Divorce

Divorce and collaborative divorce. Child support and post Judgment revisions of divorce agreements. Reviewing divorce agreements. Writing Divorce Agreements.

Family Law

Divorce Mediation, Family Mediation, Business Mediation, And Resolution of Community Issues.

Business Law

Mediating employment issues is good business: it offers an efficient, private path to meaningful change in work relationships. I am available to assist any size business with conflict resolution services.

WI, Jun 1982
Bar Number: 1009576

Wisconsin does not grant specialty certification.

• Wisconsin State Courts
• Federal Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

• Wisconsin State Bar
• Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• Wisconsin Association of Mediator
• Dane County Bar Association

I attend continuing legal education seminars, workshops, and lectures focusing on divorce, mediation, collaborative divorce, negotiation, family law, and alternative dispute resolution. I always exceed the required number of education hours. I also earn continuing education credits by writing and presenting at the Dane County Collaborative Divorce practice group.

I write articles for my websites:
www.maderlaw.com
www.mediateconflicts.org
www.collaborativedivorcecommunity.com

I also write a blog called lawdoggysbloggy.

Collaborative Divorce cases require active listening, legal analysis, an ability to think outside the legal box, compassion, and strength. In a recent case, my collaborative colleague and I were able to guide a family through divorce while they continued to co-own, work in, and manage their family-owned business and raise two teen-age children. In a recent case where the divorcing spouses decided to do a traditional divorce, I was able to negotiate on behalf of my client to achieve her stated goals for the future: financial security for her children and a good co-parenting relationship with her former spouse.


In a recent mediation case, a non-traditional family was able to come to agreements about custody and placement of their children, as well as a financial settlement that met the needs of the whole family. I also provide mediation services to the United States Postal Services and those cases give me a chance to attempt to bring co-workers and management to a peaceful resolution in the workplace.

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Wisconsin

I graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1982. I went into private practice in Madison immediately after graduation and have been providing divorce law services and mediation for families and businesses since that date. I was among the first practitioners of collaborative divorce when it began in Wisconsin in 2000.

In 2010, three collaborative colleagues and I established the first collaborative divorce practice group in Wisconsin to offer under-one-roof services including two collaborative attorneys and two collaborative mental health professionals providing unified collaborative divorce representation.

We are a client centered practice limited to divorce and family law. We work to support and protect the privacy, dignity, and future of our divorce clients. We support the collaborative divorce process in every appropriate case. We combine legal knowledge with common sense advice and compassion for all involved in the divorce.

I have worked, like most of my clients, all my life. I started as a young teenager and never looked back.

I am the editor of the Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin's Newsletter. I have served numerous terms on its Board of Directors.

Greg Thompson

(608) 836-8250

Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

No

I do not have a fixed price. I tell clients how much time I think will be required for their cases and how much my hourly rate is. In divorces, it is impossible to know at the beginning of a case how much legal representation will cost for the entire case.

$270

I offer a free initial consultation. It usually lasts about one hour.

My retainers vary depending on the type of case. For a divorce that has not yet been filed, my retainer is usually $3,000. For a divorce that has been filed, my retainer is usually $2,500.