Hearing Panel; former Board President of Child & Family Services of Southwest Michigan, 6 years; and former Member of Board of Directors of Child & Family Services, 12 years.

Margo C. Runkle - Margo Runkle received her law degree from the University of Michigan and a Master's in Psychology from Western Michigan University. She was admitted to the Michigan State Bar in 1991 and the Indiana Bar in 2008. Her professional background includes work as a prosecutor, appellate attorney and Vice President of Human Resources. Her family practice specializes in using Collaborative Law and Mediation techniques to settle divorce matters, child custody and support, and property settlements.

She is a member of the Family Law Section of the State Bar, the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan, the Michiana Collaborative Professional Group and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. She has conducted trainings for the Michigan Judicial Institute on Building Collaborative Workplaces and Team Building. She sits on the Board of Directors for Citizens Mediation Service and the Michiana Center for Gambling Recovery. She may be reached at 269-615-2450 or via her website, www.runklefamilylaw.com.

Steve Wolfram - Steven L. Wolfram graduated magna cum laude from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1980, with majors in biology and English, and from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon in 1986, with a curriculum concentration in environmental law. He was licensed to practice law in Oregon in 1987 and in Michigan in 1992, and was subsequently admitted to practice in the federal district court for the Western District of Michigan and the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He served as a judicial research assistant for the Berrien County Circuit Court, St. Joseph, Michigan from 1991 - 1994, when he entered private practice.

Attorney Wolfram is a member of the Oregon State Bar, Michigan State Bar, Berrien County Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan, as well as the Family Law, General Practice, and Environmental Law sections of the State Bar of Michigan and the Environmental and Natural Resources Section of the State Bar of Oregon. He has completed training in mediation and collaborative law. His current practice focuses primarily on domestic relations in Berrien, Van Buren, and Cass counties; he also accepts a limited number of cases in the civil, criminal, and appellate courts of Michigan.

Kris Petlick, M.A. - Kris is a master's level psychologist and works as a counselor at Southwestern Medical Clinic Christian Counseling and Psychological Services in Stevensville, Michigan. Kris earned her MA in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University and her BA in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame.

Kris has broad experience working with women and men, as well as with children and adolescents. She works with individuals, couples, and families on issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, relationships, life changes, and collaborative divorce. Special interests in the field of psychology include posttraumatic stress, Asperger's disorder, post-abortion syndrome, and equine assisted psychotherapy. To contact Kris, call her at her Southwestern Medical Clinic office number: 269.429.7727.

Margo C. Runkle, M.A. - Margo is a Master's level psychologist, having earned a degree in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan. She works in private practice in St. Joseph and Paw Paw Michigan, primarily with families, couples and adolescents on issues including anxiety, trauma, depression, loss, self-esteem, conflict and relationships.

Her psychology training includes existential, client-centered, cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic psychotherapies. Margo also has extensive training and experience working with family conflict as a certified Family mediator and Collaborative Divorce attorney. She can be reached at 269-612-7104 or via her website, www.runkletherapy.com.

William A. Schnell, M.A. - Bill Schnell is a seasoned psychotherapist who has been practicing in the Michiana area since 1984. He received his Masters in Psychological Counseling from the University of Notre Dame in 1984 and is a Limited Licensed Psychologist in the State of Michigan, supervised by Dennis Waite, Ed.D. Fully Licensed Psychologist. His education has included training and practice in a variety of psychotherapeutic modalities including Rogerian Humanistic Therapy, Humanistic Psychoanalysis, Gestalt Psychotherapy, Psychodramatic Therapy, , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Hypnosis, Neurofeedback Therapy, Group Psychotherapy, Nature Immersion Therapy, Holotropic Breath Work, Kundilini Meditation, Marital and Family Therapy, Play Therapy and Life Coaching. He studied under James Reagan Ed.D., for eleven years. Dr. Reagan was a student of Fritz Perls, M.D., Ph.D. and Virginia Satir, M.S.W.

Bill is a trained Collaborative Professional who has worked successfully as a divorce coach and as a child specialist with the local team here in Michiana for the last several years. He enjoys the work of assisting individuals and families in their personal growth and in their life transitions.

Marcia K. Winimaki, Psy.D. - Dr. Marcia Wiinamaki is the Director of Southwestern Medical Clinic Christian Counseling and Psychological Services in Stevensville, MI, and is a licensed clinical psychologist as well as a licensed professional counselor in Michigan. She has been practicing as a therapist for since 1988, and she received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Cedarville College in Cedarville, Ohio, her M.Ed. in Counseling from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, and her M.A. and Doctor of Psychology degree from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.

Her experience as a therapist includes working with issues such as depression, anxiety, childhood sexual and physical abuse, personality disorders, premarital and marital therapy, family therapy, relationship problems, group psychotherapy, and adjustment issues. She also does divorce and post-divorce mediation, and serves as a divorce coach for collaborative divorce cases. Her interests in the field of psychology include psychopharmacology, the integration of psychology and spiritual issues, object relations therapy, and personal growth issues. In addition, she teaches on-line psychology and counseling courses for Taylor University and Liberty University, and teaches Psychopharmacology at Andrews University for social work students.

Jim Hartwell - James V Hartwell brings financial expertise to your unique situation. James is both a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner. James is a partner in Hartwell & Company, PC, a CPA firm in business in Southwest Michigan for over twenty years. His expertise in both tax and financial planning are well suited to address the issues of efficient distribution of marital assets. He looks forward to assisting you achieve your goals.