LES WALLERSTEIN
Divorce Mediator & Counselor at Law
“Agree, agree, the law is costly.” Fables of Aesop
ECONOMICAL
The total cost of divorce mediation is usually less than half the cost of one spouse’s lawyer in a litigated divorce. The reason is simple. In divorce litigation each party hires an attorney to bargain on his or her behalf. Then each spouse pays his or her lawyer to negotiate with the other spouse’s attorney. Then each spouse pays his or her attorney to review and explain what the lawyers negotiated.
By contrast, divorce mediation clients negotiate directly with one another. Through face to face negotiations the role of attorneys is limited and legal costs are dramatically reduced. By cutting the cost of divorce, mediation preserves more of the marital assets for the parties and their children after the divorce.
1620 Massachusetts Avenue l Lexington, MA 02420-3802 l Phone: (781) 862-1099 l wallerstein@socialaw.com
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