About Shawn Skillin

Shawn has spent the last 36 years dealing with families in crisis. The most recent 24 years as a family lawyer, and the prior 12 years as an intensive care and trauma resuscitation nurse. In addition, Shawn is a child of divorce and has been through a divorce herself.

This unique combination of work and life experience gives her the ability to see all sides of your issues and concerns, including those of your children. Divorce is a crisis very similar to a medical crisis, where the entire family is affected on many levels. In both cases, the best approach is a solution-oriented one, where everyone works together to identify the options for moving forward in a healthy, positive way. Because of this combined 35 years of dealing with families in crisis, Shawn has developed an effective, pragmatic, and solution-oriented approach to family law services in mediation and collaborative divorce.

Shawn’s Approach
Shawn’s focus is on identifying where you are in your divorce transition, helping you in identifying options, and assisting you in evaluating each option in order to decide what works best for you and your family. She will remain personally involved in all aspects of your divorce. Shawn views divorce as an uncomfortable transition with many moving parts, where you are restructuring your family and your life. To that end, she strives to help you feel more comfortable being uncomfortable while assisting you in putting the pieces back together.

You can count on Shawn to give honest information in a straightforward manner, so you know exactly where you stand. In working together, you will find that she uses common language to assist you in understanding complex issues.

Since this process is important to you and personal to you, Shawn’s priority is to get back to you in 24 hours.