Ms Smith is a settlement specialist, offering services as a collaborative family lawyer, mediator and arbitrator. After litigating in all levels of court in Ontario for 15 years, she has confined her practice to collaborative practice, mediation and arbitration since 2000.

Ms Smith is at the forefront of Collaborative Practice in Ontario. She trains lawyers and other professionals in the collaborative process, communication and negotiation skills across North America and Internationally. She is Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she teaches Collaborative Family Law. She speaks and writes extensively about Collaborative Practice and is coauthor of Collaborative Family Law, Another Way To Resolve Family Disputes. (Read Pauline Tesler's review, Judith Huddart's review, Philip Epstein's review, Jennifer Jackson's and Anu Osborne's review of this book.)

Listen to the CBC Interview Listen to a 26 minute interview of Victoria Smith on Collaborative Practice on January 29, 2006 with Michael Enright of CBC's Sunday Edition.  If you do not already have RealPlayer on your computer, you can download it for free for P.C.s or for Macs.
Listen to the CBC Interview Listen to a 45 minute audio of Victoria Smith as a guest on Accelerating Your Collaborative Growth tele-class posted by Liz Ferris on September 15, 2008. Victoria spoke on the topic of Optimizing the Client Experience-Creating a Deeper Understanding of Client and Their Needs. If you do not already have RealPlayer on your computer, you can download it for free for P.C.s or for Macs.