Professional Groups

Mary Antonia Wilmes, JD (Attorney, Mediator)

I am interested personally and professionally in peaceful non-violent conflict resolution. As a mother and grandmother, I care deeply about all children and healthy families. I believe in the importance of family, regardless of how the family is structured. I believe people can resolve their family issues with respect and fairness and I want to help them find solutions in a cost-effective way. We are coming to understand that divorce need not sever family relationships. For more information, see my website, www.sagewoman.net
Firm:	Collaborative Divorce & Family Mediation
Address:	1337 St. Clair Avenue #5 St. Paul MN, 55105 USA
Phone:	651-698-0470
Fax:	651-698-0169
Email:	mary@sagewoman.net
Website:	www.sagewoman.net

Practice Counties

Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington,

Collaborative Law Training
Year	Training Type	Instructor	Hours
2008	Advanced Interdisciplinary Training	Linda Solomon	12
2007	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Pauline Tesler	5.0
2006	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Tonda Mattie,myself & others	6
2006	Advanced Interdisciplinary Training	Gamache & Smith	12
2006	Advanced Interdisciplinary Training	Gamache	12
2005	Advanced Collaborative Law Training	Chip Rose	6
2005	Intermediate Collaborative Law Training	Tonda Matti, MN CLI	6
2005	Advanced Interdisciplinary Training	IACP, Atlanta, GA	10
2004	Intermediate Collaborative Law Training	Chip Rose	12
2004	Intermediate Collaborative Law Training	MN CLI	6
2003	Basic Collaborative Law Training	Stu Webb, MN CLI	6
1997	Mediation Training	Hamline University Law	40
1993	Mediation Training	MSBA	40

General Comments

I have been a family lawyer since 1985 and a family mediator since 1993. In 1997, I co-founded Family Matters, Ltd., an interdisciplinary group of professionals who work together in helping clients resolve their cases with respect and care for each other and the children. I joined the Collaborative Law Institute in 2003. With over twenty years of experience as a family law attorney and life experiences that include being a mother of two and grandmother of six, I am convinced that people who look back on their divorce are most satisfied when they were able to resolve issues peacefully with dignity and work with their former partner as coparents if there were children. Collaborative law is a great process that can work for most people who want a better way. I enjoy helping people find the right process for them and am happy to offer a free half-hour meeting to discuss options

Areas of Practice

Family Law

Mediation

Education

Undergraduate Education

1975 B.S., cum laude, Economics, Business
University of Wisconsin--River Falls

Postgraduate Education

1985, J.D., cum laude

Law School

William Mitchell College of Law

Professional Licenses

Licensed to practice law in Minnesota, 1985.