Divorce Mediation Training Associates

John Fiske, LL.B. is A founder, past president, and member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation. He is also

Life member of the Academy of Family Mediators
Member of the Family Law Section of the Boston Association
Member of the former Special Legislative Commission on Divorce
A founder and principal of Divorce Mediation Training Associates
Former member of the Middlesex County Probate and Family Court Multi-door Courthouse Project
Chief organizer of the Gathering of New England Family Mediators.

Recent professional emphasis has been on marital mediation, a process designed to produce written contracts between spouses wanting to strengthen their marriage.

Education

Yale College, 1958, M.A.
Michigan Law School, 1961, LL.B.
Member, New York State bar, 1962
Member, Massachusetts bar, 1964

Experience

1961-1964
Associate at Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, NYC

1964-1968
Associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston

1968-1974
First Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston

1974-1978
Executive Secretary, Supreme Judicial Court of Mass.

John has been a partner in Healy, Fiske, Woodbury & Richmond, a Cambridge law firm concentrating in family law and mediation, since 1979. Prior to this he backpacked for a year with his family in Europe and Asia.

Publications

“Divorce Mediation as a Less Painful Path,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Sept. 24, 1979

“A Lawyer-Therapist Team as Mediator in a Marital Crisis,” co-authored with Janet Wiseman in Social Work, Nov. 1980

“An Enthralling Introduction to Divorce mediation,” Boston Bar Journal, Dec. 1981, p. 15

“Divorce mediation: An Attractive alternative to Advocacy,” Suffolk University Law Review, Spring, 1986, p. 55

“Mediation,” a chapter in the Massachusetts Family Law Manual, edited by Justice Haskell Freedman and published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education in 1987, updated in 1994, 1999 and 2005 [View chapter ]

“Family Mediation and a New Emphasis on ‘We’,” New England Journal of Human Services, Fall, 1988

“Public and Private Cooperation in Mediating Divorces in the Probate and Family Court,” Lawyers Weekly issue on mediation, Sept. 1988

“A Guide to Divorce Mediation,” Book Review, Lawyers Weekly, October 20, 1993

“Marital Mediation as Another Helpful Path,” Lawyers Weekly, Dec. 8, 1997

Frequent articles for the Family Mediation Quarterly of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation

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« John Fiske » « Diane Neumann » « Philip Woodbury »	John Fiske, LL.B. is A founder, past president, and member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation. He is also Life member of the Academy of Family Mediators Member of the Family Law Section of the Boston Association Member of the former Special Legislative Commission on Divorce A founder and principal of Divorce Mediation Training Associates Former member of the Middlesex County Probate and Family Court Multi-door Courthouse Project Chief organizer of the Gathering of New England Family Mediators. Recent professional emphasis has been on marital mediation, a process designed to produce written contracts between spouses wanting to strengthen their marriage. Education Yale College, 1958, M.A. Michigan Law School, 1961, LL.B. Member, New York State bar, 1962 Member, Massachusetts bar, 1964 Experience 1961-1964 Associate at Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, NYC 1964-1968 Associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston 1968-1974 First Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston 1974-1978 Executive Secretary, Supreme Judicial Court of Mass. John has been a partner in Healy, Fiske, Woodbury & Richmond, a Cambridge law firm concentrating in family law and mediation, since 1979. Prior to this he backpacked for a year with his family in Europe and Asia. Publications “Divorce Mediation as a Less Painful Path,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Sept. 24, 1979 “A Lawyer-Therapist Team as Mediator in a Marital Crisis,” co-authored with Janet Wiseman in Social Work, Nov. 1980 “An Enthralling Introduction to Divorce mediation,” Boston Bar Journal, Dec. 1981, p. 15 “Divorce mediation: An Attractive alternative to Advocacy,” Suffolk University Law Review, Spring, 1986, p. 55 “Mediation,” a chapter in the Massachusetts Family Law Manual, edited by Justice Haskell Freedman and published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education in 1987, updated in 1994, 1999 and 2005 [View chapter ] “Family Mediation and a New Emphasis on ‘We’,” New England Journal of Human Services, Fall, 1988 “Public and Private Cooperation in Mediating Divorces in the Probate and Family Court,” Lawyers Weekly issue on mediation, Sept. 1988 “A Guide to Divorce Mediation,” Book Review, Lawyers Weekly, October 20, 1993 “Marital Mediation as Another Helpful Path,” Lawyers Weekly, Dec. 8, 1997 Frequent articles for the Family Mediation Quarterly of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation	In the news: John Fiske on Post-nuptial Agreements in the Boston Globe, December 19, 2005 John Fiske on Family Finances in the Boston Globe, December 29, 2005

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