Collaborative Law – A Less Destructive Divorce When the Stakes Are High
Dallas, TX, October 16, 2012 – Divorce is stressful enough but when the parties go to war it can also become extremely expensive and destructive with litigation that can drag out for literally years and cost a small fortune – just ask celebrities and high profile people always in the news!
Kevin Fuller of KoonsFuller, PC, one of the Southwest’s largest family law firms, has changed much of this in his practice by using the collaborative law process for many of his upscale clients. He proves his point by his track record; handling 85 collaborative clients (with average estates of well over $5 million) for less than what four of his recent litigation clients paid going through the battlefield of litigation! Instead of months of emotional stress, threatened business destruction and costly litigation, by using the collaborative process Fuller takes a more solution- oriented approach.
By using the collaborative process Fuller gets both parties and their attorneys in the same room with a neutral mental health professional to temper emotions and a neutral financial professional to handle the finances and they all work through the details of the divorce together. This process which takes less time and at a mere fraction of the cost is a highly desirable process for high profile clients and complex divorces.
Fuller is a veteran Dallas attorney, named both the top family law attorney and collaborative lawyer in Dallas for 2012 by Best Lawyers, a highly respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. From 2003 through 2012, Fuller was also named one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Texas by Thomson Reuters and featured in Texas Monthly magazine. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America each year since 1997. Fuller believes a great lawyer must have the ability to be a warrior, a counselor and a peacemaker, and too often in family conflicts the role of peacemaker is under-emphasized.
The collaborative law process is a great option in many cases to save money and heartache especially for the wealthy or famous, because it maintains their privacy and can be easier on the family and the family’s business as a whole.
In an article from the business section of The Dallas Morning News, Fuller explained how collaborative law serves both parties in a divorce, especially when the ownership of a family-owned business is concerned: “Collaborative law is about getting the business through the divorce without destroying it or the owner. It’s a benefit to the spouse because you don’t kill the goose that’s laying the golden eggs – even if you’re mad at the goose.”
KoonsFuller practices law with integrity and effectiveness by putting their client’s interests first. For more information on this prestigious firm, or Kevin Fuller and his success with the collaborative law process, please visit: www.koonsfuller.com.