Last updated: December 2025 By Jonathan and Amy Kales, Co-Mediators at Kales & Kales, PLC Divorce mediation is one of the most popular alternatives to traditional divorce litigation — especially in Northern Virginia — partly because it usually leads to more affordable outcomes than going to court. Rather than...
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I. Introduction – The Most Difficult Decision You Will Ever Make After reaching the incredibly hard decision to divorce, a couple’s next difficult choice is to determine which type of divorce will be best to get them from being separated to being divorced. If you’re considering divorce, it makes...
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Learn how Virginia divorce mediation works, step-by-step....
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Jonathan Kales has been selected to the 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers list for excellence in the practice of divorce mediation and collaborative divorce. Virginia Super Lawyers are selected as part of a multistep nomination and research process that incorporates a statewide nomination survey, independent evaluation utilizing a 12 point...
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Explore the Benefits of Virginia Divorce Mediation vs. Litigation I. Intro Divorce mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process where the parties work with a third-party neutral, i.e., a mediator, to settle their disputes out of court. If a mediation is successful, the parties reach a comprehensive divorce settlement...
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Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process where the parties work with a third-party neutral, i.e., a mediator, to settle their disputes out of court. In divorce mediation at Kales & Kales, we, the husband-and-wife team of Jonathan and Amy Kales, co-mediate and work with our mediation clients to reach...
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