Practice Areas
Jessica M. Cotter
- Attorney
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Areas of Practice
- Adoptions
- Conservatorship
- Legal Decision-Making (Custody)
- Divorce
- Family Law Matters
- Guardianship
- Spousal Maintenance Modification
- Parenting Time (Visitation)
- Child Support
- Child Support Modification
- Power of Attorney
- Trusts and Wills
- Grandparent or 3rd Party Visitation
- Paternity
- Parenting Coordinator
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO)
- Domestic Relations Orders (DRO)
Bar Admissions
- Arizona, 2003
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 2003
Education
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California
- J.D.
- Honors: Honors for Pro Bono work
- Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
- B.A.
Honors and Awards
- Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys of the Year form Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education
- Volunteer Attorney of the Month from Volunteer Lawyers Program of Arizona
- Children’s Law Center Awards C.L.C. Medical-Clinic Community Partnership
- Big Thanks Award from Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Arizona
Professional Associations and Memberships
- West Maricopa County Bar Association, Member, 2003 to Present
- West Maricopa County Bar Association , Board Member, 2004 to 2012
- West Maricopa County Bar Association, President, 2006 to 2007
- West Maricopa County Bar Association , Vice President, 2005 to 2006
- West Maricopa County Bar Association, Secretary, 2004 to 2005
- West Maricopa County Bar Association , Treasurer, 2004 to 2004
- Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 2012 to Present
- Arizona Women Lawyers Association, 2012 to Present
- Maricopa County Family Law Mediation Association, Vice President, 2017 to Present
- Arizona’s Family Practice and Procedure Committee for the Arizona State Bar, 2018 to Present
- Maricopa County Bar of Family Law Mediators, President, 2018 to 2019
Past Employment Positions
- Family Law Facilitators Office, Intern
- Law Offices of Joseph Charles, Associate, 02/2003 to 05/2004
- Brown Family Law Group, Associate, 05/2004 to 06/2007
