Collaborative Law
If you feel uneasy about the mediation process, you might consider simply entering the Collaborative Process, which has both of you represented by attorneys and both attorneys and both parties entering into a legal contract to not use the court until everything is agreed. Everyone agrees by contract that the attorneys will not represent the parties in court, if they are unsuccessful in resolving their issues.
If you are interested in collaboration, you should call us for an initial consultation, or visit the Schedule a Consultation page so that we can get back to you. To do the Collaborative Process both people need to hire lawyers trained in doing collaborative law, so it is important to start from the beginning correctly.
For people who feel they want a skilled professional helping them through every step, formal Collaboration does that outside of the trial process. This process has both parties represented by attorneys who have been specially trained in the collaborative process.
Both attorneys then participate in what is usually a problem solving process but can be a process similar to a skilled co-mediation provided by the attorneys trained in Collaboration. The attorneys explore the interests of each client opening and attempting to meet both clients’ interests.
Call us at (503) 228-7256 for a list of collaboratively trained attorneys. See Collaboration Contract to look at what a typical agreement looks like. See Consumer Guide to review it.