“I wanted a result where the dignity of my family was preserved. The result my wife and I were looking for was to be able to continue to be good parents to our daughter and move on with our lives. The Rosen Law Firm helped us do that.”
Shane Moran, a 40 year old Vice President for a large textile company, knew he’d come to the right place when his Rosen attorney told him about the Collaborative approach to divorce. Moran had previously met with another attorney and was appalled by her pit bull attitude. “Without asking me a single question, she basically said ‘we are going to take your wife apart’,” quotes Moran. “My interest was not to hurt my wife and to further destroy the relationship. We still had a mission, which was to raise our daughter and take care of her and, to do that, we wanted to make it the least combative as possible.”
Moran decided to look for legal advice elsewhere…somewhere he could get a fair separation agreement while maintaining a friendly relationship with his wife throughout the divorce process in order to “create a platform from which they could raise their daughter together”.
“I had seen the advertising on television for the Rosen Law Firm”, Moran said. “I checked out their website and decided to give them a call. I was amazed at the different approach. It was a very professional environment. The lawyer was very professional. He was considerate to the human side of the issues and the process…and at the same time he spelled out the steps it was going to take to get from point a to point z…in a way that was easy to understand and that was really comfortable. As we moved thru the process that impression was reinforced all along the way.”
Moran was relieved to find that, at Rosen, they cared about his priorities. “It wasn’t about how we were going to ‘get’ my spouse. It was about: What did I need? What did my family need? What was right for us?”
Moran’s Rosen attorney explained to him how divorce works in the state of North Carolina. He introduced him to the concept of collaborative divorce. This seemed to be just the approach Moran had been looking for. “The process was based on needs and fairness”, Moran explained. “We were able to work within the framework of the law, but to do so in a way that met the individual needs of our family…my wife, myself and our daughter.”
Moran and his wife sat down at the kitchen table that night and discussed the issues that were important to them, covering the areas of alimony, property distribution, child custody and child support as instructed by his Rosen attorney. They laid out the general terms of an agreement, which Moran emailed to his Rosen lawyer the next day. Moran was impressed by how quickly the Rosen Law Firm took care of drafting a Separation Agreement and making the necessary revisions. “Within a very short time – within a week and a half – we went from a kitchen table discussion to a final Separation Agreement that we both could live with”, exclaimed Moran.
Another thing that impressed Moran about the Rosen Law Firm was their “extraordinary professionalism” and attention to customer service. As a busy corporate executive, he travels a lot in his job and wasn’t available to go to Rosen’s offices for meetings and conferences. He was relieved that he could work with his attorney via email and telephone and that very little of his daytime was required. He felt that the Rosen Law Firm was very responsive to his needs and commented on their “team approach” to getting the job done. “The great thing about the Rosen Law Firm is that they really do work as a team. You didn’t feel like you were going to miss a step. When I would call in to discuss a specific point with my attorney, if he wasn’t in at that moment and I needed to know something right away… I would be moved to another attorney and given an answer that was immediate and informed. He knew my case; he was familiar with the details of my case. The firm works together like a team to take care of your needs. I can’t stress enough the professionalism of the group here.”
Moran even felt that Rosen Law Firm’s professionalism helped him handle the emotional turmoil of going through a divorce. “For example, when we were putting together the Separation Agreement, there was an emotional human side to it, but it was done in a manner that was very professional. And the framework of that professionalism helped minimize some of the emotional issues that were going on along with the separation and divorce.”
Moran checked around with various attorneys and law firms and compared fees before hiring the Rosen Law Firm. “You know what it’s going to cost here at the Rosen Law Firm. It’s a finite number and that’s it. From my perspective that was attractive; you can budget for it, plan for it.”
Moran cautions those who think they can handle their divorce without expert legal help:”I think there’s a lot more to the separation process than a layman would know how to put into writing, particularly around the separation of 401k’s and things of that nature that are simple in theory, but in process, in fact, they were fairly complicated. We couldn’t have put together the agreement we have by ourselves. That’s a fact.” He goes on to explain, “The agreement you put together with your spouse has got to be permanent because it’s going to last a long time. And, for what is a relatively small amount of money, you have a document that’s going to stand up to the scrutiny of the courts; that is legally binding.”
Moran feels that he and his ex-wife can now move on with their lives, while raising their daughter together. Their issues were resolved in a way that he feels are reasonable and fair to all parties including property distribution, child support and custody. He gets to see his daughter as often as he wants and feels his ex-wife and he have remained friendly and supportive through the process. “I wanted a result where the dignity of my family was preserved. The result my wife and I were looking for was to be able to continue to be good parents to our daughter and move on with our lives. The Rosen Law Firm helped us do that.”
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