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         Maureen Toomey was born and raised on the East Coast and has lived in four countries and five states.  Maureen had several careers before law: managing homes for the developmentally disabled, consulting and mediation services, and owning a water filtration business.  She has a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Writing, and a Master's degree in Counseling and Mediation as well as a JD.

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         Maureen was an Editor on the Law Review for the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah.  She worked for the federal government in land use, the Utah state government in employment law and land use, and for Coconino County (civil) in Flagstaff, Arizona.  During school, she participated in the Family Law Clinic and worked in several family law firms.  Lastly, she became the Acting Director for the Colorado Independent  Ethics Commission, investigating complaints and providing legal analysis.

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     Maureen has a passion for helping couples go through the smoothest transition in divorce, separation, and domestic partnerships.  She is committed to a process that protects children from the fallout of a separation of parents. 

 

     It was during COVID, when the courts were closed, that Maureen started working in collaborative law, mediation, and settlements on-line.  She found they were more inclusive and efficient systems; and the parties did not have to go through the "temporary orders" phase which prolongs the whole process. Couples went straight to final documents and then straight on to their separate lives. 

 

     Maureen practiced law in Utah and Colorado before moving back to Washington. Currently, she is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the Family Law and Solo Practice sections, Whatcom Women Attorneys and the Whatcom County Bar Association.

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