Annette T. Burns, JD

 
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Annette Burns is an attorney and a certified Family Law Specialist, practicing in Arizona.

Annette is a past president of the international interdisciplinary organization the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), www.afccnet.org, a nonprofit organization of over 5000 international family law related professionals. She has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), a national organization composed of the nation’s top attorneys (www.aaml.org) since 2001. She served on every Arizona Supreme Court Committee that created, adopted and revised the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure from 2003 through the present. Her awards include the the Community Legal Services/ Children’s Law Center Mentor of the Year Award and the State Bar of Arizona Family Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award. She has been named a SuperLawyer every year from 2007-2020 and one of Superlawyers’ Arizona’s Top Female Attorneys in 2013, 2014 and 2019. Her private practice in Arizona focuses on family law, including a wide variety of neutral positions including parenting coordination, mediation, Special Master, expert witness opinions, and the representation of children. Annette lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband.

Annette is co-author of:

  • BIFF for Co-Parent Communication: Your Guide to Difficult Texts, Emails, and Social Media Posts (2020) with Bill Eddy and Kevin Chafin

  • Thompson Reuters publication Arizona Family Law Rules Handbook (updated annually)

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