Speakers
Kristyn Carmichael
Kristyn Carmichael is a licensed Arizona attorney, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA©), and professional family mediator based out of Phoenix, Arizona. As the founder of Couples Solutions Center, Kristyn assists her clients during their divorce and premarital cases, helping clients find mutually beneficial solutions outside of court. When she is not working with couples and families, Kristyn acts as the Training Director at the Lodestar Center for Dispute Resolution at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Her focus is to create and implement trainings to spread awareness of dispute resolution skills, such as negotiation, mediation, conflict de-escalation, communication skills, and advocacy. In addition, she teaches family law as an adjunct professor and assists the university in creating new courses in the ADR field.
Sandy Issac, Esq.
Sandy Isaac is a Partner with Buchalter in the firm’s San Diego office with particular experience in estate planning, probate, trust administration and conservatorships. Ms. Isaac is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Only approximately five percent of California’s attorneys are certified as specialists by the State Bar.
Ms. Isaac has ample experience in representing professional and nonprofessional fiduciaries, beneficiaries/heirs, and creditors with a variety of matters. When necessary, Ms. Isaac also represents clients in estate, trust and conservatorship litigation.
Ms. Isaac has served our Court as a court appointed counsel and is a thought leader in our community, often speaking at public and privately held seminars on the importance of estate planning as well as other legal topics.
While based in Southern California, Ms. Isaac’s practice is state wide throughout California. She has appeared in many Probate Courts throughout the state and has assisted numerous internationally based clients.
In addition to practicing law, she is an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Diego in the area of Wills, Trust and Estates. She earned her B.A. degrees from University of California San Diego and her J.D. degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
Ms. Isaac serves on the Legal Specialization team for the State Bar of California as a grader for the Certified Specialist exam in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law.
Amanda Singer
Amanda D. Singer, Esq., MDR, CDFA® is a professional family mediator and founder of West Coast Family Mediation which she has been running since 2015. She is a California licensed attorney and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. Amanda leads West Coast Family Mediation’s team of mediators working with clients all throughout California to help families improve communication, solve problems and reach agreements while staying out of court. In addition to divorce mediation, Amanda has a focus and interest on premarital mediation. She was the past Vice President of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators and was the awardee of the 2022 APFM Outstanding Professional Family Mediator Award. Amanda lives in San Diego with her Husband, 2-year-old daughter and rescue dog. They enjoy hiking, cooking and traveling.
Tina Swithin
Tina Swithin is an internationally recognized author and advocate for family court reform and the founder of One Mom’s Battle, a global grassroots movement supporting protective parents navigating high conflict custody cases. Her work focuses on post separation abuse, power and control dynamics, and the ways family court systems can unintentionally enable ongoing harm when these patterns are not recognized.
She has contributed to legislative efforts across multiple U.S. states and in Canada through public education initiatives, written and in person testimony, and collaboration with survivor led advocacy organizations, with a focus on child safety and accountability in family court. Tina also develops educational resources for survivors of domestic abuse and post separation abuse and engages with professional and public audiences to increase awareness of high conflict custody dynamics and the need for systemic change within family court.