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The Power of an Apology
I’ve learned so much in my collaborative practice. Unexpectedly, once in a while now, a client begs me to co-counsel . . . with her ...
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Divorce
Last Five Tips For Dealing With Pro Se Adversaries
In the introduction to this series of tips, I offered you two central bits of advice: 1) be nice; and 2) never communicate with your ...
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Divorce
Divorce Without Destruction
If you ever watched the Oscar-award winning movie Juno, you might recall Husband Jason Bateman suggesting, “We can get a collaborative divorce. I hear it’s ...
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Serendipity
One Day, Two Serendipities
Every time I turn around, the networking is working; I suppose that’s why it’s call networking. One morning, I attended a final divorce hearing for ...
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Divorce
Can You Believe There’s a Divorce Bet Calculator?
The Couple I Thought Would Never Make It I remember, shortly after law school, I attended the wedding of one of my classmates. He and ...
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Divorce
Next Five Tips For Dealing With Pro Se Adversaries
In the introduction to this series of tips, I offered you two central bits of advice: 1) be nice; and 2) never communicate with your ...
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Divorce
Mine!
Mine! There’s a fabulous scene in the movie, Finding Nemo when the seagulls are introduced. They’re squabbling, en masse, over what they think is food, ...
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Divorce
Bob Blackman’s Reputation
Corienne came to retain me when she’d been knee-deep in her courtroom divorce for a couple of years and finally got fed up with her ...
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Divorce
Post-Divorce Planning Checklist (When You Receive Your Final Judgment)
Post-Divorce Planning Checklist (When You Receive Your Final Judgment) Once your divorce is finally over, whether it took four years or four weeks, the relief ...
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