- If you need immediate help, information, and a focused discussion of your needs, options, rights and potential goals, you should schedule an attorney-client consultation appointment with Attorney Stacer. Mr. Stacer will meet with you privately for 75 minutes at a charge of $200. If possible, you should organize your thoughts, questions and information in preparation for meeting with Attorney Stacer. Please download the following forms:
- Map to Our Office
- Letter of General Instructions for Meeting Preparation
Informational Forms to fill-out and bring to the meeting:
- Consultation Questionnaire
- Domestic Matters Form
- Our many years of settlement and litigation experience enables us to "see the future" in many instances, to help you
formulate goals and plan to achieve them. We are very experienced, from the very simple to complex issues involving children,
difficult spouses, valuation and division of properties, obligations, business interests and retirement plans. We are often
able to suggest creative alternatives that a very stressed client may not think of, or even think possible.
Most importantly, we are concerned about clients and their childrens' physical and emotional safety. It may be necessary to greatly reduce or even terminate contact, in all forms, with a spouse when anticipation of such contact, the actual contact, and the aftermath of such contact keeps the client in a state of stress, anxiety and "negative-anticipation."
Although sometimes immediate court action is necessary, we very much like to "engineer" resolution of the case so that the client's goals can be achieved over a period of time. This way, the case will be positioned for settlement with a reasonable spouse, and successful litigation with an unreasonable spouse.
- Although in almost all contested cases it would be best to reach a settlement, it is unfortunate that this does not happen many times. When this is the case you need an attorney who is a strong and capable litigator to make sure you are treated fairly. In addition to being an expert negotiator, Mr. Stacer is a highly skilled and experienced trial attorney who will be your advocate.
- The mediation process is a way to help both sides attempt to reach agreement outside of the courtroom. The mediator meets with one or both parties and provides guidance and insights that can help you work toward the goal of a negotiated settlement. Even if you do not reach agreement on everything, reaching agreement on those things that are possible makes resolving the rest of your case faster and easier. Very often, working together to agree on some things helps reduce anger and conflict and can promote further cooperation and additional settlement. Mr. Stacer is a trained mediator and family law expert who is available to work with you.
- Attorney Stacer and associate attorney James Ratzer volunteer their time several times a month speaking at Team Works workshops that are designed to provide education about Family Law and the legal system. There is no cost to attend these workshops. They are open to the public with advance reservation. People are often referred to Team Works by the court, public agencies, other attorneys and therapists.
- We can also provide referrals for professional real-estate services in cases which may necessitate selling and / or division of real-estate assets.
Deena L. Stacer, Ph.D. is a broker-associate with Keller-Williams. She is a professional speaker / author, and has mediated hundreds of family-law cases. She and Fred Stemen designed the High Conflict Intervention Program. "Dr. Deena" is the doctor that makes "house calls." She is exceptional at helping people deal with anxieties, passion and concerns involved in divorce-related home sales -- or even purchases to help you land on your feet!
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