Experienced mediator-attorney Douglas K. Schoenberg, Esq. will give you the power to resolve your own divorce.

Mediation has become a popular way to settle divorces because of its reduced costs — both financial and emotional — and its ability to create solutions that work for the parties and their children. But choosing the right mediator is as important as choosing mediation. "The mediation process, by its nature, is far more cost-effective than the lawyer-run alternative," says Douglas Schoenberg, a divorce mediator and attorney in Millburn, New Jersey. "My clients feel that they have more control over the final results, because I help them fashion an efficient problem-solving process in which the parties, not the professionals, make the decisions." A veteran mediator, Schoenberg offers you the flexibility to do your divorce the way you want. He will mediate your divorce, post-judgment disputes, and prenuptial agreements.

Schoenberg is one of the few divorce mediators in New Jersey who make their living primarily from mediation (as opposed to divorce attorneys who do a few mediations on the side). He has more than 22 years' experience as a divorce professional, has primarily practiced mediation since 1994, and is accredited by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators and the Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly the Academy of Family Mediators). Schoenberg was also the only mediator appointed by the New Jersey Governor to the Divorce Law Study Commission, on which he served as vice-chair of the Commission.

His extensive training (at Harvard, Seton Hall, the American Arbitration Association, etc.) and experience have led to an expertise recognized by hundreds of experienced professionals who have sought him out to train them in mediation at Rutgers University and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. "It's a craft and an art," he says. "Even after a first-class training, it takes years of practice to become really skilled at it. The first question a consumer should ask a prospective mediator is, 'how many cases have you mediated?'" With his experience in mediating thousands of divorces, from middle-class to multimillion-dollar cases, he can offer you this flexible process, which empowers you and your spouse to find creative solutions.

A mediation by Schoenberg can have many benefits besides the savings, including making it easier to leave the divorce behind and avoid multiple trips back to court to re-fight issues in the future. This is due both to the superior process which, by empowering the parties, helps people go on with their lives and to the more flexible settlement agreements people fashion in a good mediation. Parties learn self-reliance and the skills to settle future issues, because they have the experience of working things out themselves in the divorce.

"Sometimes, I get cases in which the parties have litigated for years and spent tens of thousands of dollars, but in working with me, they find solutions that work for everybody," says Schoenberg. "That makes them satisfied clients and gives me tremendous satisfaction. That's why I love doing this work." Trust Douglas Schoenberg to help you settle your own divorce. You'll save time, money, and emotional wear-and-tear.

For more information or to make an appointment, contact:
Douglas K. Schoenberg, Esq.,
Mediator/Attorney
29 Essex Street
Millburn, New Jersey 07041-1701
Phone: (973) 912-5100
Fax: (973) 379-6126
doug@divorcemediatornewjersey.com
www.divorcemediatornewjersey.com

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