AREAS OF PRACTICE

I love to do collaborative divorce using an interdisciplinary team of collaborative professionals: two attorneys , a financial neutral, and a divorce coach. I will also help couples divorce who want to use one attorney to assist with negotiation of their agreements, as well as preparing and filing divorce paperwork necessary in Tennessee.

I will make sure you understand what model is best and most cost-effective for your family.

LICENSES

Tennessee Law License, since 1989 TN BPR 013578

Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission Listed Mediator for General Civil Cases, Family Cases and Listed as Specially Trained in Domestic Violence Issues in Mediation, 2010.

EDUCATION

JD, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1988

COLLABORATIVE & MEDIATION TRAINING

Collaborative Attorney Training, 2007, 2012

Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Training, 2016; Advanced Training, 2017

Community Mediation Family Training, Facilitative & Child-Centered, Knoxville Bar Association Mediation Service, 1991

UT Mediation Clinic Civil Day of Court Mediation Training, 1992

Rule 31 Civil & Family Training, 2001, 2010

Rule 31 Special Issues in Domestic Violence for Mediators, 2005

UT Institute for Reflective Practice Training, 2009

Approved as a Rule 31 Trainer for Family, Civil, and Domestic Violence Screening.

BIOGRAPHY

Jacqueline O. Kittrell, Esq. is the Executive Director of Community Mediation Center in Knoxville, TN, having been hired in 2005.

Jackie graduated from University of Tennessee College of Law in 1988 and is a licensed Tennessee attorney. She is active in the Knoxville Bar Association where she is a member of the Family Law Section and Access to Justice Committee; and the Tennessee Bar Association, where she is a member of the Dispute Resolution Section, the Family Law Section, and the Collaborative Law Joint Subcommittee. She is active in the Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission's efforts, serving on the Pro Bono, Forms, and Mediation Subcommittees. She is a member of the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution and Family Sections, and is an ABA Fellow. She is a member of the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators, and has served as President. She was trained as a Collaborative Family attorney in 2007, is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Practitioners IACP), and a founding member the East Tennessee Collaborative Alliance (ETCA).

Jackie is a Rule 31 listed civil and family mediator and is listed as specially trained in domestic violence screening. She is on the University of Tennessee Advisory Board of the University of Tennessee Institute for Reflective Practice and has received training as a reflective practice facilitator.

In her private practice, she takes collaborative and limited scope family cases. Her experience as a legal advocate includes complex class litigation, medical malpractice, medical peer review and employment cases, civil rights litigation, representing children as a GAL in juvenile and divorce courts. She is originally from Smith County, Tennessee, and has lived in rural east Knox County for 34 years on a heritage farm. She is married to Cliff Honicker and they have three grown sons, two daughters-in-law, and a beautiful grand-daughter.