Marta Papa
Marta divides her time between mediating and litigating family law matters. She has been practicing Family Law since 1980 and has successfully completed over 10,000 divorces. Marta received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston and obtained a post-graduate certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy Training from the prestigious Menninger Psychiatric Institute. Marta has taught Mediation, Dissolution of Marriage and Civil Litigation at Webster University and St. Louis University in the Graduate School of Social Work. She also conducts family law mediation training seminars for lawyers, judges, and mental health professionals, as well as seminars for individuals considering divorce. Marta has published numerous articles on family law and mediation, and as a regular guest speaker at conferences, on television and on radio programs, Marta has helped establish mediation as an alternative to divorce litigation in the St. Louis area. She is going to publish her first book, 7 Secrets from the Divorce Whisperer: Saving Yourself, Your Money, and Your Children During Divorce, in Fall of 2019.
- University of Houston - Main Campus
- J.D. | Law
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- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- B.A. | Political Science
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- Faces of St. Louis: The Face of Divorce Mediation
- St. Louis Magazine
- When Marriage Counseling Turns in to Divorce Counseling
- Contact: An Illinois Counseling Association Publication
- Q&A: A Conversation with Marta Papa, Divorce Whisperer
- St. Louis Magazine
- The ABCs of Resolving Relational Conflict
- ICA Counselor Magazine
- Downturn Driving up Divorce Mediation Cases
- St. Louis Business Journal
- Fusion of Law and Psychology in Relationship Counseling, MOAMFT 2013 Annual Conference, Columbia, MO
- MOAMFT
- Guiding Divorcing Families Through Crisis as a Divorce Mediator, Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association 23rd Annual Conference, Skokie, IL
- IMHCA
- The ABC's of Resolving Relational Conflict, Illinois Counseling Association 2012 Annual Conference, Springfield, IL
- Illinois Counseling Association
- Divorce Whispering, National Association of Social Workers- Illinois Chapter, Oak Brook, IL
- NASW-IL
- Mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- Mediator
- 20th Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, Illinois
- Mediator
- 3rd Judicial Circuit, Madison County, Illinois
- Post Graduate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy Training
- The Menninger School of Psychiatry
- Mediator
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- Mediator
- 21st Judicial Circuit
- Elected "The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers"
- Martindale-Hubbell
- AV Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- St. Louis Psychological Association
- Member
- Current
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- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Member
- Current
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- ABA Advisory Panel
- Member
- Current
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- Association for Conflict Resolution
- Member
- Current
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- Association of Missouri Mediators
- Member
- Current
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- Association of Family Conciliatory Courts
- Member
- Current
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- Missouri State Bar
- Member
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- Illinois State Bar
- Member
- - Current
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- Missouri
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- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
$400/hour, retainer required for litigation cases
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- English: Spoken, Written
How Long Does it Take?
What if Only One of Us Wants the Divorce?
Have You Both Come to a Decision?
Are You Going to Tell Us What's Fair?
The Opportunity that Mediation Gives You