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Disclaimer and Privacy Statement:
Copyright Notice
John Spiegel, J.D. owns the copyright to this entire site and its components,
except for material protected by copyrights belonging to other parties,
which has been used by permission from such parties. All rights are reserved.
Disclaimer
We hope that you will find this website to be a helpful resource concerning
mediation generally and mediation for separation and divorce in particular.
We welcome your comments about which parts of our website proved helpful
to you, as well as your ideas for improving the website.
Please keep in mind, however, that the contents of this website
are general in nature and are not a substitute for the specific legal
advice given by an attorney who meets with you and responds to your individual
situation. Although we have worked hard to provide you with current and
reliable information, we cannot guarantee its accuracy.
Viewing this website or sending us an e-mail does not create
a mediator-client or attorney-client relationship with us. The only way
to create a mediator-client relationship with us is to make an appointment,
meet with us, and sign our Agreement to Mediate.
We believe, based on our own experience and the experience of many other mediators, that mediation provides a helpful negotiation process for most separating or divorcing couples. However, in this business there are no guarantees, and some couples are not suitable for mediation. In our orientation sessions, we help couples to determine whether mediation makes sense for them, given their particular circumstances.
Privacy Statement
We take very seriously the obligation of mediators to protect privacy.
We follow the Maryland Standards of Conduct for Mediators and Other ADR
Practitioners, which is available online at http://www.courts.state.md.us/macro/standardsfinal.pdf.
If you contact us, please remember that e-mail is not a completely
confidential method of communication. We will not release any information
about you (including your e-mail address) to any third party except (1)
with your consent, (2) as required by law, or (3) to protect this website
or our computers against electronic attacks.
Our website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
To Our Individual Clients
Please note that, in accordance with professional standards of
confidentiality, we have always protected your right to privacy, and we
will continue to do so.
Concluding Comments
These policies are effective as of 2005. We reserve the right
to change these policies at any time, so you may want to review this section
of our website from time to time. If you have any questions about this
privacy statement or the practices of our website, please contact us by
e-mail at: mediator@verizon.net
or go to the “contact us” page
of this website.
Thank you.
-- John Spiegel and Donna Duquette
