Amicable family law
on your own terms.
Keep the decisions in your hands so you can keep the focus on what matters most.
We offer agreement-based family law through mediation or Collaborative law (also known as Collaborative divorce). This means that your pre- or post-nuptial agreement, divorce or change of parenting time or custody is handled completely out of court, with you making the decisions. It requires that everyone involved wants to try to resolve the matter amicably.
Kate Hall works out of court as a family mediator and Collaborative Divorce attorney.
I am an experienced family law attorney, with an IACP certification in Collaborative Divorce, and a seasoned mediator.
I teach Mediation & Mediation Advocacy at Willamette University College of Law.
I am currently the Mediation Co-Chair and past chair for the Oregon State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Executive Committee, on the Oregon Mediation Association Standards and Practices Committee, and a member of the Clackamas Collaborative Divorce practice group. I am a two term past president of the Oregon Association of Collaborative Professionals (OACP).
Collaborative Divorce
In Collaborative Divorce (aka Collaborative Law, since the process can be used for any legal issue) parties are represented by specially trained attorneys who are committed to keeping matters out of court and in the hands of our clients. We meet together to explore and negotiate the issues to be resolved. This is an alternative to the win/lose of the court process. In this role, I am aligned with one client and give legal advice to them.
Mediation
As a mediator, I act as a neutral, working with both people to help them get to an acceptable resolution but not advocating for the interests of either person.
In a typical mediation, everyone involved meets together in a series of meetings until the issues are resolved or an impasse is reached. We first identify what needs to be decided, and then work through each issue to resolution. I draft any agreements necessary to memorialize the settlement. The process can be customized to meet your needs. *Note: As a mediator, I give legal and process information but never legal advice.
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Pre-Marital or Post-Martial (aka Pre-Nuptial or Post-Nuptial) Agreements.
Great marriages don’t happen by accident. I offer both traditional and Collaborative Pre-Marital Agreements.
In the traditional process, each spouse-to-be only meets with their own attorney, and attorneys send documents with edits back and forth.
In the Collaborative process spouses-to-be and their attorneys talk all together, so that each spouse’s needs, interests, and hopes are addressed. Each person meets individually with their attorney before the team meeting and throughout the process. This process is designed so that any tricky spots are handled carefully to give the conversation (and the marriage!) the best chance of success.
In either process, spouses work together to build a solid foundation for a happy, healthy, joyful marriage.