Advocating family and listening to experience
Jodi Furr Colton, a marital and family law attorney at Brinkley Morgan in Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, was recently selected as a member of The National Advocates: Top 40 Under 40, a professional organization whose members meet stringent qualifications and practice in the areas of Matrimonial and Family Law, Bankruptcy Law, Immigration Law, Social Security Disability Law, Employment Law and Wills, Trusts and Estates Law.
Resume
Experience: President of the Harvard Mediation Program during law school and volunteered extensively in the family law department of the legal services clinic. Worked in the New York office of a large international law firm. Also practiced law in Minneapolis and Philadelphia, where I handled a wide variety of commercial and business disputes, before returning to Florida, where I now focus exclusively on family law.
Education: Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., Juris Doctor; Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., Bachelor of Arts in History and Anthropology
Community: Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s Go Pink Luncheon Committee.
On the job
What’s new: When I was in law school, same-sex marriage was just starting to enter the national consciousness. Another major change has been in the legal standards and assumptions regarding the role of parents before and after divorce.
Professional development: Although I am a member of several professional associations, I have benefited the most from being mentored by more senior attorneys who have taken the time to guide me throughout my career.
Knowledge: Sometimes you need to stop talking and instead listen to what others have to say. It truly is important to keep an open mind. People will surprise you, good and bad.