Ann M Haralambie

Ann M. Haralambie is a Certified Family Law Specialist, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, a Certified Child Welfare Law Specialist, National Association of Counsel for Children, and a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney, rated by SuperLawyers in private practice in Tucson, Arizona since 1977. Her practice is restricted to family and (non-delinquency) juvenile cases, with an emphasis on custody and child abuse. The practice is child-focused and seeks to minimize the harm which often occurs when child custody is litigated.

Ms. Haralambie is also an author and a national and international speaker and trainer for professional groups on topics related to custody, child abuse, and child advocacy. Her books include the annually supplemented three volume treatise Handling Child Custody, Abuse, and Adoption Cases 3rd, Child Sexual Abuse in Civil Cases: A Guide to Custody and Tort Actions, The Child’s Attorney: A Guide to Representing Children in Custody, Adoption, and Protection Cases, and ("The Red Book"), Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and State Agencies in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases 3rd (co-author and co-editor). She serves as a consultant to and member of a number of national organizations dealing with family and child welfare law. She has served in a number of leadership roles within the legal and child welfare communities.

Arizona

Since 1977

9th Circuit

Since 1978

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1981

James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona

J.D.

1974 - 1976

University of Arizona

M.A. | English

1973 - 1974

University of Arizona

B.A. (1972) | Creative Writing

1969 - 1971

Honors: University-wide Honors, Honors in English, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi

Child Advocacy National Certificate of Recognition

Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association

1995

Harrison Tweed Special Merit Award

American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Legal Education

1993

First Child Advocacy Award

Arizona Council of Attorneys for Children

1986

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

Life Charter Member,

Current

National Association of Counsel for Children

Member

1979 - Current

Activities: senior trainer, former president and board member,trainer for national certification in Child Welfare Law Specialty, principal author of Child Welfare Law & Practice, co-author and co-editor of Child Welfare Law & Practice 2d (in press)

Arizona State Bar

Member

1977 - Current

Activities: Certified Family Law Specialist, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, since specialization has been offered (1993)

American Bar Association

Member

1977 - Current

Activities: editorial board, Family Advocate; Family Law Section liaison to ABA Center on Children and the Law and Natl. Assn. of Counsel for Children; ABA Advisor to NCCUSL Drafting Committee on Uniform Representation of Children in Abuse and Neglect and Custody Proceedings Act

University of Arizona College of Law

Adjunct Professor of Law

2000 - 2002

Handling Child Custody, Abuse, and Adoption Cases 3d

Thomson West

2009

Child Sexual Abuse in Civil Cases: A Guide to Custody and Tort Actions

American Bar Association

1999

The Child's Attorney: A Guide to Representing Children in Custody, Adoption, and Protection Cases

American Bar Association

1993