A new alternative to dispute resolution, Collaborative Divorce allows you to divorce with dignity, respect, and cooperation. Each spouse retains a lawyer to act as an advisor, and they conduct settlement negotiations with their lawyers by their sides so that client ownership of the process is combined with legal protection. The process may also include other professionals, such as therapists, financial planners, etc. Both parties and their professionals agree to be cooperative, forthcoming, and willing to work together to achieve a resolution. If you can't reach agreement, both lawyers (and their law firms) must withdraw. The fact that there's no room for litigation during the process ensures that the participants are truly committed to reaching a reasonable settlement.

By choosing Collaborative Divorce to settle your divorce, you'll enjoy these advantages:

• Lower costs
• Less stress
• Create win-win solutions
• Learn creative problem-solving techniques
• Retain control over your future
• Avoid court
• Protect your rights, your assets, and your family
• Divorce with less bitterness, anger, and conflict

Brian Don Levy, mediator-arbitrator
(626) 332-1304 (Toll-free: (800) 330-8216)
e-mail: lawyer@CalAttorney.com
Web site: www.calattorney.com

Brian has been specializing in representing family law clients since 1973. He has served as a family-law mediator since 1978 and is a member of the Coalition For Collaborative Divorce. Has also been certified by the Los Angeles Superior Court as a family law mediator and arbitrator. He understands the importance of the financial, emotional, and spiritual aspects of divorce as well as the legal aspects.

Pauline Rosen, JD & mediator
(310) 791-4494
e-mail: prosenesq@aol.com
Web site: http://www.family-law-mediation.com
Online profile: Click here.

Pauline received her B.A. from the University of Florida in 1975 and her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1994. She is the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Ethics, Counseling and Negotiation and in Criminal Procedure. Rosen practices Family Law, Collaborative Law, and Mediation. Since forming the Law Offices of Pauline Rosen in 1996, she has been representing clients regarding property division, child custody and visitation, child support, spousal support, and other matters related to the dissolution of marriage.  

Fern Topas Salka, attorney
(310) 207-1049
e-mail: fern@wgn.net.
Web site: www.fernsalka.com
Online profile: Click here.

Fern is a Certified Family Law Specialist, former Chair of the L.A. County Bar Assoc. Family Law Section, fellow of the AAML, founding officer of the L.A. Collaborative Family Law Assoc. and has been named by L.A. Magazine as a SuperLawyer for the past four years. Ms. Salka offers consulting, coaching, settlement, mediation and collaborative dissolution services for a range of clients from middle income to high-end professionals and celebrities, with and without separate counsel, who want a less acrimonious, less expensive divorce in a private, informal setting.

Shawn Weber, attorney-mediator
(619) 234-2121
e-mail: sweber@bravefamlaw.com
Web site: www.BraveWeberMack.com
Online profile: Click here.

Shawn, an attorney and mediator, has received special training in both mediation and collaborative divorce.  He strives to resolve difficult issues such as alimony or visitation in an unthreatening and confidential environment and believes the collaborative approach can help ensure that result occurs. 

For more information about Collaborative Practice, contact one of the professionals listed above or visit CollaborativePractice.com.