Lynda J. Robbins is a collaborative lawyer and family law mediator with over thirty years experience. She believes that family law issues are best resolved by those most involved, the parties themselves. Lynda is committed to assisting families through this difficult time in their lives in the most constructive ways possible. Mediation and Collaborative Law give parties the tools to help themselves through this process.

"I would unhesitatingly recommend Lynda Robbins as an expert guide through the Collaborative Divorce process. She kept my interests as her top priority and worked towards my goals, but was also realistic and candid with me. I felt supported and protected throughout a difficult and draining process."  Read More...

~Linda S.

Boston's Best Lawyers

Lynda Robbins was voted one of Boston's Best Lawyers 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in Collaborative Family Law and Mediation categories. Lynda was also selected as a New England Super Lawyer in 2011 for Family Law.

   

Services

Credentials

• J.D. Suffolk University Law School 
• B.A. magna cum laude, Suffolk University 

Practice Areas

• Mediation of all family disputes including divorce, post-divorce (modifications) and marital mediation
• Collaborative Family Law Practice
• Family Law Settlement Counselor
• Case Evaluation
• Drafting Agreements

Professional Background

• Licensed to practice law in Massachusetts since 1979 
• Admitted, District of Massachusetts, 1980 
• Admitted, Supreme Court, 1984 
• Mediation training with Divorce Mediation Training Associates, October 1989
• Collaborative Law Training with Pauline Tesler, April 2000 
• Conflict Resolution Training with Chip Rose, May, 2003 and June, 2005
• Collaborative Law Interdisciplinary Training with MCLC, May, 2004
• Conflict Resolution Training with Jeffrey Kerr, June, 2005
• Parenting Coordination:  Working with High Conflict Families Training with Robin M. Deutsch and Hon. Eileen M. Shaevel, May 2006
• Advanced Collaborative Law Workshop with Sherri Goren Slovin and Victoria Smith, May 2006
• Instructor—Collaborative Law Trainings sponsored by Mass. Collaborative Law Council, 2002-2006
• Advanced Negotiation Skills: The Delicate Balance of Advocacy and Neutrality November 2008
• Advanced Negotiation Skills:  Deepening Your Role as a Collaborative Professional with Kenneth Cloke, J.D., June 2010
• Advanced Negotiation Skills: Breaking Impasse: Practical Techniques for Diagnosing Resistance and Moving Beyond Obstacles to Settlement with Nina Meierding February 2011
• Advanced Negotiation Skills:  Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Advance Collaborative Negotiation Skills to Start and Keep the Process Going with Forrest S. Mosten, March 2011

Professional Memberships

• Massachusetts Bar Association 
• Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, Founding Member and Past President
• Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Board of Directors and Past President
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Board of Directors, President
• Co-Founder, Merrimack Valley Mediators Group
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and Massachusetts Chapter
• Association for Conflict Resolution and NE-ACR
• North Suburban Mediators Group

Presentations

• Northern Middlesex Bar Association Legal Ease video presentations:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Divorce law 
  • Adoption
  • Child Custody In Divorce
  • Divorce Mediation
• Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminars:
  • November 1999, GALs in Guardianship and Domestic Relations Cases
  • July 2003, Paralegal Conference: ADR and Mediation
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals:
  • October 2011, 12th Annual Networking and Educational Forum
    Who "Leads" in the Collaborative Practice Team Meetings: When, Why & How? - Advanced Panel Workshop
  • October 2005, 6th Annual Networking and Educational Forum
    The 'Art' of Four-Way Meetings Panel Workshop
  • October 2006 7th Annual Networking and Educational Forum Professions Colliding:  Addressing the Tension Between Mediation and Collaborative Law Panel Workshop
• Boston Bar Association:
  • January 2006, How to Help Clients Avoid the 'Stranger in the Black Robe' Mediation and Collaborative Law Practice
• Association for Conflict Resolution, Family Section Mid-Year Conference 2006:    Mediating Happily Ever After:  Marital Mediation and the Fairy Tale Complex
• New England ACR 2007 Conference:  Expanding the Toolbox:  Collaborative Practice for Family and Civil Dispute Resolution
• Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation: MARITAL MEDIATION: How Couples Can Use Mediation to Change the Terms of Their Marriage
• American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, 2010 Spring Conference, April 7-10, 2010, Two Processes are Better than One: Combining Mediation and Collaborative Practice To Help Families Resolve Estate and Elder Conflicts
• Collaborative Practice California, CELEBRATION V, April 23-25, 2010, Two Processes are Better than One: Combining Mediation and Collaborative Practice To Help Families Resolve Estate and Elder Conflicts
• MCLC Tri-River Practice Group, September 2010: "Collaborative Practice: Helping Families Resolve Estate and Elder Conflicts"
• MassNAELA October 2010: Solutions That Maintain Relationships for all Parties and Interests in Elder Law and Probate Disputes through Collaborative Practice and Mediation