Parties unfamiliar with the legal system shudder at the thought of seeing their life in its most personal context, displayed on a witness stand before a judge and a courtroom full of peering ...

Last month, Womble Bond Dickinson launched “Doing Well by Doing Good,” a thought leadership series focused on ways in which environmental and social governance impact business. The following article ...

COVID-19 has put pressure on everyone, especially couples who have problems in their relationship. The stress of being forced to live in a limited space and losing a job, income and possibly a home ...

South Florida is famously litigious, but a new family law firm in the region aims to use a recently established form of alternative dispute resolution to resolve family matters outside the courtroom.

Mississippi became the 25th state this year to adopt rules of collaborative law, which allows people to sit together at the table to work through their differences in hopes of avoiding what could ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the backlog of family court worse, with some jurisdictions being shut down completely for months. Many divorcing couples rely on the courts to settle disputes without ...

The word “divorce” may conjure images of bickering spouses, ugly court battles, invasive financial disclosure and costly legal bills. The traditional divorce process tends to escalate conflict and ...

MANHATTAN, NY – Couples in Manhattan considering divorce may benefit from a process that avoids the adversarial nature of traditional courtroom litigation. Manhattan collaborative divorce attorney ...

An acting judge has made a call for the parties in divorce and family matters to take the easier route of alternative dispute resolution rather than battle it out before a judge. Acting Justice ...

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