Fort Myers Attorney Tricia Spivey Elected Vice-Chairperson of the Collaborative Professionals of Southwest Florida

Fort Myers, FL, May 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Henderson Franklin is pleased to announce that Attorney Tricia A. Spivey was elected Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Collaborative Professionals of Southwest Florida. This organization promotes the collaborative process, a method where both parties and their attorneys agree in writing to focus all of their efforts towards resolving the divorce or other legal matter by agreement, without resorting to court. Lawyers and experts are hired as a team to help their clients achieve mutually acceptable settlements and optimum resolutions for the family.

Spivey is a Board Certified Marital and Family Lawyer and a Certified Family Law Mediator. She represents clients in all areas of family law, including dissolutions of marriage, parenting issues, support, paternity, post-judgment enforcement, as well as prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Spivey received her undergraduate degree from Florida Southern College and her law degree from Florida State University in 1994.

Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is one of the largest law firms between Tampa and Miami. A full-service firm, Henderson Franklin has 55 attorneys practicing in the areas of business and tax planning, estate planning, family law, commercial and civil litigation, workers' compensation, employment law, real estate, and land use and environmental law. One of the state's oldest firms, Henderson Franklin was founded in Fort Myers in 1924 and currently operates offices in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, and on Sanibel Island. For more information on Spivey or Henderson Franklin, please visit www.henlaw.com.

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