COLLABORATORS
Collaboration between
mediation professionals provides comprehensive
financial, legal, co-parenting agreements.
When clients know that their mediator
has ready access to dialogue
and refer to other members
of The Negotiation Collaborative they
are reassured that complicated alternatives
have been thoroughly examined and a
solid result achieved. Janet Miller
Wiseman has sought out some of the most
experienced professionals to be her
Collaborators, James McCusker,
CPA, CFP, Jeanne Kangas,
Esquire and Howard Goldstein,
Esquire.
James
McCusker,
Certified Public Accountant, Certified
Financial Planner Jeanne
S. Kangas,
Esquire
Howard Goldstein,
Esquire
James
McCusker, Certified
Public Accountant, Certified Financial
Planner
Over
the years James McCusker, CPA, CFP has
worked with many divorce mediators and
family law attorneys to help their clients
with the many challenging financial questions
that arise during and after divorce. Questions
that include:
 Should
marital support be in the form of
Alimony or Child Support?
What
marital assets are most appropriate
to hold given you new financial situation?
Should
your marital residence be sold, and
if so, when?
Today
your settlement looks equitable. Will
it provide you with enough resources
for the next 5, 10, or 20 years? Will
it last your lifetime?
James
McCusker, the principal and founder
of James McCusker & Associates,
has proven to be readily accessible
to members of The Negotiation Collaborative
for dialogue and referral. He has over
25 years of experience in financial
services, 15 of them as a personal financial
advisor. He is a Certified Financial
Planner, Certified Public Accountant,
Registered Investment Advisor and a
member of the Association of Divorce
Financial Planners.
The professionals
at James McCusker & Associates are
uniquely qualified to help answer these
questions. They can help ensure that
your financial settlement is both equitable
and appropriate for your specific needs.
James McCusker,
CPA, CFP
11 Summer Street
Chelmsford, Ma. 01824
E-mail: james@McCuskerassociates.com
www.McCuskerAssociates.com
Jeanne
S. Kangas, Esquire
Jeanne
Kangas, Esquire is always ready to respond
promptly and to address issues and questions
from the subtle to the complex for members
of The Negotiation Collaborative. Attorney
Kangas sends clients to mediation, whenever
possible, and coaches clients in mediation.
When called upon she can prepare all of
the documents necessary for parties to
file in order to represent themselves
in court for their uncontested divorce.
During the course of mediation, when a
spouse feels the playing field is not
even, or where a party is disabled by
an overpowering spouse, she can advise
and coach the party to help him or her
to make prudent decisions. Jeanne
Kangas has 23 years of experience in
all aspects of family law, including
gay and lesbian issues. She has a well-founded
knowledge of what parties can expect
from the judges who decide contested
issues from the temporary order stage
to the final divorce—and judges
are not always consistent. Jeanne can
review the final draft mediated agreement,
and render her opinion to the client.
In cases where the existence, location
or value of a marital asset is an issue,
or where doubt exists regarding that
aspect of your divorce, she and her
firm have the resources to ascertain
those assets and advise.
Jeanne S. Kangas, Esq.
ARNOLD & KANGAS., P.C.
At The Historic Damonmill
9 Pond Lane-5th Floor
Concord, MA 01742
www.arnoldkangas.com
Email: jkangas@arnoldkangas.com
Howard
I. Goldstein, Attorney
Howard
I. Goldstein has practiced family law
and civil litigation in Greater Boston
since 1973 and since the late 1970s has
been collaborating and consulting with
Janet Miller Wiseman in her work with
the Negotiation Collaborative. He is currently
a partner in the Newton law firm of Rosenberg
Freedman and Goldstein. In addition to
serving as a mediator, his work in family
law includes coaching mediation clients,
reviewing and preparing legal documents
for mediation clients, contested divorce
advocacy and trial work, and Collaborative
Law.
Howard says this about
his work:
"It is precisely
because I have done so much work in
contested divorce cases, that I believe
so strongly in mediation. The courtroom
should be a last resort for most divorcing
couples. I am delighted and honoured
to have had the opportunity to collaborate
with Janet Miller Wiseman, one of the
true pioneers of mediation in New England."
Howard has been a frequent
faculty member for continuing education
programs for lawyers offered by the
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys,
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education,
and the Boston Bar Association. He has
also been an adjunct instructor at Northeastern
University School of Law and University
College of Northeastern University.
He has taught a workshop entitled "Divorce
Law for Mental Health Professionals"
at Boston University School of Social
Work, and Boston College School of Social
Work and has worked as a trainer on
Divorce Law subjects for a large multi-site
Mental Health clinic in the Metro-West
area.
Howard I. Goldstein
Rosenberg Freedman and Goldstein
246 Walnut St.
Newton, Ma. 02460
www.hgoldstein.com
Email: hgoldstein@rfglawyers.com
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