ARGON LAW GROUP, LLP

ABOUT SONDRA

I think it has always been my nature to be a peacemaker.  I was the one mediating family disputes and disagreements between my friends.  I always believed, and I still do, that you do not have to "gut the opposition" in order to reach an agreement whereby all participants feel they were a part of the process and satisfied with the outcome. This does not mean that I cannot be a strong advocate when I need to be a strong advocate when I need to be.  In a collaborative case, where the situation calls for it, a strong advocate is what you will get.

My first career was in the financial field where I spent ten years in the banking and mortgage business. When I became pregnant with my youngest child, I decided to stay home and raise her.  She is now grown and I found I had to reinvent myself.  The law had always interested me so, as an adult, I went back to law school and the second chapter of my life began.

I gravitated to Divorce Mediation, Collaborative Law, Stepfamily Mediation and Family Law Mediation because I felt there were voices that were not being heard. Not just the voices of the couple divorcing, but those of the children involved as well.

So often between the hurt and fear, the divorcing couple forgets there are children involved--children who are real people with real feelings, not just pawns to be used in the process of divorce.  If the divorcing couple can remember that--although they will not alway be husband and wife--they will always be mom and dad, they are miles ahead of their litigating counterparts and will likely benefit from mediation or the collaborative process.

Sometimes it is not a divorcing couple who need mediation.  Perhaps they are already divorced and issues have come up that need to be revisited and mediated. Perhaps it is an unmarried couple that need mediation to work out issues dealing with their child(ren).  Sometimes, it is other family members who have issues they feel would benefit from mediation.  Most situations can be mediated as long as the parties have an open mind and mediate in good faith.

Persons with special needs are also often without a voice.  I work with families to help them determine what they need to do to protect their special needs family members through a limited conservatorship.

My word is important to me.  I expect people to say what they mean and mean what they say.  I want you to know that if I say I will do something I will. Whether that be returning a telephone call, sending you something through the mail, researching something, etc.  One of my pet peeves is when someone says they will call me back and they don't.  I promise that I will return your phone call within 24 hours (most times sooner) even if it is to say I don't have an answer yet but I am still researching it.

I would be honored to be able to help guide you through either the mediation or collaborative process so that you may determine your own outcome.  Also, if you have a special needs person in your life, I can help you determine whether a limited conservatorship is appropriate for your loved one.

Please call to schedule an appointment: Sondra BenNaEim @ (714) 619-9344.

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