Goranson Bain Family Law Advisor - April 2015

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Family Law Advisor April 2015

Negotiating With Your Spouse By Curtis W. Harrison Knowing and understanding how your spouse handles relationship stress can give you the edge in divorce negotiations.

Attorney Accolades GoransonBain has three family law

We live in a world that thrives on negotiation. Whether

attorneys who have been selected for

you are trying to close a big sale at the office or

inclusion in the 2015 Super Lawyers®

haggling over a Beatles' LP at the local flea market,

Rising Stars listing. The professional

you're negotiating virtually every day. But, unlike

accomplishment places P. Lindely Bain,

traditional "arm's­length" negotiations between relative

Kathryn F. Samler, and Hayley Collins

strangers, in divorce cases each party possesses a

among the only 2.5 percent of the

wealth of insider's knowledge about the other.

Texas' nearly 97,000 attorneys who

Ironically, in most cases neither side uses that

received this annual honor.

knowledge to good effect.

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Recognizing and anticipating how you and your spouse are likely to respond to the stress and conflict that invariably accompany divorce can give you a distinct advantage during the divorce negotiations. Read more

Mediation in Texas: Negotiation instead of litigation.

Charles M. Wilson III has been announced as the recipient of the 2015 Lola Wright Foundation Award for advancing and enhancing legal ethics.


It's not unusual to feel a loss of control during divorce. The mediation process can enable couples to take charge of reaching a settlement without the involvement of the courts. Read more

GoransonBain Expands Family Law Practice We are pleased to welcome Tracey Gajek as a new family law attorney with GoransonBain Read more

Founded in 1987, GoransonBain has fostered a constructive atmosphere and strategic approach to help clients who are going through a divorce, control costs, minimize the disruption to their daily lives and achieve the best possible


outcome. In 2013 and 2014, U.S. News & World Report named GoransonBain a "Best Law Firm" in its U.S. News ­ Best Lawyers® for family law and family law mediation.

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