Soheila Azizi Receives Avvo Clients’ Choice Award

About the AVVO 2015 Clients’ Choice Award This award is given due to client reviews by those who have worked with the attorney. Avvo ratings, although they do not evaluate a lawyer’s knowledge of the law, past performance on cases, personality, or communication skills, still speak to a lawyer’s background as seen by clients. Avvo…

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Reluctance as it Applies to Mediation

There are Many Benefits to Mediation. Attorneys have grown to love the participation of mediation as it applies to promoting communication and retaining a closeness that you can’t get from anything else. However, sometimes resistance comes into play. How should it be addressed when it becomes a problem?

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What is Transformative Mediation?

First, as readers, you need to understand what mediation is. Mediation is a form of conflict resolution in which parties who have a conflict choose a neutral third party called a mediator to help them resolve their dispute without the extra time and money involved in a trial. There are several different specific kinds of…

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How to Select the Best Mediator

Mediation is on the rise as an alternative to time consuming, costly trials. With the option of Mediation, the dispute is settled with the assistance of a third-party mediator and without the litigation process. (Roberts) When the parties involved in a dispute have decided upon mediation as their solution, they may be wondering how to…

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Family Law Private Mediation & Child Custody Recommended Counseling

Family Law Private Mediation (FLPM) is where a mediator, who is either chosen by the parties involved or recommended by a judge in the case that the parties involved can’t come to a decision on a specific mediator, assists the parties in coming to a mutually beneficial agreement regarding the decision of custody and other…

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What happens to our property and debt if we get divorced?

What happens to our property and debt if we get divorced? Division of property and assets can be one of the most complex and emotional parts of a divorce. The state of California is a “community property” state. This means that, for the most part, assets and debts incurred during the marriage belong to both…

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HOW TO “WIN” YOUR DIVORCE CASE EVERY TIME

The Practical Approach to Divorce Having participated in a vast number of family law (divorce) cases in many capacities for over 25 years, I have observed realities that rarely occur to the litigants (the parties to the divorce). Too often the anger and emotion of that terrible time in one’s life overwhelms rationality. When that…

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