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Marion Lee Wasserman
199 Wells Avenue, Suite 201
Newton,
Massachusetts
02459
Phone: 781-449-4815
Fax: 781-433-0405
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Ms. Wasserman can assist you in reaching accord in the following types of disputes. In each of these areas, she emphasizes the desirability of negotiated settlement, whether through law or mediation.
- divorce
- post-divorce
- custody and support
- parenting plans
- property division
- temporary separation
- prenuptial agreements
- relationship agreements
- nontraditional relationships
- trusts and estates
- family business
Marion Lee Wasserman
Marion Lee Wasserman received her law degree from Harvard Law School.
Ms. Wasserman also holds a Master's degree in English literature from the University of Michigan. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Ms. Wasserman established her own law practice in 1993, after five years in-house at Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. She helps couples and families resolve disputes, and she also assists businesses with technology-related legal matters. Ms. Wasserman's experience in the business world gives her a broad perspective that couples and families appreciate and find beneficial.
Ms. Wasserman has been providing mediation services since 1995 and has extensive mediation training through basic and advanced programs. She is Vice President of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, a private organization setting standards for family mediation in Massachusetts. She has mediation experience in both private and court-sponsored programs.
Ms. Wasserman is also trained in the collaborative law approach to dispute resolution. She received her collaborative law training through the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council.
Ms. Wasserman has taught Legal Studies at Brandeis University and has taught writing at Tufts University. She is a professional writer and the author of a book about family issues.
Ms. Wasserman is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation (Certified Member).
Ms. Wasserman takes a special interest in the issues confronting divorcing men and women and their children. She is knowledgeable about the law affecting divorce and will share her knowledge with you. She knows you want to be well-informed and confident and that you may not be feeling that way at the start. Ms. Wasserman will assist you in working out a parenting plan, property division and support issues. She will also suggest other professional support, as needed -- offering referrals to accountants, financial planners or therapists who will be sensitive and knowledgeable about your divorce-related concerns.
Your divorce agreement will affect your life, and the lives of your children, far into the future. This is perhaps the most important written contract you will ever sign. Ms. Wasserman takes pride in the care she brings to the drafting and review of this important document. She will work carefully with you to be sure the final agreement accurately reflects your understandings and wishes.
Ms. Wasserman is dedicated to helping you through this painful time of your life in a caring and cost-effective way. She will help you move from dispute to resolution, whether through mediation or collaborative law or, if you prefer, the traditional use of legal counsel to negotiate a reasonable settlement. With Ms. Wasserman's services, the fees you pay will be reasonable as well, and the process of divorcing will remain civilized and respectful.
A husband and wife whose marriage is irretrievably broken down ... two brothers whose family business is dissolving ... three sisters who cannot agree on the proper housing for their aging mother ... in each case, these family members have reached a point where reasoned discussion seems impossible. How can they sit down together and make a plan to move forward, a practical agreement with eyes on the future?
Mediation is a process that enables individuals in conflict to sit down together and be heard by each other. With a neutral third party -- the mediator -- guiding the process, promoting an exploration of underlying issues and needs, and establishing guidelines for constructive dialogue, family members almost always discover a constructive way forward. Mediation helps to clarify and resolve difficult issues. And mediation saves time and money.
Whatever the issues confronting you, Ms. Wasserman's training and experience as a mediator will enable you to explore options in a neutral setting and to reach understanding and agreement, while preserving ongoing relationships you wish to preserve. The agreement you reach will be YOUR agreement, compromises reached will be YOUR compromises, decisions made will be YOUR decisions ... instead of having a resolution imposed upon you by a court.
For over twenty years, mediation has been helping families in Massachusetts sit down together, negotiate constructively, maintain civility and keep out of the courtroom.
Ms. Wasserman has been providing mediation services since 1995 and has extensive mediation training through basic and advanced programs.
Under the collaborative law alternative, the two parties to a dispute each choose a lawyer trained in the collaborative law process. As an active member of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, Ms. Wasserman is trained in the use of collaborative law and is pleased to offer this approach for divorce and other family disputes.
If Ms. Wasserman is representing you as a collaborative lawyer for the purpose of divorce, your spouse will need a collaborative lawyer to represent him or her. If your spouse does not yet have a lawyer and would like a recommendation, Ms. Wasserman can help by making appropriate referrals.
Once you and your spouse have each retained a collaborative lawyer to represent you, you will each sign an agreement to work collaboratively with your lawyers and with each other to reach a fair and reasonable settlement. And you agree up-front that if your negotiations break down, you will not use the same lawyers to litigate your dispute. This stipulation limiting the lawyers' services is intended to enhance the commitment you and your spouse are making to reach a settlement. Now you, your spouse and your lawyers meet together and work cooperatively toward settlement. The four-way meeting is a basic part of the collaborative law process.
Collaborative law, like mediation, draws upon your positive instincts --encouraging you to resolve your dispute through dialogue and creative compromise.
Lawyers have always been able to use a "collaborative" perspective to help clients reach negotiated settlements. The element unique to the new "Collaborative Law" alternative is the stipulation regarding litigation, along with the emphasis on four-way meetings. As a lawyer, Ms. Wasserman can assist you with either traditional negotiated settlement or collaborative law.
Ms. Wasserman received her collaborative law training through the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council.
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