Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, it sounds like those, the couple, each party has to have some level of trust in the mediator before things may or may not work out in the end. But I think that’s part of the beginning process, wouldn’t it be? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media You’ve mentioned uncontested. Does that mean they didn’t file? They went to you before, so there’s no court filings? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Yes. And now, that’s interesting because for the first 28 years of my practice in New York, it was unethical
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media What’s the difference between mediation and arbitration? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY I am a trained arbitrator and will sometimes be asked to arbitrate even marital related cases. The reason why arbitration in the domestic relations field hasn’t really taken off like it has
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Because we’re human, everybody has a different type of style, and that’s one of the interesting things I read about when I was preparing for this interview, that they talked about the style of mediation. And you know, so I ask you, what is, as a divorce mediator, what
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media So, it sounds like the traditional attorney-client privilege, which is kind of interesting here, extends to both parties with you. Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY Yes, because there’s going to be, in the mediation agreement, it will say specifically, you know, will deal with
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media How do you resolve conflicts that arise during that, you know, two people butting heads? How do you resolve the conflict that is invariably going to happen or else they wouldn’t be there in the first place? Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY The training
Bill Leininger – Divorce Mediation Attorney – Richmond County, NY But at that point, if the judge feels, after talking to the lawyers, that the case is ripe for divorce mediation, he or she may order the parties to meet with a mediator. And then the only thing that the judge is told at the
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media I’ve been involved in a number of settlement conferences, mediations, in a number of civil cases over decades, and they’re scheduled for all day. I really appreciate you setting up a schedule of an hour and a half. What I have found was that it’s a complete waste of
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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Hi, welcome to Attorneys.Media, Legal Commentary. I’m your host, Ray Hrdlicka, and today we’re talking with Kirk Tarman, a criminal defense attorney in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, Southern California, and we’re going to talk about something that’s obviously the hot topic today in the news. And that is…
