John A. Fiske

Practice Details

Mediating agreements to divorce or separate temporarily
Mediating post-marital agreements to help couples stay married
Mediating disputes among siblings and other family issues
Teaching conflict resolution skills to couples about to marry
Teaching conflict resolutions skills to LifeLongLearning programs
Training divorce mediators
Training mediators how to help couples stay married

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Degrees and Experience

LL.B. Michigan Law School 1961
B.A. Yale 1958
Married to 7th grade girl friend since June 1959, widowed since July 21, 2022
Lawyer since 1961
Fellow, Institute for Court Management, 1975
Mediating family disputes since September 1979
Youngest of 3 brothers; father of 3, grandfather of 7
Divorce Mediation Training Associates: training divorce mediators here and in other states with Diane Neumann and Phil Woodbury since 1988.
Training family mediators in Mediation to Stay Married since May 2009.
Certified Divorce Mediator, Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Inc.
Founding Member of MCFM in 1982.

Professional Memberships

Member, Massachusetts Bar and New York Bar; Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Inc.: Director Emeritus; Boston Bar Association: Former Co-Chair, Family Law Section; co-chair, annual Family Law Conference of MCLE; Massachusetts Bar Foundation; Association for Conflict Resolution: Lifetime Member; Academy of Professional Family Mediators: Lifetime Member; Governor's Working Group on Child-Related Family Law

Regional Information

Usually Essex, Norfolk, Middlesex and Suffolk counties; sometimes from afar
Cambridge law firm office 617 354-7133; Weston home office: 508 745-1447

Fee Information

$425 per hour; most couples take 10 hours or less of my time to reach agreement