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Your search for Collaborative professionals, including family law lawyers, financial professionals, and family specialists, ends here

This directory of Collaborative professionals in Edmonton and area provides the quickest and easiest way to find the qualified professionals you need to obtain a divorce or separation without going to court and needing to deal with all the associated costs and stress.

No two people will need the same support — you may need a collaboratively trained divorce lawyer and a financial planner, another couple may need a family specialist for counselling services and a divorce coach.  Yet another couple may just need a family law lawyer who knows how to help a couple through a collaborative divorce.

Divorce Coaches help clients address issues that often create barriers in settling disputes during this challenging time. They will assist the individual by providing them with resources, education, and information, while helping the client to develop positive stress management, goal setting, effective communication, and conflict-resolution skills. Divorce Coaches can also assist with clarifying the individual’s needs, interests, and concerns to prepare them to advocate for themselves in team meetings. This keeps the process moving forward and allows them to be their best self in a two household family.

Divorce Coaches can have an educational background in law, mental health, or finance.

You have multiple search options (All, Family Lawyers, Financial Professionals, Family Specialists).   You can also search by Postal Code if you are interested in “finding a Collaborative  Professional in my area”, or by name and keyword.

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Diane Ferrante

Family LawyerDuncan Craig LLP
Address 2800 Scotia Place 10060 Jasper Avenue Edmonton AB T5J 3V9 CanadaPhone: 780-409-4419Fax: 780-428-9683

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Diane is a partner at Duncan Craig LLP and has been involved in matters through mediation, collaborative divorce and within the court system through litigation addressing issues such as child support, decision-making, parenting time, mobility, division of property, and spousal and partner support claims.

As a trained collaborative family lawyer, Diane actively engages with the collaborative team in every phase of the settlement process, taking on the roles of educator, advisor, and advocate for her clients. She supports clients in cultivating their interests, effectively expressing them, comprehending information and legal analyses, exploring various options, and communicating adeptly throughout negotiations.

As a trained mediator, Diane proactively focuses her practice on mediating family disputes between parties in an effort to guide them to a resolution outside of the court system, if possible. Recognizing the unique benefits of mediation, Diane firmly believes it to be the optimal pathway for families. Mediation not only facilitates open communication, understanding, and cooperative decision-making but also ensures a more cost-effective and efficient resolution process for families navigating complex legal matters.

After completing her articles at Duncan Craig LLP, Diane was admitted to the Alberta Bar in September 2008. She became a partner in January 2015. Currently, she is serving on the firm’s Management Executive Committee and acts as the firm’s Diversity Officer through the Law Society of Alberta’s Justicia initiative.

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