Method Mediation & Divorce Negotiation
divorce mediation | settlement consulting | parenting plans
Nolo survey says: The average [adversarial] divorce costs $15,500
Krista N. Kaufmann, CDFA®
What clients are saying:
“None of us will ever know precisely how much impact our work has on others. But I do know that at my most difficult moments in this process that you tried to lessen the pain, find innovative and fair solutions, and speak truth gently. Your kindness and understanding when experiencing me at my worst will always be thought of by me as a gift.”
“I'm a lawyer and didn't have the first clue on how to go about settling my divorce. Krista was extremely helpful in helping us navigate the complicated uncoupling of our affairs. She professional, kind, responsive, and intelligent. I can't recommend her highly enough.”
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What clients are saying:
“I'm a lawyer and didn't have the first clue on how to go about settling my divorce. Krista was extremely helpful in helping us navigate the complicated uncoupling of our affairs. She professional, kind, responsive, and intelligent. I can't recommend her highly enough.”
What Krista is saying:
In a system designed to position people as adversaries, Krista is committed to shifting the way people experience the divorce process. Her pragmatic sensibility, empathetic nature, and innate problem-solving skills make her an excellent divorce mediator. She has successfully mediated with hundreds of clients, carefully navigating financial disentanglement, creating child-focused parenting plans and crafting meaningful settlements. Krista has worked with families in transition her entire career. Her unique background in family law and systems along with certifications in mediation and divorce finance serve the work she loves quite well. In early 2013, Krista left a distinguished Denver family law firm where she specialized in managing high profile, complex family law litigation matters for members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers™. As a senior paralegal, senior mediator, CFP ® candidate and a Certified Divorce Financial Analysts (CDFA®) Krista is uniquely suited to help people create resolutions in divorce. Krista understands the high cost and destructive consequences of divorce litigation, which fueled her desire to provide a neutral environment to explore Iresolution.
RELEVANT EDUCATION
B.A. Interdisciplinary Foundations of Law; MSU Denver
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®); Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Certified Financial Planner CFP ® Candidate; American College/MSU Denver
Mares-Dixon Mediation Training Certificate of Completion Youth Development Certification; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
DISTINGUISHED EXPERIENCE
Law Office of Stephen J. Harhai
Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center
Department of Youth and Family Services, State of Wisconsin/Outagamie County
Divorce Resource Centre of Colorado
Owner, LogicalParalegal | Capable Beings Assisting Lawyers
Owner, Method Mediation & Divorce Financial Planning
Owner, Do Divorce Well – A social media conversation
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Professional Member, Mediation Association of Colorado Professional Member, Institute of Divorce Financial Planners Professional Member, Association of Divorce Financial Planners Member, Colorado Bar Association, ADR Section Member, Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association, Family Law Section Member, Arvada Chamber of Commerce
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"None of us will ever know precisely how much impact our work has on others. But I do know that at my most difficult moments in this process that you tried to lessen the pain, find innovative and fair solutions, and speak truth gently. Your kindness and understanding when experiencing me at my worst will always be thought of by me as a gift.”