Collaborative Attorney | Mediator | Coach
Think Outside the Court
I have a passion to help divorcing families negotiate and engage their conflict successfully as they restructure their family. I do this as a Collaborative Attorney handling all Divorce & Family Law matters; as a Family & Circuit Civil Mediator certified by the Florida Supreme Court; and as a Divorce Coach .
My goal is to offer solutions to conflicts at an early stage so that you stay out of court, don't go broke, and preserve relationships.
I am no stranger to the courtroom. I have advocated for thousands of clients in the court room. I represented the father getting his kidnapped children back from his wife. I represented the disabled unemployed wife requesting alimony from her husband who did not want to pay. I represented the mother who was protecting her children from their father's alcoholism.
Now I dare all my clients to put me out of business. Out of the litigation business.
None of my ability to argue in the courtroom should matter. Many years ago I came to the conclusion that litigating a divorce or other family law matter is unnecessary in most situations. Furthermore, the fact is 95% of cases settle - the family comes to an agreement to end their case without going to trial. Still, the majority of families spend thousands of dollars preparing for litigation that will never occur. Meanwhile, they fail to prepare for settlement negotiations, which is how they will most likely determine the outcome of their divorce. People go to court because they don’t know better.
What should matter to you is what I learned from all of my time in the courtroom. Litigation taught me that there is a more effective way to resolve conflict. Litigation is a decision making process, but it's not really resolving conflict. It's not solving problems. Cases take too long, cost too much, and destroy families. I have learned that you should commit to focusing on solutions that will work for everyone.
Some people need to go to court, and that's okay, but most don't. Our goal is to reduce the blame game, and play the solution game.
