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As a divorce attorney, Andrea Vacca always lamented that even those couples who reached a settlement during litigation did so under extreme duress, and were rarely happy with the terms of their agreements. The emotional and financial costs involved in getting to an agreement and preparing for trial often destroyed any goodwill between the parties and led to long-lasting animosity. When she first heard of collaborative practice, a non-adversarial solutions-based approach to ending marriages and other relationships, she immediately recognized its potential to transform the impact divorce had on family members by allowing them to move forward with their lives as cleanly and as peacefully as possible. Ms. Vacca is now certified as a Collaborative Law Attorney and a Family and Divorce Mediator, and steers her clients toward non-adversarial methods to resolve their disputes whenever possible. Through these capacities, she relishes the opportunities to think outside of the box of traditional family law and to work with the spouse’s attorney towards the common goal of an agreement tailored to the unique circumstances of their clients.
Ms. Vacca is closely involved with a number of organizations that reflect her deep interest in changing the way families deal with the end of a relationship. She serves on the board of directors of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals and the New York Women’s Bar Association. She is a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the New York City Bar Association; a member of the International Association of Collaborative Professionals; and a member of the Family Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.
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