Getting a Collaborative Law case going can be tough, especially in areas outside divorce where it is already well-established:

• Probate, Trusts, Estate Administration, TEDRA
• Estate Planning
• Family- and closely-held business
• Workouts, restructuring and reorganizations
• Commercial, Contracts, B2B, Vendor/Customer
• Transactions
• Real Property
• Merchant/Consumer

With a mediator on the team, you can focus on representing your client. A mediator can help you in all phases of the collaboration, from initiation to final agreement:

• Engaging the responding party
• Situation assessment
• Collaborative Law process design
• Convening
• Identification of members of the professional team
• Mentoring in collaborative negotiation for newer collaborative practitioners
• Case management and coordination
• Meeting facilitation

I work according to the standards and protocols of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (www.collaborativepractice.com). I am active with the local practice group King County Collaborative Law and currently serve on its Board of Directors, as Membership Chair, and as Past Chair of its Civil Practice Group (www.kingcountycollab.org).

Before you start your next Collaborative Law case, give me a call or drop me a note. Together we can work to make it a successful collaboration for your clients.