Carole L. Chiamp of Chiamp and Associates, P.C., of counsel to Hickey, Cianciolo, Fishman & Finn, P.C., has been named the “Detroit Best Lawyers Family Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012 by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.  Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”  In addition to this extraordinary honor, Carole has been recognized by Best Lawyers for the last 22 years as one of the best lawyers in the area of family law.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By:  Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

The title of my column tells you I should be writing about mediation. Not this month.  Click here to read the full article. . .Mediation Matters: But I Digress…

MEDIATION MATTERS
By:  Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

No longer the domain of the young and reproducing, divorce increasingly involves the older client whose 40, or even 50, year marriage is not working out1.  Click here to read the full article. . .Mediation Maters: Issues in older client divorce.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By:  Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

Caucusing in divorce mediation, that is, separate meetings of the mediator with a party and their attorney in the absence of the other party, is common in Michigan.  Click here to read the full article. . .Mediation Matters:  Caucusing.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By:  Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

Analyses of the  first statistically significant study of outcomes.  Click here to read the full article. . .Mediation Matters ; A case study.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By:  Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

How many times has a client asked you how much a divorce will cost?  You’ve only been able to say that it depends on many factors.  Click here to read the full article. . . Mediation Matters:  The cost of divorce.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By: Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

I recently attended the 2010 Nuts and Bolts Seminar hosted by the Wayne County Family Bar Association. Many great topics were discussed but the liveliest one was the panel discussion on arbitration.  Click here to read the full article. . . Mediation Matters: Dividing the Pots and Pans.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By: Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

Too often I receive a telephone call from a prospective client asking me to help them. Their case has been in arbitration for one year, two years or more. The explanations stem from their agreeing to arbitrate because their attorney told them it would be faster and cheaper. Once the arbitrator was chosen there were too many adjournments to count. Several have told me that appraisals that were completed earlier were so old that they had to be redone.

What can be done about the delay?  Click here to read the full article. . . Mediation Matters: Lost In Arbitration.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By: Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

Helping Families
Without Going to Court
What did you do on your summer vacation? I can tell you what I did on mine.  I read some fun books and some professional articles.  One book review in the Family Law Quarterly on collaborative practice caught my eye.  Click here to read the full article . . .Mediation Matters: Collaborative Practice.

MEDIATION MATTERS
By: Carole Chiamp
Chiamp & Associates, P.C.

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Many a family law attorney, tired of the “divorce wars” thinks about changing professions. They think about counseling, mediating, anything but litigating. Trying to become a mediator poses many challenges.  Click here to read the full article . . . .Mediation Matters: Becoming a Mediator