Name: Brooke M Deratany Goldfarb
Address: 105 South Riverside Drive, Indialantic, FL, 32903, US
Telephone: Not Available
Price range: $ 350-400 per hour
Rating: 5.0

About Brooke

Biography

Brooke Deratany Goldfarb, JD, President; Peaceful Beach Mediation and Collaboration Inc.

Member of A Friendly Divorce Network of Family Mediators

Divorce Project/Case Managenent for Pro Se Couples

Florida Supreme Court Certified County, Family, & Circuit Civil Mediator

A Member of a Friendly Divorce Network of Family Mediators, Brooke created Peaceful Beach in 2008 to guide couples and families through the divorce process in a more dignified manner; create more opportunities for individuals and families to resolve conflict outside of costly and dehumanizing litigation; and help people move forward in positive and healthy ways. Brooke believes clients are the experts in their own lives, and creates a safe space for parties to feel heard and respected while brainstorming solutions in the best interest of all parties. Her goal is to empower individuals to exercise self determination and resolve their own problems without giving away their power and to keep clients from being traumatized or re-traumatized by impersonal and dehumanizing court systems and processes.

Brooke is a Florida Supreme Court Certified County, Family, & Circuit Civil Mediator; Qualified Arbitrator; Elder Mediator; and Eldercaring Coordinator, known mostly for her compassionate case management of the divorce process for dozens of Florida couples.

She empowers divorcing couples to do so with dignity and privacy as they focus on the positive and on the future, limit psychological and financial damage, heal from the grief of divorce, protect their family and get on with life.

Since graduating from Harvard Law School in 1996, Brooke has practiced in multiple areas of the law as an active member of the Florida Bar.

Brooke is a Florida Supreme Court Certified County, Family, and Circuit Civil Mediator; Qualified Arbitrator; Divorce Facilitator; and Elder Caring Mediator and Coordinator. She has been a member of A Friendly Divorce Network of Family Mediators since 2014.

A member of the Florida Bar since 1996, Brooke created Peaceful Beach in 2008 to guide couples and families through the divorce process in a more dignified manner; offer more opportunities for individuals and families to resolve conflict without the cost and anxiety of litigation; and help people move forward in positive and healthy ways.

Caring about the health and happiness of your children in divorce. Empowering couples to have a kinder, gentler divorce, or in the alternative, a healthier, stronger, marriage. Assisting married and non-married parents communicate and effectively share the parenting responsibility of their minor children. Helping all kinds of people--employers and employees, landlords and tenants, buyers and sellers, neighbors and neighborhoods--to resolve their issues and conflicts prior to resorting to costly and dehumanizing litigation. Goal is to help divorcing parties do so with dignity, integrity and with as little psychological damage to themselves and their family as possible, keeping focused on the best interests of the children and the parties.

Degrees

Harvard Law School, JD, 1996 University of Virginia, B.A., With High Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1991

Approach

Empowering divorcing couples to do so with dignity and privacy as they focus on the positive and on the future, limit psychological and financial damage, heal from the grief of divorce, protect their family and get on with life. Sometimes couples come in not quite sure if divorce is the answer. In these instances, helping the couple explore the option of staying together. Assisting couples gain insight and clarity, proceed with happiness and improve their relationship, even if it will be a post-divorce one. Also coaching success-oriented individuals to be their most authentic and happy selves.

Fees

$300/hour

Practice Areas

Mediation 99%

Florida Supreme Court Certified County, Family, & Circuit Civil Mediator, Cert. No. 22740CFR Divorce Family Elder Business Real Estate Mediation, Divorce Coaching, Divorce Project Management, Divorce Case Management, Divorce Doula, Divorce Midwife

19 years | 250 cases

99%

Arbitration 1%

Qualified Arbitrator, Eldercaring Coordinator, & Parenting Coordinator

15 years

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 30 minutes

Hourly Rates

$ 350-400 per hour

Retainer

Always

Payment Methods

Cash
Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 29 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 1996

Member in Good Standing

No misconduct found

Licensed in District of Columbia for 27 years

State: District of Columbia

Acquired: 1998

Resigned

No misconduct found

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Peaceful Beach Mediation & Collaboration, Inc.

105 South Riverside Drive, Suite 201, Indialantic, FL, 32903

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Posted by Mandy | September 10, 2013 | Divorce & Separation

Compassionate Professionalism

Brooke has the gift of making extremely difficult situations somehow feel a little easier. It's evident that she genuinely cares about our community and wants to help shape happier households. I never felt rushed or overwhelmed by the legal aspects of divorce during our mediation. Mediation during... divorce is an art; Brevard is fortunate that Brooke chooses to share her competent compassion in her practice.

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Posted by Ralph | August 15, 2011 | Divorce & Separation

Successful Divorce Mediator

Brooke did a fantastic job mediating our divorce. However, if you are considering divorce mediation, remember, it takes three.

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