Make taught layer then N9163R to inside mentioned we 260 and those of you here have been part of that spark. Scudder is part of the collaborative movement Seattle that we envy. He is one of the founders of the practice group that Bridges used as a model and he belongs to several others. He represents the inspiration from the north that this can be done Portland as well and for a time has sought to be able to help us. I look forward to his participation and hearing from his experience to help us build a similar movement here. Let's look around and thank each other for being here as we embark on this journey together. I want to first thank both and Woody for inspiring and moving two days looking at lawyers as peace keepers. As attorney, I know that working as a mediation attorney was I what I always wanted to do, but Woody and provided examples for me to create and sustain a peace keeping practice. It was aspiring two days filled with lots of material, wonderful people filled with inspirations and ideas to better understand families of all ages and sizes find a better way to divorce, separate and find solutions outside of the costly and emotional process of litigation. I have a lot of material, notes and thoughts to process from the two days, but the be spent going through and creating a better process and a better practice for clients and myself. This training has the potential to be life changing for anyone thinking of stopping or cutting back their litigation practice. It was for me. This workshop is about taking care of yourself and you learn why you need to stop litigating and learn how you be able to continue to work as a lawyer after you stop. You realize that as I did that by walking away from litigation you are opening the door to more fulfilling work life as a peacemaker. Your family, your friends and your primary care physician be delighted. I have attended a lot of trainings over career and none of them have had a bigger impact on practice then this one. It has truly kept me up at night thinking about the larger issues of not only what type of practice do I want, but also what type of lawyer and counselor I want to be. As lawyers we hold great power over the people that come through our door. They look to us for answers and guidance. They trust that we have truly looked at their issues and are advising what is best for them. It seems simple, but it felt like epiphany to have a practice where goal was to create a process for client, not fit them into one that I was most comfortable We all claim to have customer service as our hallmark, but it is something different to be totally client driven. It means being creative, it means really listening to what they need, it means not always being able to predict how it play out. Yesterday what I told client was, I have no idea if this work but what I can promise is that we keep working together and trying things until we get it done. That was a really hard thing to say as a lawyer. I am the answer person, but today I realized that what client needed most was someone to be her guide and to be honest about what would happen, even if that honest answer wasn't concrete. I met with 5 prospective clients this week, each one had different issues and struggles and each needed very different things. At the end of those meetings I had 5 new clients and 5 different approaches to their cases. Who knows how they all work out, but I am committed to keep working until we get there. Woody and gave me the confidence to step out of comfort zone and really embrace the possibilities. It is amazing how different it feels. Take your pick: Empowering? Enlightening? Innovative? Informative? EEII I experienced all the Building A Profitable Peacemaking Business two-day workshop spearheaded by Woody Mosten and Hoffman. The concept of peacemaking as a back-drop to collaborative law with a la carte approach to providing mediation services to clients created a window I had not seen before launching a family mediation practice. By branding oneself a peacemaker it allows you to craft a menu of services tailor made for your client and as a non-lawyer preparing to solicit mediation clients this