Arnelle Strand, P.A.

Arnelle M. Strand is admitted to practice law in Florida and the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida.  She is a graduate of Stetson College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida and is the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law.  She also holds a Bachelor of Art from Iona College, New Rochelle, N.Y. and a M.S. from Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y.

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She has formally worked in the area of education with children with learning disabilities.  She has also worked as a medical administrator in Orthopedics at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York for 18 years prior to becoming a lawyer.

Arnelle has a commitment to family and has raised two sons of whom she is very proud.  Her eldest is an M.D. at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, and the younger is working on his post graduate degree in Psychology, focusing on children with A.D.D.  She now raises a standard poodle and a maltese/poodle who visit the staff of her law offices on occasion.

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Arnelle Strand has the commitment as well as the professional and personal experience necessary to help her clients through the difficult times encountered through the divorce process. As a family breaks apart it is a very difficult, emotional and stressful time for both the parents and the children.

Hiring a lawyer that understands not only the law, procedure and process but also the personal turmoil involved in the lives of her clients going through a divorce can make the process easier.

Arnelle Strand is a certified mediator  since 1999 .  She believes in problem solving as well as aggressively representing her clients.

Arnelle practices solely in the area of Family and Matrimonial Law
serving clients in Pasco, Pinellas and Hernando Counties

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Position: Member. Born New York, N.Y., June 13, 1952; admitted to bar,1994, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida.

Education:Iona College (B.S., 1973); Adelphi University (M.S., 1977); Stetson University (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi.

Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Co-Author, "Florida Dissolutions," Lawyers Cooperative, 1992, 1994-1998.

Certified Family Law Mediator, Florida Supreme Court. Member, Executive Committee, Canakaris Inns of Court, 1997-2000.

Member, Allgood Altman American Inn of Court (Chair of Membership, 2000-2001).

Coordinator, CLE, 1998-2000.

Member: West Pasco (Member, Family Law Committee), Pasco County (Member, Sixth Judicial Circuit Professionalism Implementation Procedures Committee, 1998-2000);

The Florida Bar (Member: Family Law Section)

Formally served on the the 6th Circuit Grievance Committee .

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Family Law
• Mediation
• Divorce
• Post Divorce
• Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
• Child Custody/Parenting Plan
• Child Support
• Child Issues
• Parental Rights
• Relocation
• Settlement Agreements
• Contempt
• Assets and Liabilities
• Visitation
• Name Changes
• Alimony
• Modification
• Equitable Distribution
• Division
• Paternity
• Premarital Agreements
• Domestic Violence
• Enforcement