Victoria helps clients who want to resolve their separation and divorce wisely, protect important relationships, and move forward with their lives. She brings a recognized capacity to negotiate creative settlements that satisfy her client's interests and values, when the dynamics are challenging and the issues complex.

While her experience includes working with a broad range of family law clients, her practice focuses on serving professionals, business owners and their spouses with high net worth or complex financial issues. Victoria provides skillful and compassionate conflict resolution that fosters a respectful process and creates optimal results for her clients.

Victoria is Adjunct Professor of Collaborative Lawyering at Osgoode Hall Law School. She is an internationally recognized trainer in the process of Collaborative Practice, negotiation and communication skills. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. She is co-author of Collaborative Family Law, Another Way to Resolve Family Disputes, published by Carswell.

Click to watch "Collaborative Divorce - A Safe Place", a twenty minute film following the true life story of one couple as they proceed through their own Collaborative divorce.

Listen to a 26 minute interview of Victoria Smith on Collaborative Practice on January 29, 2006 with Michael Enright of CBC's Sunday Edition.  If you do not already have RealPlayer on your computer, you can download it for free for P.C.s or for Macs.

Listen to a 45 minute audio of Victoria Smith as a guest on Accelerating Your Collaborative Growth tele-class posted by Liz Ferris on September 15, 2008. Victoria spoke on the topic of Optimizing the Client Experience-Creating a Deeper Understanding of Client and Their Needs. If you do not already have RealPlayer on your computer, you can download it for free for P.C.s or for Macs.