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also known as Jodi Colton, Jodi Furr
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Jodi Colton is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a Partner at Brinkley Morgan. Her practice is exclusively focused on complex family law matters, including divorce, parental responsibility/ timesharing and paternity matters for high net worth individuals. In addition, Ms. Colton regularly drafts and negotiates prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
Ms. Colton’s legal career began in the New York City office of Latham & Watkins as a corporate litigator. Ms. Colton also practiced at large firms in Philadelphia and Minneapolis where she worked on a broad range of business and other litigation matters in federal and state courts. Ms. Colton draws upon her background in corporate and commercial litigation to assist her clients in sophisticated family law matters. She routinely represents high-net-worth and high-profile individuals in cases involving the valuation and equitable distribution of financial and business assets, including closely held corporations, professional practices, real estate, deferred compensation plans, stock plans, and other financial assets, as well as timesharing and parental responsibility/custody issues.
Ms. Colton is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator and a trained Collaborative Lawyer. She believes that most family law cases can, and should, be resolved without protracted litigation. Ms. Colton has found that a well-negotiated settlement is often the most effective way to achieve the best possible resolution for her clients facing complex and multifaceted divorces and other family law matters. However, when a negotiated settlement is not possible, Ms. Colton zealously advocates on behalf of her clients to help them achieve their desired outcome through litigation.
Ms. Colton is AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is recognized in The National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers. An active member of the community, she currently serves on the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Unified Family Practice Committee, the South Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee, and the Equitable Distribution Committee of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar. Ms. Colton is a Founding Member of the Palm Beach Chapter of the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators and a member of the Susan Greenberg Family Law American Inn of Court of the Palm Beaches.
Ms. Colton served as President of the Harvard Mediation Program and as a mediation trainer and a mediator in Boston area courts. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Colton worked in the Office of the General Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives. Ms. Colton lives in Delray Beach with her husband and their two children.
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State: New York
Acquired: 2003
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State: Florida
Acquired: 2003
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State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 2008
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State: Minnesota
Acquired: 2006
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2255 Glades Rd, Suite 414E, Boca Raton, FL, 33428
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Posted by Chris | July 9, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Ms. Furr-Colton is an outstanding marital and family lawyer. Knows the law and technical matters cold. More importantly, thinks hard about all the emotional dimensions of family law and helped really guide me to making good decisions in my own long term interest.
Posted by June | July 2, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Jodi Colton was highly recommended to me by a trusted friend who is an attorney after Ms. Colton handled her divorce case perfectly. I hired her in 2018 after interviewing several well recommended divorce attorneys, and I am so glad that I did! She is very smart and professional, yet also very comp...
Posted by Christina | July 2, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Jodi Colton represented me in a long, financially and emotionally complicated divorce case. She not only has a superior legal brain, but is equally able to communicate her tactics in writing in a compelling and concise manner. At every step of my case, I knew she was three steps ahead. I also f...
Posted by Rob | March 24, 2019 | Hired Attorney
We hired Jodi to replace an incompetent attorney and untangle a messy situation with a difficult counter-party, multiple failed mediations and a poorly constructed original marital settlement agreement. Our case was not overly complicated, but required an unusual amount of determination and resolve t...
"I endorse this lawyer. Jodi is a smart, compassionate family lawyer who solves problems to benefit the family. She is exceptionally talented at drafting and defending prenuptial agreements and complex family cases."
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2019
Top 100 Lawyers, The National Advocates
2018
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2017
Top 100 Lawyers, The National Advocates
2016
Top 40 Under 40, The National Advocates
2015
40 Under 40 Outstanding Lawyers of South Florida, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
2015
Top 40 Under 40, The National Advocates
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AV Preeminent® rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2017 - Present
Partner, Brinkley Morgan
2010 - 2016
Associate, Brinkley Morgan
2007 - 2010
Associate, Saul Ewing
2019 - Present
South Palm Beach County Bar Association, Professionalism CommitteeMember
2019 - Present
American Academy of Certified Financial Litigators, Palm Beach ChapterFounding Member
2019 - Present
National Jewsish Health, New Directions for Women Luncheon CommitteeMember
2010 - Present
The Florida Bar, Family Law SectionMember
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2020 - 2022
Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Equitable Distribution CommitteeMember
2019 - 2020
South Palm Beach County Bar Association, Diversity and Inclusion CommitteeCo-chair
2019 - 2022
Palm Beach County Bar Association, Unified Family Practice CommitteeMember
2019 - 2022
Susan B. Greenberg Family Law American Inn of CourtMaster
2014 - 2017
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation, Go Pink Luncheon CommitteeMember
2002
JD - Juris Doctor
1997
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2021
Lifestyle Analyses: Are They Still Relevant?
2018
Equitable Distribution
2018
A Case Study in Family Law: Living in the Gray Zone (Parts 1 & 2)
2016
Avoiding Mistakes and Pitfalls in Equitable Distribution
2015
Does Lying, Stealing, and Cheating Really Matter in the Process of Divorce?
2015
Long Distance Parenting Plans, Relocation and the Role of the Children’s Therapist
2014
We are Now a Daubert State – What Does That Mean?
2014
Expert Testimony Under Florida’s New Daubert Standard
2014
Equitable Distribution
2013
The Odds and Ends of Equitable Distribution
2012
Parenting Plan Evaluations, Social Investigations and Psychological Evaluations – Are They Different?
2012
Parenting and Child Support
2011
Legislative Updates
2022
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