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Collaborative Law Areas include Business Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Trusts, Estates and Probate
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Collaborative Law Practices used in Employment Law
 
Collaborative law can address the human dimensions of an employment law dispute and produce creative, win-win solutions that cannot be obtained in court.
 
Employment Law disputes -- ranging from employment termination to discrimination to disabilities issues -- present opportunities for successful collaborative negotiation. These cases can take years to litigate, with enormous impact in the lives of employees and a substantial drain on the time and resources of the employer. Often the employer is represented initially by an in-house lawyer, while the employee may be initially unrepresented. If the employee hires a collaborative lawyer and if the parties enter into a collaborative law agreement, they can avoid the publicity associated with litigation (which can be harmful for both sides), not to mention the cost and delay. Both sides can then focus on their underlying interests, instead of focusing on litigation arguments, which tend to inflame the emotional aspects of the dispute and harden the positions of the parties.
 
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