As a family law lawyer specializing in mediation and collaborative law, I understand the stress and emotional toll that divorce can bring.
My goal is to provide compassionate, effective solutions that keep you out-of-court and focused on your family’s well-being.
Which one is right for you?
⏭️Mediation: This process allows you and your spouse to have open, respectful communication with the help of a neutral mediator. It’s confidential and flexible.
Mediation helps you reach mutually agreeable solutions tailored to your unique situation, which is especially important if you have children.
A qualified family mediator in Alberta is not permitted to provide legal advice. They will refer you to qualified family lawyers, should you require legal advice related to your situation.
⏯️Collaborative Law: This approach provides you and your spouse with specially trained family lawyers, financial advisors, child specialists and divorce coaches as needed for your specific family situation.
All professionals are committed to providing you with the information you require in a non-court, non-adversarial framework. It creates a solid foundation to assist families to achieve sensible and long-lasting agreements.
Collaborative Law promotes a problem-solving mindset, aiming to preserve relationships and reduce conflict, ensuring that all aspects of your family’s needs are addressed.
Both methods focus on your family’s unique needs and help maintain positive relationships.
By choosing these out-of-court options for your divorce, you can achieve a more amicable, cost-effective resolution while minimizing emotional strain.
If you are considering divorce and want to explore mediation or collaborative law, contact me today.
Beryl McNeill is a Calgary divorce lawyer who strongly believes mutual respect and understanding go a long way toward resolving family law matters. As a Registered Collaborative Law practitioner in Calgary, she has dedicated her firm to amicable, cooperative negotiation as a means for settling divorces. Furthermore, throughout her law career, Beryl has seen the costs of adversarial negotiations, both financial and emotional. In emphasizing the collaborative approach, Beryl offers her clients a more efficient model that preserves personal and monetary assets alike.
More and more individuals are attracted to resolving their family law matters in a civil, respectful way. Therefore, they come to Beryl from many walks of life—as professionals in the oil and gas industry and their spouses, business owners, and working spouses with children. Clients say that even after a single consultation with Beryl they feel less stressed and more clear about the way forward.
Beryl understands the often fearful, emotional early stages of divorce. Incorporating skills developed from her training as a life coach, Beryl helps clients move beyond their stress response to more logical, creative thinking. Once there, she works with clients to discover what’s truly important to them in attaining divorce. Furthermore, she encourages clients to picture what a successful settlement would look like a year or more down the road as a means of focusing on their goals. By educating and empowering clients, Beryl seeks to transform the way they resolve family disputes—in a more constructive, intelligent and amicable way than would be possible otherwise.
Finally, Beryl is very active with the Family Bar and the Collaborative Law Community. Her involvement provides her clients with the assurance that she has her finger on the pulse of Family Law in Alberta, offering them a distinct advantage in their quest for equity and civility.