Professional Profile | New Growth Ventures LLC

“I want to be sure you know how grateful I am for your help in navigating some tricky waters. You were great at refining the resolution into a 45-minute discussion between the four of us, and you were a calming influence. Thanks so much for your guidance.”
– Client, ending a 40-year marriage

“It is in large part because of your people skills that this process has worked so well. My client does not view you as an adversary...but as a partner, helping to support her too. This is the highest compliment you could ever receive.”
– Lawyer for client’s spouse

Credentials and experience, as recognized by the
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
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Honors

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2011 (Family Law practice area)

Articles

From "Me" to "We": Professional Transformation through Collaborative Teams (PDF)
by Kimberly P. Fauss, JD
The World of Collaborative Practice

From Barristers and Solicitors
to the New Collaborative Lawyer (PDF)
by Kimberly P. Fauss, JD
VBA News Journal, Spring 2010

Client Self-Determination in the
Collaborative Process (PDF)
by Kimberly P. Fauss, JD
Virginia Lawyer, June/July 2009

Collaborative Professionals as Healers of Conflict:
The Conscious Use of Neuroscience in Collaboration (PDF)
by Kimberly P. Fauss, JD
Collaborative Review, Summer 2008

Collaborative Practice: Solving Family Disputes
Outside of Court (PDF)
by Kimberly P. Fauss, Cheryl W. Smith and
Peter V. Chiusano
Virginia Lawyer Magazine, February 2007

The Dispute Resolution Continuum (PDF)
by Kimberly Fauss
Virginia Alternative Divorce Resolution newsletter, Fall 2006