I need a Rotweiller divorce lawyer please.

[NobodysBeard]

And would be grateful of any recommendations.
I need to protect myself and my children.

Thank you.

You don't need:

1. An aggressive lawyer
2. A lawyer who will bill you for hours more work than you actually need.
3. A lawyer who will write rude letters to the other side.
4. A lawyer who will always take a case to court rather than try and find a settlement.
5. A lawyer who won't listen to what you are hoping to achieve.

You actually need:

1. A specialist lawyer
2. Who knows that the best solutions usually are found at the end of a respectful negotiation.
3. Who takes the time to understand what it is you want out of this.
4. Who will think imaginatively about solutions.
5. Who will refuse to inflame an already delicate situation.
6. But who will not be afraid to take your case to court and stand up for you if needed.

If you still want to instruct a "Rotweiller" lawyer, God help you.

I assume you live in or near London, as you haven't mentioned where you live so presume beyond the M25 is wasteland? Have a look for a Resolution accredited specialist, and preferably for someone who is a Collaborative lawyer and/or a mediator.

You are so right.
I am angry.
Thank you for your perspective. I'm in Kent.

Anger is understandable. It's best vented over a bottle of wine with friends than in a legal arena(!)

Collaborate wrote exactly what I would have said!

The cases I dealt with as a family lawyer which were the most expensive, long drawn out and emotionally traumatic were always the ones where the lawyer on the other side was a so called Rottweiler.

A good family lawyer will take the heat out of the situation, steer you away from what the other side has done in the past and help you focus on a fair outcome so that you can move on.

Also agree totally with spending £20 on a bottle of wine for you and a mate to have a good rant rather than £250 an hour on a lawyer whose job isn't actually to just sympathise and listen to what a bastard your ex is.

Gosh I wish every family lawyer acted as you three do..!

Hey, I'm retired thank god (after 25 years) - the stress came off the clients like a tsunami sometimes.

As a lawyer who was the client (in my divorce) i agree with the ab ove. My ex and I reached agreement - both had lawyers ( I paid both side's lawyers) and avoided all court hearings entirely which meant we did not hand the difference in money between our two offers to lawyers to piss up against a wall. Time and time again you hear people wanting to litigate on principle who would rather the other person and they had absolutly no money left than see any compromise at all. They are very foolish who do that. Particularly as you other half if there are children will be involved with the family for the next 50 years each side giving and taking a bit is the best way to go.

Referred on to this thread by another but it hit a nerve, exH's solicitor is exactly like the one listed above (apart from the billing which obviously I know nothing about), she is rude, aggressive and blatantly ignoring everything my solicitor says. She is not putting the interests of our children first, and I was wondering if there was any place I could report her to. I accept exH is her client not me, but surely as a family lawyer, the children should be everyone's priority?

Her responsibility is NOT to your children. It's to her client. The judge has to make the best decision for the children, solicitors press for the best outcome for their clients.

Check the Resolution website and see if they are a member. If they are, and you think their communications put them in breach of the Resolution Code of Conduct, you can report them.