Valerie Qian, Esq., Associate

Mediator & Collaborative Divorce Attorney

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Valerie was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Hong Kong, and has been in the Boston area since 2004. She is conversant in Cantonese and Spanish, and has some knowledge of Mandarin. Valerie graduated from Boston University School of Law and was an English Literature major at Wellesley College. Valerie has been an Associate at Skylark since February 2013.

UPDATE: Valerie Qian Accepts Position in the Circuit Executive’s office of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

“It’s important to follow every eccentric branch out to its farthest twig – if one doesn’t, one pulls… back to the mediocre middle, where we all live, reasonably.” “The Eight Stages of Translation” – Robert Bly

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VALERIE DESCRIBES SKYLARK AS:

Creative problem solving with heart.

EDUCATION:

J.D. Boston University – 2011
B.A. Wellesley College – 2008

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar – 2011
Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association

CHARITABLE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

Women’s Bar Association Family Law Project

FAVORITE SPARE TIME ACTIVITIES:

Reading, experimental baking, and piano.

FACT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW

I am very good at accents.

WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP

A firewoman – awesome red hats.

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