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Category Archives: Life & Law
Alliance Peacemaking: Conflict Coach
I have benefited immensely from the alternative conflict resolution training offered by Alliance Peacemaking. Even though I am already a certified Family and Divorce Mediator in Kentucky, I have sharpened skills, gained insights, and adopted some effective approaches through the … Continue reading
MEDIATION is a COST SAVER
I recently published an article detailing some of the impending budget cuts for the Kentucky courts entitled “Mediaiton is the Future“. As the cost of litigating conflicts rise ever higher to society and litigants, mediation offers substantial cost savings in resolving … Continue reading
MEDIATION is the FUTURE
The budget from the Kentucky House of Representatives proposes cutting an additional $36.3 million dollars from the courts next year and $40.6 million for the year after that… Do you want to wait for months for your case to be tried by a less than high-caliber or inexperienced judge? Continue reading
MEDIATION is not LITIGATION
Litigating is powering up to conquer…. Mediation is powering down to resolve conflict. Continue reading
MEDIATION is not ARBITRATION
… At the end of the day, though, the outcome belongs to the parties that had the dispute, not a third-party. That increases a sense of ownership and satisfaction in the outcome. There are either two winners at the end or, at worst, the conflict simply has not been resolved yet. Mediators are guides, not deciders. Continue reading
Litigation Disillusionment
Any family law practitioner who has handled at least a handful of divorces has encountered the situation where the actions of the person they represent confounds them. What often stymies the lawyer is that their client seems determined to spend … Continue reading
What kind of lawyer would you prefer?
I do not know what is wrong with me!? I had need to consult with an attorney long ago before… Continue reading
Best Practice in Dependency, Abuse & Neglect Matters
I am writing this to correct any idea that I inadvertently promoted that being adversarial with the Cabinet is the way to win your case (I mean adversarial in the sense of ones attitude rather than in the sense that the court process is an adversarial process). Those criticisms are designed mainly for a global change in the system through political action; they are not meant to fuel a personal vendetta in an individual case. Continue reading
John Adams said it better
Thanks to the US Post Office, I found the following quote that said my point in my prior post far more concisely: “Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.” John Adams, 1765.
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Creativity Justice nexus
I was recently complimented by two opposing counsel because they each like working with me. I had to pause and consider the deeper ramifications of being complimented by opposing counsel: did it mean I was a pushover? Since, in both … Continue reading
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