Roytberg Legal Alert

Mediator successfully quashes a subpoena in Suffolk County – Rosenthal v. Rosenthal, NY Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Justice Garguilo (August 5, 2011) When the parties started their mediation, they signed an agreement with the mediator with the following...

The Making of a Parenting Plan

“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son…” – The Talmud Children are precious. They are incredibly unique and yet they carry within them characteristics and mannerisms of our favorite ancestors, – a familiar twinkle, a turn of the head, a dimple on the...

The Consequences of Equality

“Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.” ~Isadora Duncan Recently the New York State legislature finally passed changes which now permit registration of marriages between persons of the same gender....

Unbundled Services or Limited Scope Representation

“The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings.” – Charles Dickens, “Bleak House” During the tough economic climate of the last...

Mediation – The First Session

  Many people want to know what we do during the first mediation session. In that session, whether it is a family or business mediation, we usually start by reviewing and discussing what the process will be like. Sometimes people say: “Well isn’t this just a...