Attorneys

Buyer Beware

Not long ago we received an inquiry from a person seeking information about divorce and collaborative law. She had contacted an attorney and while asking about her options, the response, among other things, included the statement “sure, we do collaborative”….

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The Role of the Lawyer Revisted

The role of lawyers in collaborative cases is markedly different than the role of lawyers in traditional divorce representation. Traditional divorce process severs a family and imposes adversarial goals on clients: each lawyer is obligated to advocate only his or her own client’s position and the goal is to do whatever it takes to win the biggest piece of the financial pie and maximum control over the children for his or her client
-Diane Mader, JD

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