Despite the fact that I am a Contra Costa County divorce lawyer, I am truly sorry that you have need to read this article. It means that you are facing one of the most difficult of life’s many challenges–divorce and/or legal separation.
The mission of the Law Offices of Duane Henry is to serve our divorce, legal separation and mediation clients in a respectful, responsive, expert, and cost-effective way to achieve the best possible outcome with the least possible stress to our clients and their children. We will meet with you and return calls for you in the evening or on weekends if that is best for your schedule. We are always sensitive to the fact that you are a real person with a real life and, perhaps, with real children, and we treat you that way.
The Law Offices of Duane Henry offers a free initial consultation, often over the phone, directly with an attorney (no office staff will ever intervene or screen you) so that you can get initial high quality advice and the opportunity to get to know us before you commit your trust and your funds to our care. We are among the very few divorce lawyers that truly limit our law practice to divorce and family law exclusively so that we can truly be experts in our practice. Many lawyers make such a claim, but actually practice other areas of the law as well. Would you want a general practitioner doing your brain surgery? We also limit our practice to divorces and legal separations in Contra Costa County only so that we can know the preferences and leanings of Contra Costa family law judges and the tactics and strategies that they most favor. This all works to the benefit of our clients.
I am an experienced mediator and thoroughly enjoy the mediation process, which can often lead to excellent results in a cost-effective way. If you and your spouse both want to be fair with each other, I can serve as mediator for both of you to help you resolve remaining disputes fairly and to guide you through the necessary paperwork to complete your divorce. My role as a mediator is to assist both of you in reaching a reasonable settlement without having to argue your disputes in a courtroom. If you think mediation would work best for your situation, please contact the Law Offices of Duane Henry to discuss the possibility.
For clients who choose not to have an attorney officially represent them, whether for financial or other reasons, I enjoy serving as your “divorce coach” to guide you through the complex divorce maze efficiently and in a successful and inexpensive way. I also practice collaborative divorce law and provide limited scope representations (unbundled divorce lawyering) where such approaches are in your best interests.
If you choose to contact the Law Offices of Duane Henry, I pledge to use all of my more than 25 years of training, education and experience to achieve the most successful possible result in your divorce at the most reasonable possible cost. My legal services are provided in a sympathetic and understanding manner. I never forget the emotional impact on you and your children of the stresses inherent in the divorce process. I will not judge you or your case, but I will provide you with the expert advice you need. I will always be both your divorce lawyer AND a human being.
