Divorce Attorney Helping You Get on With Your Life
Almost everyone facing a divorce feels hurt and angry. You might want to pour all your energy into a divorce trial, spending a lot of money to hurt your ex-spouse. But this approach does not help. At the end of the process you're still hurt and angry, but now you're broke, too.
I can offer you a better way.
I have been an Appleton, Wisconsin, attorney for almost 20 years, with a special emphasis on mediated divorce. Mediated divorce allows the couple to meet together, with the help of one attorney acting as a mediator, and settle the divorce issues outside of the combative, public setting of the courts.
Avoiding the War ∙ Avoiding the Casualties of War
Before becoming a lawyer, I spent four years in the Air Force during the Vietnam era, so I know: war always involves casualties. The greatest benefit of mediated divorce is that it helps divorcing couples avoid casualties by not entering into war in the first place.
Mediated divorce is more like a negotiation than a war, allowing divorcing couples to:
- Avoid the ugliness of divorce trials: A traditional divorce trial can be a nasty, acrimonious affair. Mediation allows you to focus on resolution, not on damaging each other's reputation.
- Work in a more private setting: Divorce trials often feel very public for the couples airing their dirty laundry in front of the court. Mediation allows couples to work towards resolution of the issues in a more discrete setting, protecting the children from having to see their parents fighting it out in court.
- Save time and money: Divorce court is expensive and it takes a long time. Mediation gives control back to the parties, oftentimes leading to quicker, cheaper resolution.
Your Mediator
I provide divorce mediation services for clients all over Wisconsin. My 14 years of experience in Law Enforcement with the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office is a great help to me as a mediator. It allows me to be able to work with people in all sorts of emotional states, and it helps me know how to read people and what to expect. This Law Enforcement experience, combined with almost 20 years as an attorney, makes me a great divorce mediator.
Call my office or send me an e-mail for a free initial consultation.
