• Collaborative law is a fast growing and revolutionary approach to assist divorcing couples reach amicable solutions without court intervention. 

With the aid of specially trained lawyers and other trained mental health professionals and financial professionals as needed, the client's attention is focused on new ways to solve their family problems.

• To maximize the potential for creative problem-solving and amicable resolution, each client contracts with his or her attorney not to engage in litigation.  There is a promise that if good-faith negotiating fails, after every effort at consensus-building is explored, or if any party fails to disclose all pertinent information, then the collaborative process ends.  The collaborative attorneys must withdraw and new counsel for each party must be retained to litigate instead of collaborate.

Dean T. Bennett will use the skills he acquired during his 20 year career resolving family and civil disputes, along with his training in collaborative law and mediation, to help his clients understand the collaborative process which demonstrates that realistic goals and expectations can be achieved through respectful negotiating and problem-solving.