Family Law

• Divorce
  SEPARATION MEDIATION which can involve some or all of the issues taken up in Divorce Mediation but it doesn’t necessarily have divorce as a goal.
• Child Support
  Phil specializes in Family Mediation cases including those disputes related to Divorce, Separation, Equitable Division of Property, Child Support, Spousal Support, Parenting (Custody and Visitation) and the preparation of Separation Agreements. Also included within the scope of family mediation are disputes related to Estates and Wills such as those arising among adult children concerning disposition of their parents’ estate.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Family (such as Separation, Separation Agreements, Divorce, Child and Spousal Support, Custody and Visitation and Equitable Distribution of Property)...
• Premarital Agreement
  Family Mediation: a mediation in which parties believe that they are now, or that they were, members of a family such as: domestic partners, married or formerly married couples, and parents and adult children. Matters suitable for family mediation include: expectations arising from co-habitation and prenuptial agreements, agreement to end a relationship and the legal issues of separation and divorce (such as equitable distribution, custody, visitation, child support and spousal support), as well as family businesses or real estate and contested wills.
• Spousal Support
  Separation Agreement: a written document memorializing the agreements reached by couples about distribution of marital assets, spousal support and, if there are children, visitation rights, legal and physical custody and child support.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  FAMILY BUSINESS disputes in which family members are in conflict over control, ownership, future direction of the business and so on.
• Intellectual Property

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  The relationship between landlord and tenant can be preserved benefiting both parties — Landlord continues to have the rent revenue and the Tenant continues to have a place to live.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  You can resolve your personal injury claims by using mediation or by going to trial or filing a lawsuit. In making your choice there are important and compelling reasons for you to consider choosing mediation.
• Medical Malpractice
  Mr. Morin has successfully mediated medical malpractice cases, significant personal injury cases, real estate transaction litigation and land use disputes between neighbors and commercial disputes. His law practice focuses on medical malpractice defense, health professional representation and counseling, other professional liability defense, personal injury defense including claims of catastrophic injury, commercial litigation, and significant personal injury claims.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  WHAT — Issues including those related to: caretaking, selling the family home, moving to assisted living facilities, involvement of adult children in estate planning, trusts, wills and the administration of estates (often it’s a “who gets what†conflict)
• Wills
• Power of Attorney
  WHO — Conflicts between and amongst family members and loved ones (particularly testators, grantors, beneficiaries, and those serving as caretakers, agents under a power of attorney trustees, guardians, executors