John C Gartland

John Gartland is not recommended by this reviewer. Ex wife and I entered into mediation to form a post nuptial agreement on division of assets. We started out with a difference of $45,000 between our positions and after three sessions we were over $80,000 apart and not speaking. Thanks at least in... part to Mr. Gartland, we remain distant, distrustful of each other, and ended up in a protracted negotiation utilizing two other attorneys. Based on prior discussions with ex, we entered mediation with both of us wanting “fairness” and instead, got “what a judge might do” shoved down our throats with no basis in Oregon case law. Additionally, his arbitrary process of assets accounting, with no consideration for gathering of factual info was not helpful. Thankfully, we had the sense to stop his madness before it went further, and eventually got back to where we were prior to spending thousands of dollars on his “process”.