• Cornell University, B.A. 1975
• Loyola University School of Law, J.D. 1978

Best Lawyers

• Selected by peers for the inclusion in the 27th Edition of “The Best Lawyers in America”, 2021
• Named as one of the nation’s best matrimonial lawyers in “Best Lawyers in America”, 1993 – 2024

Worth Magazine

• Named among the “Top 100 Attorneys in the Country” in 2005
• Recognized as one of the Top 25 Female Connecticut Lawyers in 2010 and a Connecticut Super Lawyer in 2006 – 2016*

Super Lawyers

• Top 25: 2014 Women Connecticut
• Top 25: 2009 Women Connecticut
• Top 25: 2008 Women Connecticut
• Top 50: 2008 Women New England
• Top 50: 2007 Connecticut
• Top 25: 2007 Women Connecticut
• Top 25: 2007 Women Connecticut
• Top 50: 2007 Women New England
• Selected to Super Lawyers: 2006 – 2023

Connecticut Law Tribune

• Winner, Professional Excellence Awards, June 30, 2015

AVVO

• Received highest rating of 10 (“Superb”) from AVVO*

* Best Lawyers in America
* Super Lawyers Magazine
* Worth Magazine 

• Connecticut Family Law Citations: A Reference Guide to Connecticut Family Law Decisions by Cynthia C. George and Thomas D. Colin

• The State of Premarital Agreements in Connecticut, 8 Conn. Law Trib. P.20, 1995

• Deviations from the Child Support Guidelines, St. Bar GA. (Fam. Law Section Newsletter), 1992

• Survey of Developments in Connecticut Family Law, Conn. Bar J. 109, 1992.

• Comment: Fifth Amendment and Adultery, 5 Conn. Fam. Law J., 1990

• Connecticut Family Law Jurisdiction, 64 Conn. Bar J. 455, 1990

• Compelling a Spouse to File a Joint Tax Return, 4 Conn. Bar J. 131, 1989

• Survey of Developments in Connecticut Family Law, 63 Conn. Bar J. 131, 1989

• Can the Court Compel One Spouse to Sign a Joint Tax Return, FairShare, 8 Mat. Law Monthly 3, 1988

• Rehabilitative Alimony: Do We Have it in Connecticut?, 5 Conn. Fam. Law J. 74, 1987

• Marching to a Single Beat, 6 Fam. Advoc. 24, 1984

• Should You Take a More Businesslike Approach to Marriage?, Bus. Times p.23, 1984

• Combating the Effects of Inflation on Alimony and Child Support Orders, 57 Conn. Bar J. 233, 1983

• • Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1987 – 2020

• • Served as counsel to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1995 – 1996

• • Co-Chair of the Gender Bias Committee, 1992 – 2004

• • Member of the Budget Committee

• • Member of the Marketing Committee

• • Member of the Advertising Committee

• • Connecticut Bar Association, Past Chairman of Family Law Section and Past Chairman of the Bench/Bar Committee

• American Bar Association, Past Chairman of Marriage and Cohabitation Law Committee and Treasurer of the ABA’s Family Law Section 1998 – 1999

• Connecticut, 1978