The Eastside Collaborative Family Law Center was founded by Storch Law Group in 2006 to promote all aspects of Collaborative Family Law in the Puget Sound area of Western Washington including Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Issaquah and the greater Seattle area.

The firm was founded by Melissa Shields Storch who received her J.D. from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She began practicing law in Washington state in 2002, and started her own practice in June of 2002. Since then, she has practiced family law, estate planning and probate, and guardianship law.

Melissa began practicing collaborative family law in 2006. She continues to train and expand her practice in this emerging area of the law through her work with a variety of local, regional and national societies dedicated to collaborative law.

In practicing law, Melissa draws upon her years studying and working abroad in Germany, France, Switzerland, Syria, and Vietnam in facilitating effective communication and listening for solutions that work for everyone involved. Melissa believes that taking a holistic approach to resolving disputes is the only way to help create lasting solutions. She has led educational seminars in personal development and empowerment in the Pacific Northwest for nearly a decade.