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When you were married, you never expected that your vows would land you in divorce court. You expected fulfillment from and for your spouse for a lifetime. Instead, you have ended up in court, paying lawyers potentially tens of thousands of dollars and a lifetime of hostility for your now former life partner. I concluded that there MUST be a better way to dissolve a marriage.. One Day Divorce was born from my desire to do something positive for my clients. Too often, the process of divorce itself is destructive. I wanted to create a better way. One Day Divorce is my answer to the costly, stressful, and uncertainty connected to a traditional litigated divorce.. The promise of One Day Divorce, available through Leskin Law & Mediation, is that parties will know exactly when their divorce will be final. They will know exactly how much it will cost. They will not be in an adversarial posture with their spouse. The One Day Divorce process relies on mediation and binding arbitration to insure both fairness throughout the process, efficiency and cost savings.. In traditional litigation, you will be required to mediate your case with your spouse. The courts require this. You can spend $10,000 (per spouse) to get your case ready for mediation, have the mediation and find yourself still going to court when you and your spouse cannot agree. Or, you can skip the expense, and go through a One Day Divorce, and mediate with certainty that your case will be resolved without going to court.

When you need a resolution, not just a settlement. Sam has mediated everything from “Admiralty to Zoning” and has managed more than 2,500 disputes.. Sam has been an attorney for over 36 years and has been mediating for the past 24. He displays a tireless work ethic, models impartiality, and has endless energy. Sam brings insight, creativity, enthusiasm, humor, and a “Get It Done!” attitude to the table.. His peers have selected him for inclusion in the 2006 through 2016 editions of The Best Lawyers in America for mediation. Sam is rated by Martindale-Hubble with the highest possible rating of AV (A= very high to preeminent legal ability and V= very high ethical standards).

I received the Armonica Grant in 2011 and the National Association of Women Lawyer’s Outstanding Law Graduate Award for 2012, because of my commitment and work advocating for those affected by family law issues and domestic violence. Additionally, I received the Willamette Law Pro Bono award in 2011 and 2012, for my extensive work mediating small claims cases at the Marion County Courthouse.. I enjoy working with people and families in crisis. As a mediator with extensive training and experience helping people communicate with each other, I always look for opportunities to defuse conflict and create positive outcomes for my clients.

I am a professional mediator and arbitrator with over thirty years' experience helping parties resolve challenging disputes constructively and amicably. Over 90% of my cases result in agreement. Following fifteen years as a civil litigator and trial lawyer representing everyone from individuals and small business owners to McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co., Honda, Rite Aid Pharmacies, and other large corporations, I limited my practice in 2002 to mediation and arbitration, mainly of construction, workplace/employment, education, insurance coverage, and family disputes. I also have particular expertise and experience working with high-conflict, high-emotion disputes. I regularly lecture and train on advanced mediation techniques, and serve on the arbitration or mediation panels of numerous courts and government agencies, including the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Oregon Department of Transportation and Oregon Department of Education, the U.S. Postal Service, etc. I am a member of the Oregon State Bar Association, a member (and former Board member) of the Oregon Mediation Association and the state bar's Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") Section, and one of the editors of the Oregon State Bar's ADR Handbook. I'm based in Portland, but am glad to travel as needed, and am happy to work with parties to ensure my fees are reasonable.