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Kelly B. St. Clair, Esq. is an attorney licensed in both Virginia and Florida with more than thirty years’ experience in all aspects of juvenile and family law. She is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator, a Guardian ad litem and a qualified Parenting Coordinator for Florida judicial circuits 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 18.
Kelly obtained a B.A. in Communication Arts from Salisbury State College (now Salisbury University) and her J.D. from William and Mary Law School and has been focusing on families and children for most of her legal career. She uses this experience both as a sole mediator and a co-mediator. In areas of family law, she has found success using a male/female pair of co-mediators to bring differing perspectives to each mediation. Kelly will mediate cases where both parties are represented by attorneys, only one party is represented or where both parties represent themselves. She believes that the mediation process is a wonderful way for people to take control of their own cases and make the decisions rather than having the court set the rules. It is also a far less expensive way to resolve family law issues.
The same holds true for cases needing a Parenting Coordinator.
Having represented hundreds of parents and children in hearings and trials for parental responsibility (custody) and time sharing (visitation), Kelly believes that parents can learn to communicate and co-parent effectively to make decisions about their family without the time, expense and uncertainty of taking every issue back to the courts.
But when parents simply cannot quite work together Kelly is available to work as a Guardian ad litem to advance the best interests of children. She has been a GAL for over 30 years and can help assist families and the courts in making sure that the interests of the children are at the forefront of every family law decision.
While practicing law in Virginia since 1990, and serving as a substitute judge for eight years, Kelly spent part of her “down time” serving as a producer and board member for a professional theater in Richmond.
She recently relocated to Florida after her younger daughter, son-in-law and baby granddaughter moved to Orlando. Kelly, her older daughter and her parents moved down together to “follow the baby.” (There are now two of them.)
Kelly B. St. Clair, EsQ.
Parenting coordinator, Guardian ad litem, Family Mediator