Collaborative law is a dispute resolution model where the parties agree to resolve their dispute without the economic and emotional expense of litigation. Collaborative practice encourages open communication to achieve an equitable and practical result. Working collaboratively, the parties have an opportunity to formulate creative solutions not available through conventional litigation. Clients who handle their cases collaboratively save significant time, money and emotional distress by avoiding hearings, discovery, depositions and trial. Collaborative practice also affords our clients greater privacy than a conventionally litigated case. Collaborative practice is generally the most cost effective, private and least contentious way to resolve a legal dispute.