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This week, we heard from Heather Broxterman, a partner at BAM Family Law. “She has comprehensive experience in all facets of family law, including dissolution, high conflict cases, collaborative cases, mediation, complicated financial issues, international child abduction cases, dissolution of civil union cases, parenting litigation involving same-sex couples and appellate cases.” Read more about her practice and experience in her online biography.
Question 1
Which celebrity was on the posters you had hanging on your teenage bedroom wall?
A: Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Question 2
What is your favorite restaurant and what’s your favorite thing to order there?
A: Right now? Pho 95 on Federal. The fried egg rolls are amazing.
Question 3
If you could travel back in time and talk to any historical figure about the law, who would you talk to and what would you say to them?
A: Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Can you believe this?
Question 4
What’s your favorite weekend activity?
A: Mountain biking with my kids.
Question 5
Which rule of evidence do you hate the most and why?
A: I love them all dearly and wish everyone else had as much reverence for them as my firm does…