Recently one of our associate attorneys at Springer Lyle, Daniel Abasolo, wrote this blog that is critical of the traditional litigated divorce process because there are more incentives for attorneys to drive fees than to manage the case and reduce fees. Daniel makes the case for the collaborative divorce process and the incentives for the attorneys to work toward helping the clients to settle the case and reduce conflict rather than promote it. Reducing conflict in a divorce enables the clients … [Read more...]
Comparing Collaborative Law to Litigation
It is difficult to determine whether collaborative law is the right choice for obtaining your divorce if you have never been a party in a contested lawsuit. Litigation has common threads regardless of whether the case is one involving divorce, breach of contract, products liability or medical malpractice. All litigated cases have scheduling orders that require certain things to be done within a specified period of time. These include but are not limited to, written discovery, depositions, … [Read more...]