Mediating Divorce & Family Cases with MWI Remotely
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MWI Divorce Mediation Training – Guest Speaker: Michael Leshin
Michael Leshin focuses his practice on family law and mediation. He is Of Counsel to the law firm Goldman & Sidgwick, LLP in South Natick. He has served as the chair of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association and as the president of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Inc. Michael has also been certified as a divorce mediator by the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Inc. Additionally, he served for many years on the Board of Directors for Community Dispute Settlement Center, Inc. In 2013, he received MCFM’s John Adams Fiske Award for Excellence in mediation.
Michael is the author of the “Massachusetts Family Law Sourcebook,” published annually by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Michael also co-authored “Dispute Resolution Alternatives to Promote Positive Parenting and Childhood Experiences,” Chapter 1 of Paternity and the Law of Parentage in Massachusetts (MCLE) and “Mediation and Other Dispute Resolution Alternatives,” Chapter 4 of Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual (MCLE.)
Michael has lectured on tax, mediation, and family law issues for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.; the Boston Bar Association; Mediation Works, Inc.; Community Dispute Settlement Center; Suffolk University Law School; and Boston College Law School. He is a graduate of Brandeis University (B.A. 1975), Boston University School of Law (J.D. 1982), and Harvard University (M.C.R.P. 1982). He is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” (Family Law, 2006-2022 and Family Law Mediation 2007-2022) and in Martindale-Hubbell ‘A-V’ (highest rating). Furthermore, Michael has been selected in the New England Super Lawyers(r) (2005 – 2022) for his work in family law. He is also fluent in French and Dutch.
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