Our Collaborative Law Department was formed based on a relatively recent innovative technique employed in settling divorce disputes. Collaborate Law is a practice area where attorneys for both parties in a divorce dispute agree to assist in resolving conflict based upon cooperation rather than adversarial contact and litigation. Our emphasis in collaborate law is to find a way to work in a cooperative manner to reach a satisfactory divorce settlement for our clients. In doing so, we utilize the method of “four way” settlement conferences during which the parties and their collaborative lawyers meet to work on a personalized settlement to meet the parties’ particularized needs and circumstances. We believe in this collaborative approach, as it is ultimately less costly and time consuming, and a process in which a peaceful settlement can be reached without the confines of the courtroom. In the event that no settlement can be reached through the collaborative-law approach, the collaborative lawyers must withdraw and the parties must retain trial attorneys to pursue a traditional divorce. Hence, it is in the best interest of all parties involved to make the collaborative law process as efficient, peaceful and productive as possible. |
