CAFFERKY | RUSSO Law Family Law – Collaborative Law & Mediation

Family Law – Collaborative Law & Mediation

CAFFERKY | RUSSO Law is proud to offer peaceful divorce and separation processes that minimize bad feelings by focusing on a shared outcome. Angie Russo specializes in Collaborative Law and Divorce Mediation, both processes that promote resolutions to seemingly unresolvable differences.

Pursuing divorce through court hearings can be lengthy, expensive and stressful. You probably know someone who fought his or her case to the bitter end only to have a judge make decisions that neither party wanted. We all know someone who can’t stand the sight of their ex and can’t be in the same place at the same time with him or her. This doesn’t have to be your experience!

Save money. Preserve relationships. Stay out of court. Protect your privacy. Negotiate fair agreements for child custody division of assets. Collaborative Law and Mediation are your first steps to a happier future.

Choose a Healing Alternative to Divorce Court

Collaborative Law Mediation Consulting Legal Services

Collaborative Law

What is Collaborative Law?

It's a revolutionary approach to divorce dispute resolution. It promotes healing while also costing significantly less than traditional family law litigation. Angie Russo's previous work in high-conflict settings gives her a unique ability to defuse volatile situations and obtain positive results – with the help of the Collaborative Law Process.

From the onset, you and your partner agree not go to court. You agree to exchange all necessary information and negotiate in good faith. Both of you will have attorneys who are dedicated to working toward a settlement and helping you create a co-parenting relationship. If at any time you or your partner decide to go to court, your collaborative attorneys will withdraw from the case. This ensures all parties are dedicated to reaching an out-of-court settlement agreement.

How does the Collaborative Process work?

In the Collaborative Process, you can choose to include other professionals such as a Divorce Coach, Financial Specialist and Child Specialist. Input from these professionals maximizes your financial and emotional resources. They can even help you envision a new direction for your future. Your Collaborative Attorney will coordinate meetings, working with these professionals to develop a well-rounded settlement agreement. Each settlement agreement is specific to your family’s unique needs.

Learn about Angie's step-by-step Collaborative Process.

What are the advantages over traditional divorce litigation?

A Collaborative Divorce is an investment in your future. Imagine a future where:

There’s less conflict
You continue to co-parent
You can sit next to your ex at your children’s school plays, graduations and weddings
You both can attend your grandchildren’s birthday parties

Divorce doesn't have to mean an end to all family functions. In fact, separation or divorce can be a new beginning of your bi-nuclear family. Collaborative Divorce can positively impact your family for generations to come.

Mediation

What exactly is Divorce Mediation?

It's the most affordable separation and divorce process that involves a specialized professional. A mediator is a neutral third-party who helps you have productive conversations and generate a creative settlement agreement with your partner. Mediation sessions are completely confidential and voluntary. That means nothing said during mediation can be used against you in court. Also, it means you can withdraw from mediation at any point in the process.

How is Mediation different from traditional family law?

As your Family Law Mediator, Angie Russo doesn’t act as your lawyer. Mediators are allowed to provide information about what the law says. They are not allowed to give legal advice or tell you what to do. Think of it this way: Mediation empowers you to take control of your separation or divorce, to craft an agreement that works for you and your children.

Don’t leave your future in the hands of a judge!

Choose a proven process for building a future you will love.
Situate yourself to continue co-parenting your children with less conflict.
Choose a process that can positively impact your family for generations to come.

Mediation FAQ

Find more answers to common questions about separation and divorce mediation.

The Mediation Process

When you start working with Angie, she will guide you step-by-step through the process.

Angie will meet with you and your partner one-on-one to get a sense of your goals and concerns.
You'll have homework to do. A set of worksheets will help you prepare for the joint sessions.
You'll work out the final agreement during your joint sessions.
Upon request, Angie will draft any necessary court documents to make the agreement official.

Get more detail about Angie's mediation process.

Consulting Legal Services

You may decide you want to try and resolve your divorce with your partner without hiring an attorney. Or maybe you've already completed mediation and want an attorney to review your agreement to ensure you have covered all your bases. In either situation, Angie Russo can assist you.

Angie provides consulting legal services, which include:

reviewing agreements
court paperwork
simply giving you legal advice
and more...

Angie charges hourly for these services.

Why choose Consulting Legal Services?

Consulting Legal Services are more affordable because you can choose to pay Angie for specific, agreed upon tasks. This approach reduces the number of billable hours and substantially lowers your cost.

Pros:

Connect with a lawyer in minutes.
Save up to 80% on legal fees – you only pay for the help you need.
Pay as you go – don't get locked into an expensive upfront retainer.

Cons:

You do the legwork.

Collaborative Law?

Mediation?

Traditional Litigation?

Unbundled Legal Services?

Unsure of what process option for your separation or divorce is best for you and your partner? Want to learn more and ask questions? Angie provides a free one-hour initial process consultation to answer your questions and educate you about your options for legal services and mediation. If you want to bring your partner, he or she is welcome as well. If you both decide to use Angie as your mediator, you can get started that same day.

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Testimonials

Thank you for everything you have done for [us]. 😊 I really don’t know what I would have done without your guidance, expertise, and knowledge in helping me with a resolution with my parenting plan. I am very happy with the finalized judgement! I am hopeful of the future and look towards my reconciliation with [my child] and having them home with [us] as a family. 😊

It has been a pleasure working with you! Your professionalism and promptness to my emails and phone calls has been wonderful! Thank you, again, for everything! I very much appreciate it. 😊

Angie is both knowledgable and experienced with the collaborative law process. I appreciate her empathy, fairness and her ability to keep things civil and consistently moving forward.

Based on my experience with Angie, I’d say her strength lies in how patiently and thoroughly she walked me through each of my concerns, throughout the entire prenuptial process.

Angie is both knowledgable and experienced with the collaborative law process. I appreciate her empathy, fairness and her ability to keep things civil and consistently moving forward.

5 stars. Angie is great with communication and explaining the mediation process.

Thank you, Angie! It was a joy to work with you. I really appreciate your thoughtful guidance on this process!

Your service is exactly what many people are looking for.

Angie's Commitment to You

Quality Divorce Mediation and Legal Services at Reasonable Rates

Angie is passionate about providing affordable quality legal and mediation services. She acknowledges that separation and divorce is already a difficult financial transition for most families and does not want to further burden families with excessive fees. Many families opt out of getting legal or private mediation services because they are financially out of reach. Angie charges affordable rates on a sliding scale so all families have access to the healing mediation and quality legal services they need. Payment plans and payment by credit card are both options.

Angie Russo Selected for 2020 Oregon Rising Stars List

December 7, 2020

Russo Ranked Top Lawyer for Second Year Running Angie Russo is being recognized as one of Oregon’s Top Lawyers for the second year in a row – 2019-2020. This honor goes to no more than 2.5% of lawyers in Oregon. Super Lawyers, a professional rating service, annually identifies outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice…

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