Anne (Jan) White, AAML
(Lawyer)
Anne (Jan) W. White, with over 30 years of legal experience in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia, is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and was named to the 2009 and 2010 editions of Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Jan attended Stanford Law School and is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, where she was also an Angier B. Duke scholar and Phi Beta Kappa member. Jan's diverse background prepared her to resolve complex divorce issues involving taxes, retirement benefits, trusts, businesses, and related financial issues in collaborative cases. Earlier in her career, she studied finance at Stanford Business School, trained in tax, business, and litigation at the Washington, D.C. firm of Hogan & Hartson, and practiced international trade law.
Jan completed her collaborative law training alongside renowned professionals in the field, such as Stu Webb, Pauline Tesler, Peggy Thompson, Suzanne Brunsting, Susan Gamache, and George Richardson.
In addition to practicing collaborative law in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, Jan also works as a leader and educator in the field. Jan serves as Chair of the D.C. Metro Protocols Committee and President of the D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals. She is past Co-Chair of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia. As a founding member of Collaborative Practice Training Institute, Jan trains other collaborative law professionals. She was honored with the first Member of the Year Award by the Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals (Maryland) for her work on the development of the D.C. Metro Area Protocols for Collaborative Divorce.
In May 2010 Bethesda Magazine named Jan one of the area's top 25 divorce lawyers for her work in collaborative divorce.
Along with other trainers from Collaborative Practice Training Institute, Jan gave a 3-day interdisciplinary team training in May 2009 and in March 2010. Also in March 2010 she taught a four-day intensive training on Mediation and Interest-Based Negotiation Skills. In May 2010 she was a presenter at a one-day training class, 'Creating a Deep and Durable Collaborative Parenting Plan.'
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American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow; Best Lawyers 2009; Super Lawyers 2009; Faculty for Divorce Tax, Pension programs for attorneys and mediators; developed, chaired and taught D.C. Bar Program 'Family Law around the Beltway: Law and Strategy in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia'; Chair, D.C. Metro Protocols Committee; Co-Chair, Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia; Board Member and Co-Chair of Protocols for D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals; Board Member and Co-Chair of Protocols for Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals (Maryland); Collaborative Practice Training Institute.
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| Professional Licenses |
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Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia Licensed
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| General Comments |
| Jan finds that the collaborative law process benefits clients who are seeking to divorce in a way that maximizes their privacy, provides them with greater control over timing and outcome, emphasizes financial planning, and promotes family harmony and good parenting. Jan has great confidence in collaborative law's ability to overcome the emotional obstacles to negotiation and resolution in divorce cases. To maximize the personal nature and efficacy of the collaborative process, Jan routinely involves mental health, financial, and other trusted professionals in creating custom-tailored teams for each case. Jan's commitment to improving the experience of divorcing clients has led her to found the D.C. Metro Protocols Committee, devoted to improving the quality of collaborative divorce, and to train other professionals as a founding member of the Collaborative Practice Training Institute. |
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| Areas of Practice |
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Family Law
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| Education |
| Undergraduate Education |
| Duke University, B.A. 1967, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Angier B. Duke Scholar |
| Post-graduate Education |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A. in Political Science, 1969 |
| Professional Education |
| Stanford School of Law, J.D., 1972 |
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| Collaborative Practice Training |
| Year |
Training Type |
Instructor |
Hours |
| 2005 |
Basic Collaborative Law Training |
George Richardson |
16 |
| 2006 |
Mediation Training |
Carl Schneider |
40 |
| 2006 |
Basic Collaborative Law Training |
Suzanne Brunsting |
16 |
| 2006 |
Intermediate Collaborative Law Training |
Stuart Webb |
8 |
| 2007 |
Basic Interdisciplinary Training |
George Richardson |
20 |
| 2008 |
Conflict Resolution and Mediation Skills Training for Collaborative Professionals |
Judy Rubin |
5 |
| 2008 |
Using the IACP Collaborative Practice Basic Training Curriculum |
Susan Gamache and Amy Wolff |
6 |
| 2008 |
Intermediate Collaborative Training |
Pauline Tesler |
3 |
| 2009 |
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training |
Susan Gamache |
22 |
| 2009 |
Ethical Considerations on the Practice of Collaborative Law |
Suzanne Brunsting |
4 |
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