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Winger Mediation & Family Law

Non-Adversarial Alternatives to Traditional Divorce & Family Law Litigation

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Working as a team, in good faith, with a commitment to stay out of court

Collaborative Divorce

Collaborative Divorce is a unique and specialized process for people who want to “divorce differently.” Traditional divorce usually takes place in a courtroom with adversarial attorneys pursuing a win-lose outcome before a judge who makes the final decision. In a Collaborative Divorce, each spouse has their own attorney and all work together as a team, with a commitment to stay out of court. If either party decides to go to court, both attorneys are disqualified from representing their clients in court.

As a Collaborative Divorce attorney, I provide you with individual legal advice and protect your legal interests, while pursuing your goals and priorities—what is important to you. I also work to understand your spouse’s goals and priorities in order to reach a settlement agreement that takes into account the best possible outcome for all involved.

One of the unique features of a Collaborative Divorce is recognizing the emotional, financial, and parenting challenges, (in addition to the legal), that most couples face when separating/divorcing.  Because of this perspective, a Collaborative Divorce can be most successful and cost-efficient when additional Collaborative professionals are part of the team.

This could be a mental-health professional who serves as a Divorce Coach to enhance productive communication, or a Child Specialist to address the needs of the children. A Divorce Financial Specialist gathers and analyzes financial data and explores outcomes for allocating income and dividing assets, debt and property. All team members commit to working respectfully and in good faith for the benefit of the whole family.

Ariel is a wonderful human who happens to be very knowledgeable about the law.

Ariel is amazing. She helped me with my divorce. Most lawyers would go straight for the throat and try and hurt the other party but she helped me stay focused and fair throughout the difficult process. She was also very thoughtful and compassionate. I contacted a few lawyers before choosing her, she returned phone calls immediately, was flexible with communication sources and was very understanding and flexible with my crazy schedule. Ariel is a wonderful human who happens to be very knowledgeable about the law. If I ever have any family law needs again she will be the first person I call. It is really hard to find a lawyer or a mediator when you need one because of all of the emotions involved with needing one, but if you have found Ariel, stop looking.
— Cooperative Settlement Client

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Located in the heart of Rockridge, Oakland

5335 College Avenue, Suite 26A
Oakland, CA 94618 (Map)
510.564.0585 phone
510.550.2710 fax
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Filing Dissolution of Marriage (divorce), Dissolution of Registered Domestic Partnership, Legal Separation, Child Custody, Child Support and Judgment of Paternity (parentage) cases throughout the State of California.

Office location accessible by Bart, Bus and only blocks from the freeway for those living in Albany, Alameda, Berkeley, Dublin, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Oakland, Pleasanton, Richmond, San Leandro, San Francisco, and Walnut Creek.

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