Karen Van Kooy is managing partner at Israel, Van Kooy & Days, LLC (“IVKD Law – Your Family Matters Law Firm), located in Coolidge Corner, Brookline. Karen is a Collaborative Law attorney and mediator, representing women and men in all stages of family law transitions, including pre-nuptial agreements, family formation, second parent adoptions, divorce, custody, child support and post-divorce matters. Karen also assists families in estate planning and probate matters. Central to Karen’s approach in domestic relations matter is to attend to the immediate needs of a client, whose life may be in serious upheaval, while assisting the client in defining the big picture: life after the transition. Karen is committed to helping families find the right process for their situation, whether attorney assisted negotiation, mediation, the collaborative law process, limited legal representation, or combinations thereof.