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Collaborative Divorce Attorney and Mediator Serving Northern Virginia (The City of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties). |
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Karen Keyes has a Collaborative Law Practice and help clients with family law issues reach solutions in a respectful and productive manner that enables the family members to address their needs, construct an out of court settlement, and move forward with their lives. The goal is a creative and quality resolution with minimal emotional cost to the family members. Karen brings to her clients the following value: more control over the process and outcome, flexibility in settlement options, efficient use of professional resources, a focus on the best interests of the children and better long term relationships for clients, their children, and extended family members. |
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Legal representation in settlement negotiations, legal representation using the Collaborative Family Law Process, and Mediation (as a neutral serving both parties). All of these services offer a more client- centered and more private alternative to litigation in court. What is Collaborative Divorce? It is a process outside of court that addresses the legal, financial and emotional needs of families, makes children and family connections a priority, and keeps control over the outcome with the parties. Each client has a separate attorney and a transparent and cooperative process is used to achieve settlement. What is Mediation? The clients meet with a neutral party to discuss their family law issues. The mediator facilitates communications and helps the clients to work with each other directly to explore options and work towards a settlement. |
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Karen Keyes has been practicing family mediation since 1986 and family law since 1991. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1984 and her Juris Doctor in 1990. Karen worked as a family law attorney and mediator at two law firms for the first fifteen years of her legal career, prior to establishing her own practice in 2004 that focuses on Domestic Relations, Mediation, and Collaborative Family Law Process. |
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Licensed Attorney in Virginia | |||||||||
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Virginia Supreme Court Certified Mediator (Advanced Family, Circuit Court Family and Juvenile & Domestic Relations) | |||||||||
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Chair, Virginia Collaborative Professionals 2008 | |||||||||
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Trained in Collaborative Family Law Process | |||||||||
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Substitute Judge, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (1997-2005) | |||||||||
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Adjunct Law Professor, George Mason University School of Law (1996-1997) | |||||||||
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2004-2005 Chair of the Virginia State Bar/Virginia Bar Association Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. | |||||||||
| Karen L. Keyes has been selected for inclusion as a Family Mediator in the 16th Anniversary Edition (2009) of Best Lawyers in America. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer review process. | ||||||||||
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| What to expect from Mediation? | ||||||||||
| Many clients call not knowing whether they want legal representation or mediation. These are two separate and distinct services. However, they are not ....More | ||||||||||
| What to expect from the Collaborative Process? | ||||||||||
| The Collaborative Process is a form of dispute resolution that is 100% focused on settlement....More | ||||||||||
| Disclaimer:This website is not intended to constitute legal advice or the provision of legal services. By posting and/or maintaining this website and its contents, The Law Office of Karen L. Keyes does not intend to solicit legal representation business from clients for matters where Virginia law does not apply. Some links within this website may lead to other sites. The Law Office of Karen L. Keyes does not necessarily sponsor, endorse or otherwise approve of the materials appearing in such sites. | ||||||||||
2300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 240, Arlington, VA 22201, Phone: 703.528.1991, Fax: 703.528.1948 kkeyes@keyeslaw.com RSS /Corporate Blog |
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