| Bio |
Attorney Buttler has lived almost continuously in the Farmington Valley since she attended high school in Simsbury. She attended the University of Rochester and graduated with honors with a dual degree in Biology and Chemistry. She began her career working for the Aetna Life and Casualty in New Jersey and Connecticut and then attended the University of Connecticut Law School graduating with honors, third in her class. After working for a large Hartford firm and clerking in the Connecticut court for the honorable Michael R. Sheldon, she entered solo practice in 1997 in Avon and Windsor. Originally, Attorney Buttler practiced in several areas of civil litigation, representing individuals in disputes with their employers, in claims of malpractice against their doctors and in family law. However, as her practice evolved, she focused her area of expertise on family law. Today her practice consists solely of guiding her clients through the emotional, financial and custody issues that stem from the dissolution of a marriage and other family changes.
Admitted in the Connecticut courts, Superior, Appellate and Supreme Court.
Admitted in the Federal District Court.
Professional Membership: Connecticut Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association Family Law Section, Hartford County Bar Association Family Law Section, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association and New Britain County Bar.
Special Master for the Hartford County Bar. |
| Approach |
Attorney Buttler brings to her cases an approach that emphasizes negotiation and collaboration aimed to having parties resolve their disputes with minimal use of the court system and with the goal to minimize the costs both emotionally an financially. Nearly every family case is best resolved by the parties negotiating an agreement, or in other words a contract with their spouse. For the majority of individuals this divorce contract will be the most important document that they will ever create, much more important than the purchase of a home or the writing of a will. These are the terms that will not only control the parties’ finances for the foreseeable future, but also will establish a framework for raising their children. By encouraging negotiation rather than forcing the matter into the court system, the parties involved remain in control of their destiny.
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