Cheryl Smith

Cheryl Watson Smith, PC

Profile

I do not accept court-contested divorce-related matters. I provide professional and personal legal, mediation and Collaborative services to each client by explaining the litigation, negotiation, mediation, and Collaboration processes; exploring the pros and cons of each process for their family; investigating the cases facts and helping clients identify what is important to them; develop a comprehensive strategy and pursue peaceful, respectful and durable resolutions.

Education

T.C. Williams School of Law/ 1988/ J.D.

Admitted to Practice

1988

Legal Organizations

Member: Family Law Sections of Virginia State Bar and Virginia Bar Assn., Roanoke City Bar Assn.
Virginia Collaborative Professionals
Collaborative Divorce Professionals of Roanoke
Southwest Virginia Collaborative Divorce Professionals
Current Position: Virginia Collaborative Professionals Council as Membership Services Chair
Prev. Positions: Virginia Collaborative Professionals-Executive Committee Board Member 2005-08
Virginia State Bar, Bd. of Governors-Family Law Section 2003-06
Virginia Bar Assn.
Young Lawyers Sections Council
Virginia Bar Assn.: Domestic Relations Section Council-Sec. 2003, Vice Chair 2004-05
Roanoke Valley Family Law Bar Assn.: Sec. 1994-96
Pres. 1997.

CLE Presentations

Virginia State Bar – Bridge the Gap – Family Law, 2002, 2003,2004
Virginia Trial Lawyers Assn., Annual Family Law Seminar, Moderator, 2003-2004
Lorman – Custody Issues in Virginia, 2000, 2001, 2002
Montgomery Radford Bar Assn., Annual Family Law Seminars, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
Virginia State Bar: Annual Family Law Seminar-Moderator, Caselaw & Legislative Update 2004
Virginia Bar Assn.: “Take Your Job Suggestion & Shove It! Imputation of Income, Defined Duration and Vocational Experts in Support Cases”, Aug. 2005. Virginia Psychological Association: -Optimizing the Brains Learning and Healing with Collaborative Tools and Techniques, Oct 2008
Two-Day Basic Collaborative Law Training, 2008
Collaborative Mediation: -Interest Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills for Collaborative Professionals, 2009 & 2010
Collaborative Practice Training Institute: Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Team Training, 2009
Collaborative Professionals of Roanoke: Public Education Seminars, 2010 and Professional Education Seminar, 2010
30-Hour Interest Based Negotiation Skills for the Collaborative Practitioner, 2010
Collaborative Presentation for the Employee Assistance Program Association
2010
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association: Cracking the Nest Egg and Other Assets, 2010
3-Day Collaborative Divorce Training – AOC Maryland, 2011 & 2012
30-Hr. Interest-Based Negotiation & Skills Training for the Collaborative Practitioner, 2011
Collaborative Divorce Law Practice for VSCSW, 2011
Collaborative Divorce and the Role of the Financial Neutral, NACVA, 2011
Collaborative Presentation for Carilion Psychiatric Residents, 2011
Collaborative Presentation for Society for Human Resource Management, 2011
You & the Law Series, 2011
Jumpstarting Your Collaborative Practice, 2012
Three-Day Collaborative Divorce Team Training. 2013-2014
30-Hr Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills Training, 2014
Abingdon Solo Practitioner-Small Firm and Bench-Bar Conference, 2016
Introductory Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Two-Day Team Training, 2016
VaCP Conference -Uniform Collaborative Law Act: History and Application, 2021

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