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 Hon. Etta O. Gillivan (Ret.): After a decade as a Superior Court Commissioner on the San Diego County bench, Commissioner Gillivan has become an expert in managing the complex issues inherent in family law. A trained mediator, she is a partner in the dispute resolution firm, Hadden & Gillivan in Ventura County. Commissioner Gillivan serves on volunteer and professional mediation panels and as a family law panelist for state and local bars, and other associations. She has also served as an adjunct professor of law, teaching ADR, community property and family law courses.
 Judge Melinda A. Johnson (Ret.) served on the Ventura Superior Court, specializing in family law. While on the bench, she taught and chaired the Continuing Judicial Studies Program family law course, and the California Center for Judicial Education family law workshop. She was a charter member of the Family Law Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council. She has taught at CFLR's Trial Advocacy seminar, Advanced Family Law Course and the FLRC review program. She has been teaching the Family Law 101 and Nuts & Bolts seminars since 2003. Since retiring from the bench, Judge Johnson has been a mediator, arbitrator and referee through Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS).
 Judge Thomas Trent Lewis became a Certified Family Law Specialist in 1985 and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1988. He was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2006 and is assigned to a family law department in the Central District. He currently serves on the CJER Family Law Education Committee and the Judicial Council Family Juvenile Law Advisory Committee. Judge Lewis has a long history of Bar Association activities, including President of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association and Chair of the Board of Legal Specialization in 1997. He has taught on family law issues for legal seminars hosted by AAML, CPA Education Foundation, CEB and CJER. Judge Lewis also taught at the 2009 FLRC and AFLC seminars. He is Vice President of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts California Chapter.
 Mary J. Martinelli is a Certified Family Law Specialist who leads one of the largest family law practices in California. She represents clients in sophisticated custody matters and high-stakes property matters. Her practice focuses primarily on parties who own businesses. Practicing as part of Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento's largest law firm, Mary is one of the few family law attorneys in the state working daily with corporate, estate planning, tax, and ERISA attorneys who provide in depth support to her family law clients. Mary taught Family Law/Community Property for 10 years at UC Davis (King Hall) School of Law, and is a frequent speaker and writer on family law topics.
 Stephen James Wagner is a Certified Family Law Specialist and partner in the Sacramento law firm of Dick & Wagner, specializing in complex family law matters. He also acts as a consultant to other family law specialists, often participating in multi-day trials. Stephen has been a speaker for more than 200 CLE programs over the last 30 years. He co-presented The Rutter Group/CFLR 2009 FLRC and AFLC programs. Stephen is a coauthor of the 10-book series, Gray & Wagner, Complex Issues in California Family Law. He is also a consultant and contributing author to: Kirkland, Lurvey, Richmond & Wagner, California Family Law Practice and Procedure, 2nd ed., Denner, Kolodny & Wagner, California Family Law Litigation Guide - Strategy, Planning and Preparation for Depositions, Hearings and Trial, and California Family Law Monthly.
 Sandra Purnell, CFLS: Mediating Attorney. Sandra has had a lengthy career as an educator, family law specialist, mediator and family law facilitator. Her practice currently focuses on unbundling and divorce mediation. Sandra received her law degree from UCLA where she was on the UCLA Law Review. She also holds a Ph.D. in Communication Theory from the University of Minnesota.
Mary Duryee, Ph.D.: Mary Duryee, Ph.D., is a psychologist and mediator in private practice in Oakland, California, She has taught for the Statewide Office of Family Court Services in California; the Center for Judicial Education and Research; Arizona Family Law judges Conference; California Family law Report; and, the National Council of juvenile and Family Law judges, in Reno, Nevada. She has written a chapter on Child Development for the Family Law Bench Manual for California Family Law judges; a chapter on Mediation Child Custody for Matthew Bender; and numerous articles on various topics in family law. She was the Director for Family Court Services, Alameda County Superior Court, for 12 years from 1982 to 1994. She has provided consultation to a number of Family Law Courts in California on providing services to families. She received her Ph.D. in 1980 from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, in Social-clinical psychology; her Master's in Clinical Psychology from San Francisco State University in 1976; and her Bachelors' from Stanford University in 1971 in Architecture.
Heather Satin Skinner: Heather is the site manager for Thomson Reuter's Legal Editorial Operations office in San Francisco, in addition to being the managing editor of California Family Law Report (CFLR). Heather became involved with CFLR in 2004 when the business came to Thomson. Since that time, she has been heavily involved with DissoMaster™, acting as the project manager on the development team for the past five years. In addition, Heather acts as editorial manager for CFLR's other print and online publications (California Family Law Practice™, California Family law Report™ Monthly Newsletter, First Alert™, and CFLR.com). She also acts as Product Manager for the Norton SupporTax® support calculation software, and oversees Thomson Reuters' other family law software applications. Before coming to Thomson Reuters eight years ago, Heather split her time between a private family law practice and prosecuting child protection cases.
David B. Kuypers is the California Family Law Report (CFLR) Project Manager for DissoMaster. David oversees day-to-day operations and coordinates with the developer, programmer, and the California Family Law courts. He is also involved in the other Thomson Reuters family law software products -- SupporTax and FinPlan. Previously, he was a Westlaw Reference Attorney in the specialty software product group, where he was the family law product lead. He is a graduate of Marquette University Law School and received a Sports Law Certificate from the National Sports Law Institute. Prior to law school, he worked in commercial lending and sales and marketing.
 Steven Sparta, Ph.D.: Dr. Steven Sparta is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD. He is also Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University.
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