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What Makes Free Mediation Consultations Valuable?

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Why is a free divorce-mediation consultation worth it? Because it lets both spouses interview the mediator—probing his knowledge and years of divorce experience—before spending a dime, says New York divorce attorney Bill Leininger. He deliberately declines any retainer that day, sending couples home to decide. If either feels uneasy, he says plainly, he isn't the right mediator for them.

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Answered by Bill Leininger · Staten Island, NY

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— why he won't take a retainer at the end of the free consultation

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Why is a free consultation worth it?

Because it lets both spouses interview the mediator, probing his knowledge and years of divorce experience, before spending a dime. He deliberately declines any retainer that day, sending couples home to decide, and if either feels uneasy he isn't the right mediator for them.

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