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A lesson in perspective following a “victory” in a divorce custody case led former State Bar president Diane S. Diel to Collaborative Practice and mediation.

Diel sees law as a helping profession, marrying her passion for family law with a team approach style that involves mental health professionals and financial professionals. The relationship she’s cultivated allows for a creative approach to family law that changes lives in a meaningful way.

“The most rewarding part of my career is that I have been able to be on the ground floor of developing and growing Collaborative Divorce and mediation,” said Diel.

Dividing her solo practice work between mediation, collaborative divorce and litigation cases, Diel finds time to balance it all with public and professional service. She was appointed to the Access to Justice Commission in 2017 and is currently the chair of the commission’s Systems Reform Committee.

Instrumental in the creation of the pro bono membership category through her work with the commission and the State Bar Membership Committee, Diel helped to create the pro bono emeritus membership category.