SANDY BREGMAN

Practice Philosphy:
Sandy has practiced law in Scottsdale since 1988, concentrating her practice in the area of family law. In her belief that there is a better way for both the divorcing or divorced couple and their children than to declare war, she focuses clients on resolution, and counsels them to take the "high road" by conducting themselves in an honest, respectful manner and to look at long-term solutions for themselves and their children. At the same time Sandy is a strong and devoted advocate of a client's need to protect and preserve their rights.

As a result, she now offers Unbundled Legal Services (also known as LImited Scope Legal Services), Mediation and other Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, as well as Collaborative Law Services to clients as alternative representation to assist her clients in resolving their family issues, protecting their rights and assets, while better understanding their options and achieving their goals, in a proactive and positive way.

A former Judge Pro Tempore from 1996-2002, Sandy has covered court calendars and cases for Maricopa County Superior Court Family Court Judges as well as Court Commissioners and IV D Court Commissioners, and presided over many settlement conferences for the Family Court.

Sandy is trained in mediation, including programs through the State Bar of Arizona and the County Bar and Court Systems, in addition to the 40 hour certification for Divorce Mediation from the Erickson Institute of Mediation in Minnesota.

Sandy has strong skills in diagnosing a case, quickly identifying issues and transforming a client "story" into clear and relevant arguments, to best present her client's position. Her training in Alternative Dispute Resolution is useful in providing legal representation with honesty, respect and a focus on problem solving.

For those clients who want more knowledge and control over their care and a need to present their own arguments, Sandy understands the need for assistance and guidance with empathy, compassion and an ability to focus on relevant facts and arguments.

Personal History:
Sandy was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa for 2 years, working in preschools. From 1984 to 1986, she was a Phoenix Police Department Reserve Officer, working first on patrol out of the Sky Harbor station, which covered areas of south central and south east Phoenix, where gang activity was prevalent. Later she was assigned to the Phoenix Gang Squad out of the downtown Police Station.

She worked her way through law school as a divorced single parent with a young daughter. During Law School, she interned for the Arizona Senate, the Prescott City Attorney and City Prosecutor, and Judge Rudolph Gerber, then a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge. She also worked on research projects for 2 law school professors. Sandy has prepared and published seminar materials for the 1997 National Business Institute's Family Law Seminar in Arizona, as well as self-publishing "About Divorce -Answers to Commonly Asked Questions", for interested and potential clients, originally published in 1996 and updated in 2004.

Sandy has recently published an article on Unbundled Legal Services for the AZAMFT Newsletter, for Marital and Family Therapists in Arizona.

Sandy is married to her law partner, Mark Bregman, and is the mother of two daughters, and grandmother of 3 children.

(1) ALEOAC = Arizona Law Enforcement Officer's Advisory Council