Barker Divorce Mediation

I’m surprised at the other positive reviewers. I’m thinking those are personal friends of hers. I’ve worked with attorneys before in many different areas of business throughout my career so I’m not new to the legal industry. But admittedly for divorce/​mediation attorneys I am.
However, I have never worked with an attorney who made so many mistakes, both from the perspective of mistaking the law in one instance, to typos in legal documents, to version control issues of documents, to mistakes on the final MSA. All these errors required additional attorney time and cost. She has seemingly little understanding of taxes, finance, time value of money, basic concepts of money in my opinion (pretty important when it comes to dissolution of community property).
She was biased. My ex agreed. I understand people are human, but if she is having a problem she should remove herself. I was negotiating more with her than my ex. My ex-​wife agrees with this comment. We stuck with it until the end due to both of us wanting to get this over with and it’s really not rocket science to prepare an MSA if both parties fundamentally can work most things over.
My personal attorney-​counsel couldn’t believe the work-​product I was showing him during the process. He looked her up to confirm she had a law degree! There are other attorneys in the NCMC practice, choose another. I don’t enjoy writing this, but feel I need to protect others.

I was extremely overwhelmed when I began the process of my divorce, and I didn’t even know where to begin. Immediately, I felt at ease with Eileen, and felt I could trust her. She was knowledgeable, kind, unbiased, and empathetic. She is incredibly competent and thorough, and has a very calm demeanor that makes you feal at ease and taken care of. I would recommend Eileen to anyone as she made my divorce process as easy and as pleasant as can be, given the situation. I was so grateful for her that I even gave her a hug when we signed our final papers.

Matters of the heart are never easy. With such a delicate demeanor and approach, Eileen made the divorce process as smooth as it could go. Also, when things needed to be changed, she was very accommodating to both sides. Couples who are amicable in their breakup and can cut out lawyers should definitely go to Eileen. Her compassion and care is what I enjoyed most.

Eileen successfully mediated a divorce settlement between my former wife of sixteen years and me. Our separation was far from amicable, and I had serious doubts that mediation could work. Even after the first session, Eileen was quite blunt with us about her misgivings. But Eileen’s highly creative bent allowed her to propose a way in which she could work with us. We followed her way, stayed out of court and emerged with a settlement that was acceptable to both my former wife and me.
Eileen has a very sensitive and, at the same time, strong way of making sure one party doesn’t dominate the mediation process. She is skilled at keeping the process on track, and this ability was critical for her success with our case. If she hadn’t demonstrated sensitivity and empathy my former wife would not have returned to mediation. But at the same time if Eileen couldn’t hold the reins and be strong and assertive, I would have gone to court. She managed both masterfully. I can’t recommend Eileen highly enough.