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Avoiding Litigation
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by Sherrie R. Abney
Sales Rank: 988301
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$32.50
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on 12-29-2007.
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Paperback: 344 pages
Publisher: Trafford Publishing June 30, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1412074231
ISBN-13: 978-1412074230
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Product Description
How can you settle your dispute for ten cents on the dollar and never set foot in a courtroom? Litigation can\'t accomplish that for you, but Collaborative Law can.
About The Author
The author has engaged in a number of occupations over the years. She worked at a Dairy Queen, gift wrapped in a department store, trained horses, spliced telephone cable, cashiered at a grocery store, and clerked in a business office. Sherrie taught high school for 7 years, directed dinner theatre, and supervised a performing arts program. Later she sold insurance and trained agents. While working for the insurance company, she decided to go to law school.
After 10 years of litigating divorces, Sherrie "had all of the fun she could stand," and gave up the courthouse to concentrate on real estate transactions, mediation, collaborative family law, and promoting the collaborative process in other areas of civil disputes. Most people do not know that there is an option regarding the way disputes are settled, so Sherrie added "author" and "trainer" to her list of career choices. She chairs a study group for professionals at the Dallas Bar Association and conducts seminars for attorneys, judges, and other professionals who participate in the collaborative process.
Sherrie's passion is her family and friends. She has three children, 17 grandchildren and great grandchildren, and many wonderful friends all over the world. Sherrie loves photography and travel, and has never visited a place she did not enjoy. She has visited seven continents and goes whenever and wherever she finds the opportunity.
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Avoiding Litigation: A Guide to Civil Collaborative Law is a must read for every individual, family, business or organization that has ever been involved in a dispute. In America, unlike in every other country in the world, litigation is generally the first option for resolving disputes. Ms. Abney's book describes a voluntary, non-adversarial approach to resolving disputes, which enables parties to settle disputes privately with fair and equitable results. The collaborative process is widely used in family matters in the United States, Canada and England. Ms. Abney's book demonstrates that the process can be applied to other areas of civil disputes with the same success the process is experiencing in family law matters As a lawyer who was involved in litigation for over forty years, I believe the collaborative process is the business imperative of our time. The process captures the exponential power of cooperation. In our fast-moving, complex and demanding world, resolving disputes in litigation is simply too costly, too time consuming, too ineffective, too painful and too destructive. Successful businesses maintain relationships over the long run. Relationships cannot be maintained in the litigation "arms race." A dispute is a problem to be solved, not a battle to be won.
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