Family,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Nov. 29, 2007
Settling Divorces
Focus Column - By Franklin R. Garfield - Mediation is often the only way to avoid the most contentious issues that arise in divorce cases.
By Franklin R. Garfield
Family lawyers need to focus on the goal of their representation: Is it to go to trial and win? Or is it to resolve the case to the client's satisfaction?
There are those who would say that going to trial and winning is the object of litigation, the sine qua non of our adversarial system. But in family law cases, victory is rarely clear-cut. In cases with m...
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