Marlene Shiner
marlene shiner, esq. family law + mediation
About Marlene
Thoughtful and thorough, Marlene has honed her professional acumen and her client-centric style by succeeding in some of the most impressive educational and professional environments. Marlene is a licensed attorney in the United States and Canada and, in addition to her J.D., earned her J.S.D. (equivalent to a PhD in Law) from Cornell Law School. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the impact of divorce on parents and their children and on what to do with the family home upon divorce.
Marlene is uniquely qualified to deal with any type of divorce or family law scenario. She is credentialed in mediation by the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Mediation Program, by the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation for Lawyers, (the leading negotiation/mediation program in the world), and by the Institute of Divorce Mediation.
She is a member of the Ontario and Massachusetts chapters of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and serves on the Family Law Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Free Consultation
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
- ID Number: 670723
- Ontario, Canada
- ID Number: 39278
- English: Spoken, Written
- Family Lawyer + Mediator
- marlene shiner, esq. family law + mediation
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- Marlene is uniquely qualified to deal with any type of divorce or family law scenario. She is credentialed in mediation by the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Mediation Program, by the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation for Lawyers, (the leading negotiation/mediation program in the world), and by the Institute of Divorce Mediation.
- Associate
- The Fitch Law Firm
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- Family Lawyer
- Family Law Software
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- Child Support Team
- Canadian Federal Department of Justice
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- Cornell University
- S.J.D. (2005) | Family Law
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- A child's place in the home: Creating a post -divorce legally enforceable right for children in the family home by Shiner, Marlene, Cornell University, 2005, 169 pages; 3173385
- Honors: Dorothea S. Clarke Scholar
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- J.D. (1995) | Family Law
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- Honors: First Place - Justice Lieff National Family Law Essay Competition Junior Editor, Osgoode Hall Law Journal
- Harvard Law School
- Negotiation (1995) | Negotiation
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- University of Toronto
- B.A. (1990) | Sociology
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- Honors: Honors B.A.
- Dorothea S. Clarke Scholar
- Cornell Law School
- First Place - Justice Lieff National Family Law Essay Competition
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Junior Editor, Osgoode Hall Law Journal
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
- Member
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- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- Member, Ontario and Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Family Law Section Council
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- Women's Bar Association
- Member
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- Massachusetts State Bar  # 670723
- Member
- - Current
- A child's place in the home: Creating a post -divorce legally enforceable right for children in the family home
- Cornell University
- Compensation for Child Victims of Crime
- LexisNexis Butterworths
- Federal Child Support Guidelines
- Law Society of Upper Canada, Child Support Guidelines
- Imputing Income: Sections 18 and 19 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- Judicial Application of Section 7 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- The Impact of Section 7 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines on the Emotional and Financial Well Being of Children, Canadian Bar Association Family Law Section Dinner
- Background, Implementation and Application of the Federal Child Support Guidelines, Lecture to Faculty
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- Judicial Application of Section 7 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- Federal Child Support Guidelines, Law Society of Upper Canada, Child Support Guidelines, Toronto, ON
- Policy Issues Relating to the Federal Child Support Guidelines, Seminar in Family Law Policy, Toronto, ON
- Mediation
- Institute of Divorce Mediation
- MCLE, Mediation
- MCLE
- Negotiation
- Harvard Law School