by Shawn Weber | Mar 16, 2020 | Attorneys, Conflict Resolution, Courts, For Professionals, Mediation
We are in strange times. COVID-19 has generally caused a mass freak-out – some of it justified. There has been a huge coronavirus impact on family law. COVID-19 during divorce brings its own set of difficult challenges for lawyers and clients. There is a...
by Shawn Weber | Feb 27, 2020 | Conflict Resolution, Courts, Mediation
I regularly serve as a pro tem settlement judge on the Mandatory Settlement Conference (MSC) Panel with the San Diego County Superior Court. While I enjoy helping folks through their MSCs, the help is simply too little too late for many people. Often, the preparation...
by Shawn Weber | Feb 27, 2020 | Attorneys, For Professionals
for laWe’ve all made mistakes I have practiced in divorce industry for more than 20 years now. At the start of my career when I was young and naïve, I made my fair share of mistakes. I am not proud of these mistakes. But, I would like to think as a more seasoned...
by Shawn Weber | Jan 21, 2020 | divorce, For Professionals, Relationships
Most divorce professionals have “seen this movie before” in their own practices. As a divorce professional for the last 20 years, I’ve been involved in more than one ugly divorce as I am sure you can imagine. The stories are similar and seem to go...
by Shawn Weber | Dec 6, 2019 | Dolphin Lawyer, For Professionals
In this day of #MeToo, one lawyer learned this lesson the hard way when he received a public hand slap from the Court of Appeal of the State of California because of “highly inappropriate” rhetoric he chose to employ in his appellate brief on a defamation case,...
