Bart Carey
Anaheim Hills, California 92807
United States
Profession(s)
LawyerDivorce is a life experience. Collaborative Divorce goes beyond the legal process and treats it as such. This work is 'peacemaking'.
Bart's personal journey to ‘peacemaker' began with his experience as a family law litigator. The highly competitive, adversarial nature of Litigation meant that even a "win" in court had negative impacts on families, especially on children. Bart's resolution was to find a better way to help families journey through divorce.
• As a professional, Bart has diligently and extensively studied and trained in the legal processes of litigation, mediation and collaboration. Bart is teaching these skills at Western State College of Law and co-founded the Collaborative Divorce Education Institute to teach other professionals.
• As a human being, Bart recognizes that the vast majority of people want to be fair and move away from conflict with dignity and respect to find peace.
• As a peacemaker, coming to the practice of Collaborative law is coming home.
Bart graduated from Western State University College of Law and was admitted to the California Bar in 1988. Bart has actively practiced Collaborative Law since February 2004 and Mediation since 1998.
Professional Activities
Shadow Trainer: Collaboration Interdisciplinary Team Training presenters George Richardson, Vickie Miller, Ellie Izzo, Ph.D., and Mark Hill, 2010 in collaboration with Collaborative Divorce Education Institute; Mediation Skills and Strategies in Collaborative & Unbundled Practices with presenters Woody Mosten, Carol Hughes & Stephanie Maloney; Presenter Divorce Options Programs 2007 - 2013 Presenter, Second Saturday Program, 2009 -10 Presenter, “A Calk Talk: Baseball and Other Client Centered Collaborative Concepts”, Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County, 2010 Presenter, “How to Present the Collaborative Concept to Prospective Clients – A Benefits Based Approach ”, Collaborative Divorce Professionals of the Inland Empire, 2010 Co-Founder and President of Collaborative Divorce Education Institute, Inc. 2010; Member 2010 - present; Shadow Trainer: Collaboration Interdisciplinary Team Training presenters Janis M. Pritchard, BA, LLB, Vickie Miller, BSN, MA, LMFT, Tamara Rounds, LCSW, and Mark Hill, CFP, CDFA, 2009 Member, Collaborative Divorce Solutions, Orange County, 2004 - present Board Member, Collaborative Divorce Solutions, Orange County, 2005 Panel member/Presenter, O.C.B.A. Family Law section, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Receivers, Mediation, Collaborative Law, 11/04; Member, California Bar Association, 1988 – present Member, California Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1992 – present Member, Orange County Bar Association, 1988 – present Member, Orange County Bar Association, Family Law section, 1996 – present Board Member, Family Assessment Counseling and Educational Services, Inc. [F.A.C.E.S.], 1996 - 2002; President, F.A.C.E.S., 1999- 2001;Undergraduate Education
California State University at Fullerton, 1983
<br>A.S., Inc., Board of Directors, School of Human Development, 1981-1983
<br>C.S.U.F., Athletics Council, Student Member, 1982-1983
Postgraduate Education
Western State College of Law, JD, 1987.
Professional Education
Western State University College of Law, 1987
Mediation: The Art of Facilitating Settlement, Straus Institute for Conflict Management , Pepperdine University, 1997
Family Law Mediation [40 hours], Institute for Conflict Management, 2000
Mediating the Litigated Case, Straus Institute for Conflict Management , Pepperdine University, 2002
Collaboration Interdisciplinary Team Training with George Richardson, JD, Vickie Miller, BSN, MS, LMFT, Talia Katz, JD, and Mark Hill, CFP, CDFA 2004
Adryenn Cantor’s 18 Hour Divorce Mediation Training, presenter Adryenn Cantor, JD, 2006
Advanced Collaborative Training with Michael Lowy, JD, Alan Nobler, JD, Ron Romines, JD, Nancy Ross, LCSW, BCD, Karen Drury Russell, JD, David Weinberg, JD, 2006
Training the Trainers: Collaboration Interdisciplinary team training presenters George Richardson, JD, Vickie Miller, BSN, MA, LMFT, Nancy Ross, LCSW, BCD, Tamara Rounds, LCSW, and Mark Hill, CFP, CDFA 2007
Shadow Trainer: Collaboration Interdisciplinary Team Training presenters Janis M. Pritchard, BA, LLB, Vickie Miller, BSN, MA, LMFT, Tamara Rounds, LCSW, and Mark Hill, CFP, CDFA, 2009
Protecting Disabled Children in a Dissolution, presenters Heather Campopiano and Patricia Tobin, State Bar of California, 2009
Advanced Conflict Resolution Strategies for Mediators and Collaborative Professionals presenter Forrest S. Mosten, JD, American Institute of Mediation
Shadow Trainer: Collaboration Interdisciplinary Team Training presenters George Richardson, Vickie Miller, Ellie Izzo, Ph.D., and Mark Hill, 2010 in collaboration with Collaborative Divorce Education Institute;
Advanced Conflict Resolution Strategies for Mediators and Collaborative Professionals
Game Theory in Consensual Dispute Resolution Processes
Agreement Readiness;
Informed Consent, Unbundling and other Ethical Consideration in Collaborative Law
Mediation Skills at the Heart of Collaborative Practice
How to Present the Collaborative Concept to Prospective Clients – A Benefits Based Approach
A Chalk Talk: Baseball and Other Client Centered Collaborative Concepts
3 Day Basic Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Training - Protocols
3 Day Not so Basic Collaborative Interdisciplinary team Training - Best Practices
40 Hour Basic Mediation Training
Comments
I am honored and proud to be a member of the Orange County Collaborative Divorce Solutions, Inc. as both a practitioner and contributor.