Elaine O’Reilly has been doing child and family evaluations (formerly custody evaluations) for the past nineteen years and has completed over 150 evaluations. She has been appointed as a Special Advocate/Parenting Coordinator on fifty plus cases and has testified as an expert witness on numerous occasions. She has successfully completed over 250 divorce mediations, specializing in cases where there is high conflict and emotional problems. She is a practitioner member of the Academy of Family Mediators and a Guidelines member of the Colorado Council of Mediators and Mediator Organizations. She also has over 200 hours of mediation training and has completed a one-year mediation internship. In addition, Ms. O’Reilly has over thirty years experience in counseling, assessment and administration. Her career also includes establishing and directing two counseling programs, being Director of Outpatient Services for Adams Mental Health Center, and being a consultant to Social Services and Headstart.