Experience, Robin Graine, JD

Mediator

Owner, Graine Mediation (since 2009)
Extensive practical training in the Virginia Supreme Court’s Mentor-Menteeship Program as part of their Mediator Certificate Program (2009-2010).
Court appointed mediator for family disputes (custody, visitation) arising in the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Circuit Courts of Cook County (Chicago) (1994-1997)

Appointed by the Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County (Chicago), Child Support Enforcement and Juvenile, Abuse & Neglect Divisions. (1994)
Ruled on paternity and child support amounts; made findings on parental progress in pre-adoption (termination) cases. (1994-1997)

Divorce Attorney, Associate

Marshall J. Auerbach & Associates (Chicago), a prestigious Chicago divorce firm specializing in financially sophisticated litigation (1991-1994)

Guardian ad Litem (GAL)

Child Right’s Advocate under Patrick Murphy, a renowned child right’s advocate, at the Cook County GAL’s Office (1989-1994)

Virginia Divorce Law

Robin has kept abreast of and is well-versed in the legal trends in Virginia as regards child custody, child support, alimony, grounds, classification of property, equitable division of property, tax issues upon divorce and the standards and norms upon which the courts rely when deciding what would be in the "best interest of the children."

Circuit Court-Family (2010), Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court (2010), General District Court (2009).
Primary training with Judge John B. Curry, II, ret. of the 25th Judicial Circuit (Virginia), Blue Ridge Mediation and the Northern Virginia Mediation Service

Selected by the Circuit Court of Cook County (Chicago) to become one of the first court certified mediators in the State of Illinois for this program. (1994)

Robin is a candidate for the title of Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA)™
This training focuses on the tax and financial planning issues facing divorcing couples as well as the long-term affects of various settlement options.

Associate Member of the Fairfax Bar Association (Sections on Alternative Dispute Resolution & Family Law; Committee on Juvenile & Domestic Relations)
Association for Conflict Resolution
Virginia Mediation Network

Robin has been an independent businesswoman since 2000 and, prior to opening Graine Mediation, Robin owned and managed a personal training, health and fitness company, MindBody Robin, specializing in Pilates, yoga and integrative approaches to exercise, weight loss and post-rehab work. Robin continues to work with a select group of clients and maintains her fitness and mind-body technique certifications. www.mindbodyrobin.com.
Robin has "survived" divorce (in Fairfax County) and is the proud mother of two teenagers.