Attorney Profiles

Felicia A. Malsby

Felicia is the principal of Family Law Resolutions. Her focus is collaborative divorce and legal separation, non-adversarial matters, mediation, and consulting.

Felicia was named the 2010 Family Law Attorney of the Year by the Family Law Section of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association, recognizing her leadership in establishing
Collaborative Law locally, as well as throughout the State. She is a co-founder and past 3-year President of the statewide Collaborative Professionals of Washington (CPW), as well as founder and first President of Collaborative Law Professionals of Pierce County (CLPPC). She is a popular trainer, speaker, and author on subjects relating to collaborative divorce, mediation and non-adversarial problem solving within the realm of family law. Her newest project is the development of the Gameplan for Resolution, a new model for resolving family conflict with the support of graphic facilitation.

Felicia has been practicing family law since being admitted to the Washington Bar in 1992. After graduating from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University
School of Law), she practiced traditional family law litigation for more than a decade before converting her practice in 2005 to one focused primarily on dispute resolution advocacy. After completing extensive training in collaborative law, mediation and collaborative team building, she has since developed and presented multiple educational workshops and trainings to fellow legal professionals in an effort to extend this emerging area of practice.

Felicia is a member of the following professional organizations:

• International Association of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
• Collaborative Professionals of WA (CPW) – Founding Director, President 2006 – 2009
• Collaborative Law Professionals of Pierce County (CLPPC) – Founder, President 2006 – 2009
• WA State Bar Association (WSBA) – Family Law Section, ADR Section
• American Bar Association (ABA) – Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Law Practice Management Sections
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
• Institute for Advanced Dispute Resolution – Boulder, CO
• Formerly Secretary/Treasurer and Trustee of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association (1997-1998), President of the TPCBA Young Lawyers Section (1995-1996), Barrister with Inn of Courts, named 1997 Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the Washington State Young Lawyers Division

Felicia grew up in Ohio, received her Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, and has made her home in Gig Harbor, Washington for over 25 years.

Amber Austin Channell

Amber’s practice includes contested divorce and legal separation, as well as establishing and modifying child support and parenting plans, relocation actions, paternity matters, and contempt and other enforcement actions. She also does basic estate planning.

Raised in Alaska and Washington State, Amber obtained her undergraduate degree from Western Washington University and graduated from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2006.
She has experience as a Guardian ad Litem/CASA volunteer, and has worked as a volunteer child advocate for county court systems. She is currently a mentor with Children of Promise, a Volunteer Association of America group, and is a member of the Family Law Sections of the Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association.

Amber’s goal is to assist her clients through their matters with a focus on exploring all settlement options first, using the resources of the court as a viable alternative only when necessary.