Massachusetts Mediators

     William Levine

  • A graduate of Northwestern University (1974) and Suffolk University Law School (1978), Mr. Levine was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1978, and is also admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts. Before entering the private practice of law, Mr. Levine served as a child abuse and neglect litigator for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    Greater Boston office: 100 High Street, Suite 200, Westwood, MA 02090
    Phone: 781.708.4445
    Western MA office: 36 Service Center Road, Northampton, MA 01060
    Phone: 413.341.1017

  •  Rebecca Cohan

  • Rebecca M. Cohan is a board certified, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in practice in Newton, Massachusetts and the Human Relations Service in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Rebecca has been working with individual clients, couples and families for over 30 years. Her therapeutic approach is grounded in psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and family systems theories. Her clients have been helped to resolve both internal and interpersonal conflicts, resulting in transformative changes.
    Newton, MA, 02460

  •  John Fiske

  • John A. Fiske is an award-winning family mediator and mediation trainer who joined the firm Healy, Lund and Fiske in 1979, having practiced law in New York City since 1961 and in Boston since 1964. He co-founded and served as President of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, has been co-chair of the Boston Bar Association Family Law Section, and for the last several years has been co-chair of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s annual Family Law Conference.
    189 Cambridge Street
    Cambridge, MA, 02141
    Phone: 617-354-7133

  •  Stephen Linsky

  • Stephen Linsky is a mediator, arbitrator, and practicing collaborative attorney in Newton, Massachusetts. He earned admission to the Massachusetts bar in 1987, and has since been admitted to the bars for the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. For nearly twenty years, he has provided an interest-based, goals-oriented approach to his work with parties involved in family, employment and business-related disputes.
    Newtonville, MA, 02460
    Phone: 617.906.5404

  •  Stephen McDonough

  • As the founder of The Divorce Collaborative LLC in Franklin and Bedford, MA, Stephen’s law practice is focused on divorce and family law. Besides assisting clients through the divorce process, Stephen enjoys helping couples improve their relationship through marital mediation. Stephen has been married over 20 years and resides in Norfolk, MA with his family. Prior to becoming a lawyer and mediator, Stephen was a police officer for 13 years
    9 Summer Street, Suite 301
    Franklin, MA, 02038
    Phone: 508-346-3805

  •  Gina Arons

  • Dr. Gina Arons is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with children, adults, couples, families and groups. She is currently in private practice in Lincoln, MA and previously worked as a Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and as a staff psychologist at Harvard Community Health Plan. Dr. Arons has worked with couples to help them develop better communication strategies and skills to enhance their capacity for mutual understanding.
    20 Longmeadow Rd
    Lincoln, MA, 01773
    Phone: 781-259-3434

  •  Marcia Tannenbaum

  • Marcia Tannenbaum is a trained Mediator with more than 10 years of Mediation experience. She is a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and has served as a Director and as editor of the newsletter. Marcia is licensed to practice law in both Massachusetts since 1994 and Connecticut since 1988 and maintains membership in the Worcester County Bar Association’s Family Law Section. She recently served as Co-chair of the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Section.
    57 Brownell Street
    Worcester, MA, 01602
    Phone: 508-798-4090

  •  Vicki Shemin

  • Vicki L. Shemin, J.D., LICSW, ACSW is a family law attorney and clinical social worker who is “of counsel” to Boston Law Collaborative, LLC. Her dual degree and depth of experience (31 years as a clinician and 21 years as an attorney) has helped Vicki recognize that marital mediation is an ideal alternative for many who might otherwise elect to dissolve their relationship. Vicki has a special interest in serving as mediator, collaborative law attorney, parenting coordinator and guardian advocate.
    99 Summer Street, Suite 1600
    Boston, MA, 02110
    Phone: 617-439-4700, Ext. 210

  •  Laurie Israel

  • Laurie Israel is one of the pioneers in Marital Mediation (also known as Mediation to Stay Married and Marriage Mediation). She is a Board Member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and a former Board Member of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council. Her interest in marital mediation came as a natural corollary to her divorce work.
    1318 Beacon Street, Suite 19
    Brookline, MA, 02446
    Phone: 617-277-3774

  •  Karen Van Kooy

  • Karen Van Kooy joined the Law Offices of Laurie Israel in October, 2007 to practice in the area of Domestic Relations, and is now a member/partner of Israel, Van Kooy & Days, LLC. Karen is an experienced family law attorney, having represented clients in divorce, custody, paternity and child support matters. In addition to court representation, Karen is developing her practice in collaborative family law and mediation.
    1318 Beacon Street, Suite 19
    Brookline, MA, 02446
    Phone: 617-277-3774

  •  David Feldman

  • My practice is limited exclusively to divorce and family law and I have over 33 years experience. I offer services as a mediator and a collaborative attorney as well as traditional divorce litigation. I am a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council. If you are interested in resolving your marital problems without all of the delay, expense, uncertainty and animosity of traditional divorce litigation give me a call.
    11 Beacon Street
    Boston, MA, 02108
    Phone: (617) 227-0290

  •  Amy Martell

  • Amy H. Martell attended Wesleyan University and Lesley University as an undergraduate, obtained her master’s degree in music therapy from New York University, and earned her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She brings a rich history of experience to her legal practice, including two years of service as a judicial law clerk to the Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts, and a prior career as a music teacher and music therapist. Amy is trained as a collaborative attorney and mediator.
    1 Snow Road
    Marshfield, MA, 02050
    Phone: 781-780-2500

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