Cheryl Watson Smith

Cheryl Watson Smith JD, has been in the private practice of law in Roanoke, Virginia since 1988 and practices in the area of family law, including complex property matters. Through the Collaborative Divorce Process, mediation, and negotiated settlements, she assists families in resolving disputes without going to court.

Ms. Smith is passionate about the Collaborative Divorce Process as an alternative to court battles for families in conflict. She is committed to expanding the use of the Collaborative Divorce Process by developing her own Collaborative Practice skills and training other professionals in the Collaborative Process. Ms. Smith is on the faculty of the Collaborative Practice Training Institute and is a mediator, certified by the Supreme Court of Virginia since 1995.

Ms. Smith is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a founding member of the Virginia Collaborative Professionals, the Collaborative Divorce Professionals of Roanoke and the Southwest Virginia Collaborative Divorce Professionals.

She currently serves as Member Services Committee Chair of the Virginia Collaborative Professionals. She previously served on the Interim Executive Committee and Council of the Virginia Collaborative Professionals, on the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section Board of Governors and on the Virginia Bar Association Domestic Relations Section Council and as President of the Roanoke Valley Family Law Bar Association. She is a presenter at Collaborative Practice, Family Law, and Mediation programs. Ms. Smith has been selected as a Virginia Super Lawyer, by Super Lawyers in the areas of Collaborative Law or Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2007-2018.

University of Richmond School of Law

J.D. (1988)

1984 - 1988

Activities: Member, University of Richmond Law Review Co-Chair of the Client Counseling and Negotiation Board

University of Virginia

B.A. (1983)

1979 - 1983

Collaborative Practice: Solving Family Disputes Outside of Court

Virginia Lawyer, Vol. 55, Number 7

February, 2007

Update to Summary of Post-1998 Rehabilitative Alimony Cases and Trends (September 2003-March 1, 2005

VBA News Journal, Vol. XXXI, Number 2

April, 2005

Summary of Post-1998 Rehabilitative Alimony Cases

VBA News Journal, Vol. XXIX, Number 7

October, 2003

Dividing the House Divided

VBA News Journal, Vol. XXVII, Number 7

October, 2001

Take Your Job Suggestion & Shove It! Imputation of Income, Defined Duration and Vocational Experts in Support Cases, VBA Summer Meeting, Fairfax, VA

August 18, 2005

Virginia Bar Association

Take Your Job Suggestion & Shove It! Imputation of Income, Defined Duration and Vocational Experts in Support Cases, VBA - 115th Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA

January 22, 2005

Virginia Bar Association

Virginia State Bar

Member

Current

Southwest Virginia Collaborative Divorce Professionals

Founding Memebr

2017 - Current

Virginia Collaborative Professionals (VaCP)

Founding Member; Members Services Committee Chair

2008 - Current

Collaborative Divorce Professionals of Roanoke

Founding member

2007 - Current

AAML

Fellow

2004 - Current

Virginia Bar Association: Domestic Relations Section Council

At-Large Representative

2006 - 2010

Virginia Collaborative Professionals (VaCP)

Founding Member; Interim Executive Committee; Board Member

2006 - 2008

Virginia Bar Association: Domestic Relations Section Council

Vice-Chair

2004 - 2006

Virginia State Bar

Family Law Board of Governors

2003 - 2006

Virginia Bar Association: Domestic Relations Section Council

Secretary

2003 - 2004

Roanoke Valley Family Law Bar Association

President

1997 - 1998

Roanoke Valley Family Law Bar Association

Secretary

1994 - 1996

Virginia Bar Association

Young Lawyers Sections Council

1993 - 1996

Virginia

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