About Christine L.
Christine L. Crilley built a legal career that moves among the court and the convention desk. She studied at the University of Northern Iowa, earning a B.A. in 1979, and completed her law degree at the University of Iowa, receiving a J.D. in 1983. Those years set the stage for a practice centered on family regulation and dispute decision.
Early in her profession Crilley gravitated toward cases that require both legal court decision and realistic hassle-fixing. Over time she developed a tradition that balances legal proceedings skills with opportunity dispute resolution methods. She is principal of Crilley Law Offices PLLC, where clients discover a lawyer who frequently handles divorce, custody matters and related family-regulation problems.
Mediation and collaborative law were central functions of Crilley’s work. She is a licensed mediator through the Iowa Association of Mediators and sits at the Iowa sixth Judicial District roster of mediators. Her education extends past practice; she is an Advanced Practitioner with the Association for Conflict Resolution and is a nationally accredited mediation trainer. Those credentials permit her to each mediate instances and teach different mavens how to lead mediated processes.
Crilley’s involvement in collaborative practice is lengthy-status. She holds memberships within the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the Collaborative Lawyers of Eastern Iowa. Locally she participates in the Linn County Bar Association. She additionally takes on leadership roles in organizations that support family-targeted dispute decision; she serves as president of Parenting Coordinators of Eastern Iowa, a group that works on the intersection of parenting plans and conflict management.
Colleagues and clients see Crilley work throughout different roles: recommend in contested hearings, mediator in negotiated settlements and parenting coordinator when ongoing disputes require managed verbal exchange. She has mixed formal credentials with hands-on knowledge to provide options beyond traditional litigation. She trains mediators and contributes to local networks that promote collaborative approaches.
She practices from the Crilley Law Offices & Mediation Center and maintains an active presence in Iowa’s legal network. Her current practice facilities on family law, mediation and parent coordination.
