by Heidi Webb | Sep 18, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
I was a skeptic. How could a lawyer agree to give up a major tool in her toolbox? What possible advantage might there be in agreeing not to go to court? At the outset of a case, Collaborative Law did not make a lot of sense to me. Why “lawyer up” if you intend to go...
by Heidi Webb | Jul 18, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
This article is the second of a four-part “Toolbox” series. Each of these will briefly outline one of the four major approaches to handling a divorce, and how the Consilium process integrates the approach into its model. I first learned to mediate while in I was in...
by Heidi Webb | Jul 18, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
This article is the first of a four-part “Toolbox” series. Each of these will briefly outline one of the four major approaches to handling a divorce, and how the Consilium process integrates the approach into its model. Let’s start with traditional litigation. This is...
by Heidi Webb | Jul 18, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
A private courtroom. A way to resolve a dispute when you can agree that you disagree, and that someone other than yourselves will be better able to bring clarity to your situation. Arbitrators are experienced practitioners, often times retired judges. They can create...
by Heidi Webb | Jul 17, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
When most people think of hiring a lawyer, they approach it like a straightforward transaction: you meet them and tell them what you need, and they figure out how to do it for you. This is an overly simplistic understanding of what lawyers do, informed by movies and...
