Our Services
Family Law
At McGwier Family Law & Mediations, we understand that family legal matters are some of the most challenging financial and emotional experiences you may face in life. Collectively, our team of highly experienced professionals have specialized in family law for nearly 20 years. We choose not to practice any other area of law despite our ability to do so.
Dedicated to communicating each step of the process and focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for all of our clients, we use expert negotiation techniques and strategize from start to finish in preparing your case for strong litigation if mediations fail. Our goal is to protect your rights and interests while minimizing the emotional and financial impact families often suffer when engaged in family law disputes.
McGwier Family Law & Mediations prioritize your family's well-being. We believe in open and transparent communications, while ensuring that you are informed and empowered to make realistic decisions. We will never sell you on any outcome of your case and we will always provide you with a cost-benefit analysis of potential outcomes.
Let us help you secure your future and lay the foundation for a positive next chapter in your life. Contact us today to schedule a complimentary consultation. Everyone deserves the best legal representation during one of the most challenging times of their lives.
Collaborative Law
Collaborative law offers a revolutionary approach to resolving legal disputes and prioritizing cooperation over conflict. The process is often used in high dollar asset and/or high parental/children conflict cases. This process is not recommended for families who do not have significant asset wealth division and/or low to moderate parent/child conflict issues.
In a collaborative law process, you and your partner work alongside your respective attorneys with a team of financial and psychological professionals to reach mutually beneficial agreements, while minimizing the adversarial nature of traditional litigation.
Similar to mediations, this approach allows you to maintain control over the outcomes that affect your life, rather than leaving decisions to a judge. Each party engages in open, transparent communications, while fostering an understanding of the interests and goals of the family as a whole.
Choosing collaborative law in high dollar asset and/or high parent/child conflict cases signifies a commitment to respectful negotiation and desires for a constructive outcome for the family as a whole. Knowing whether the collaborative law process is right for you depends on the lawyer you hire. Ms. McGwier can help you decide if your case is suitable for this approach to your family law case. Contact us to schedule a complimentary consultation to decide.
Mediations
Spare the expense of hiring two lawyers and hire one mediator to help you resolve your family law matter. Our firm offers sliding fee scale rates to meet the financial needs of every family. Click here to find out more about rates.
Being involved in a Family law case is one of the most emotionally and financially difficult times in a person’s life. At McGwier Family Law & Mediations, we believe mediation offers a cost-effective, peaceful and efficient solution for you if you choose the right Mediator. This voluntary and private process involves a highly skilled Mediator who can understand family dynamics, develop creative solutions, and problem solve to avoid the oppositional nature of family court litigation. Ms. McGwier has resolved hundreds of family law cases in mediations and out-of-court settlements, and she takes pride in her ability to do so.
Mediation is often quicker and more affordable than litigation, which allows you to concentrate on what matters most—rebuilding your financial and emotional security for you and/or your children.
Contact McGwier Family Law & Mediations to determine whether mediation is right for your case before hiring two lawyers and wasting significant time and money. Ms. McGwier will explain the cost-benefit risk before hiring any Mediator without understanding the potential financial loss.
Schedule your complimentary initial consultation
Ms. McGwier has provided free initial consultations since she began exclusively practicing family law in 2006. She is of the belief you must trust the lawyer you hire and no lawyer should ever sell a person on the outcome of a case. Every case is different and there are many variant outcomes for each individual’s case. Florida family law statutes and appellate decisions are ever-changing. judges are human with his or her own life experiences, perspectives and beliefs (religious or not) - no lawyer can ever tell their clients the outcome of a case.
Ms. McGwier will not tell clients what they want hear. During her initial consultations, she will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each case based on her nearly 20 years of experience. Clients should understand that with every measure of success on a case comes a potential risk for loss.
“No one ever wins in family law.” Unknown quote.