FAQs
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I must attend judicial training every 2 years; I teach negotiation and mediation in law school, so I must be abreast of new developments and, as a lawyer, I am required to take 12 hours of continuing education every year for which I focus upon alternative dispute resolution wherever possible. I am on several panels of mediators and arbitrators all of which have annual continuing education requirements.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
As a trial lawyer, even when cases were won, it felt as if I were a part of a destructive process (which is what litigation is). I saw lawyer colleagues bankrupt clients over issues and matters that should not have been litigated leaving the parties to the action (mostly in divorce cases) broke at the end while the lawyers walked away with their money. Mediation, while not free to the parties, is less expensive and CONSTRUCTIVE. I want to truly help people. Too many of my lawyer colleagues deceive clients into believing that the client's best interests are in his heart while what is truly important is getting the lawyer's fees paid. I want to get people out of the system; litigators only make money while clients are victims of the system.
- What types of customers have you worked with?
We provide dispute resolution services for Family Law and Civil Mediation cases. While remaining as NEUTRALS and without giving legal advice, our service assists litigants escape the court system with a mediated settlement that will suit their purposes much more quickly and far less expensively than it they pursue a case through trial. We assist people fashion settlements that meet their needs, unlike the courts that are limited to a strict matrix of remedies and solutions.