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3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 640
Bethesda,
Maryland
20814
Phone: 301-986-8877 or 301-315-0840
51 Monroe Street, Suite 1605 (By Appointment Only)
Rockville,
Maryland
20850
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A SMARTER DIVORCE uses a team approach to enhance the mediation process. The co-mediators, Joan M. Weiss and Douglas Cohn, bring a combined 40 years of experience in family law litigation and mediation to help you.
At A SMARTER DIVORCE we understand that a divorce is more than a legal separation. It is also a financial and emotional separation, and it affects the children as much as it affects the adults. The team approach of A SMARTER DIVORCE encourages the involvement of financial and child development specialists when appropriate. This method gives you the information necessary to reach the best resolution possible.
A SMARTER DIVORCE’s open and cooperative team approach allows you to reach the best solutions while saving you time and money and minimizing emotional stress.
What is Mediation?
Mediation is a method of resolving conflict with the help of a neutral facilitator. The goal of A SMARTER DIVORCE mediation is to aid the parties in resolving all of their disputes themselves without the need for costly litigation. A SMARTER DIVORCE mediation addresses all parenting and financial issues in a non-adversarial setting. Mediation allows you to keep control of the process and develop solutions to your situation that are unique and best for you. Mediation can also help you establish a framework for addressing future disputes which arise during child-rearing years.
Who Are We?
Douglas Cohn
Douglas Cohn is an experienced Family Law practitioner and a former Family Law Court Magistrate. He received his B.A. from the University of Maryland ('80) and his J.D. from Vermont Law School ('84). He is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Vermont. After clerking in the two Vermont District Attorneys’ offices, he began his own practice with a concentration in family law. In 1998, he was appointed by then Governor Howard Dean as a Family Court Magistrate, where he adjudicated domestic violence, financial issues and custody issues for seven years. Mr. Cohn also served on the faculty of Woodbury College, in Montpelier Vermont. After leaving the Vermont bench, he joined Vermont's largest law firm to practice family law. In 2005, he relocated to Maryland where he has an active family law practice. Mr. Cohn is trained in mediation and collaborative law.
Joan M. Weiss
Joan M. Weiss is an experienced Family Law practitioner. She is admitted to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and New Jersey. She received her J.D. from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and her B.A. from The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. After serving as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Frank E. Schwelb in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Ms. Weiss was an Assistant Corporation Counsel, Juvenile Division, for the District of Columbia. Since 1994, Ms. Weiss has focused her private practice in the area of family law litigation and mediation. She is also a Family Law Facilitator for the Montgomery County Circuit Court. Ms. Weiss is trained in divorce mediation and in collaborative law.
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