Oran Kaufman
Amherst Mediation Services
I graduated from Washington University in 1985 and obtained my J.D. degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1988. I clerked for the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1988-1989 and in 1989 began practicing as an attorney with Burres Fidnick and Booth. I became a partner at what then became Burres Fidnick Booth and Kaufman in 1996. In 2004, after 15 years of working with my law partners I decided to start a solo practice. Since 1989 my practice has concentrated in the area of domestic relations. This includes divorces, paternities, divorce modifications, work with non-traditional families, guardianships.
In 1994, I founded Amherst Mediation Services. My decision to offer mediation as an alternative to the traditional litigation system stemmed from my years of experience in the Probate and Family Court and in particular my concern that in many ways the court system was not the most efficient and best equipped system for handling family crisis such as divorce. Mediation offers participants more control over their own destiny and works to increase rather than discourage communication. Mediation is also far cheaper and often far quicker than traditional litigation. However, mediation is not appropriate in every situation. I continue to provide my clients with legal services. In my capacity as an attorney I provide services which are professional, courteous and sensitive to my clients' financial needs, emotional needs and family situation.
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- Advanced Practitioner
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- Certified Divorce Mediator
- Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
- Advanced Practitioner
- Academy of Professional Family Mediators
- Best Lawyers in America 2009-2014
- Best Lawyers
- John A. Fiske Award
- Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
- Community Service Award
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Hampshire County Bar Association
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- Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
- Former president and board member- Certified Mediator
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- Association for Conflict Resolution
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- Academy of Professional Family Mediators
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- Massachusetts State Bar
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- Massachusetts
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- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- 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
- Elder Law
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
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