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I am Lauren G. Alexander, an attorney who has been licensed to practice in the states of Georgia, Maryland, and Colorado. I currently practice in Atlanta, Georgia.

After 21 years of litigation experience, I have focused my practice exclusively on the collaborative process. I act as a mediator and as a guardian ad litem in counties outside of Fulton County. In Fulton County, I sit as a Judicial Officer in the Fulton Superior Court Family Division.

Long before I learned about the collaborative process, my focus was on the children of divorce and my concerns revolved around the detrimental effects the traditional litigation model had on both the children and the parties.

In October of 2000, I attended a training on Collaborative Law. The collaborative process dovetailed perfectly with my philosophy of family cases. After all the dust settles in the traditional process, more often than not, relationships are damaged beyond repair, children have been harmed by a litigious process or parental power struggle, and the parties are in a financial crisis.

Families, and yours in particular, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. The collaborative process seeks to address the needs of all family members in a way that fosters good faith negotiation and a cooperative approach.

I hope that this web site offers you an alternative to the traditional litigation model. It is a sad and difficult time for anyone involved in the divorce process. It is my hope as well as that of other collaborative practitioners to act in a way that can address your needs by crafting intelligent and creative solutions for you and your family.