+About Joelle
Joelle Adelson
Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator
I am dedicated to guiding my clients through an effective dispute resolution process. Collaborative Divorce and Mediation both allow and encourage you to negotiate in good faith, with courtesy and respect, in a safe environment. These processes minimize the negative impacts of separation and give you an opportunity to maintain a working relationship, enabling continuing communication. I understand that going through a separation is a difficult emotional journey; I offer sensitivity and support through the negotiation process along with my legal advice.
Thinking about separation is hard. Going through the process of separation can be even harder. I can help by guiding you through a process in which you and your spouse resolve conflicts respectfully, without going to court.
Live in the future,
not the past.
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Collaborative divorce, also referred to as collaborative law or collaborative practice, is a process whereby separating spouses and their collaboratively-trained lawyers agree to work together respectfully (collaborate) to create the best possible solution for the family as everyone transitions out of the marriage.
Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution. Like collaborative law, the mediation process uses interest-based negotiations: the parties look beneath the surface to each party's goals, fears or concerns, all of which are referred to as interests.
Family Contracts include agreements inside of a union (Domestic Contracts) as well as agreements reflecting the careful negotiation of the end of a union (Separation Agreements).
