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Sharon Comet-Epstein
Attorney, Mediator Comet-Epstein Law & MediationBiography
Sharon Comet-Epstein, Ph.D., J.D., Divorce Attorney, Mediator, Collaborative Attorney, Parenting Coordinator
Attorney and Mediator Sharon Comet-Epstein helps people facing divorce, custody, or other family law matters who want to avoid nasty, costly litigation to reach agreements that are best for them and their families.
Sharon has extensive advanced training and experience in litigation alternatives in mediation, collaborative and negotiation processes that help her clients to reduce stress, costs and hostilities and achieve their most important goals and satisfying settlements. Her clients value her responsive, creative, and caring client-centered services.
As a second career attorney, Sharon has a rich and varied background including MS and PhD degrees from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in programs emphasizing communications, organizational behavior, conflict resolution and negotiations.
She is a Past-President and long-time trustee of the Center for Principled Family Advocacy (CPFA), current co-chair of their Collaborative Practice Group, and Vice-President of MANO, the Mediation Association of Northeast Ohio.
As a mediator, Sharon is a neutral facilitator and experienced guide who assists the parties in resolving all their issues or disputes and in creating mutually acceptable agreements.
As an attorney in a collaborative process, Sharon counsels her clients as they work with the other party and, when necessary, a collaborative team, to resolve all issues and to create durable, acceptable agreements without the threat of court intervention.
Some of her cases require other out-of-court negotiation processes or some degree of court involvement. Sharon’s goal is to respectfully advocate and help people achieve what’s most important to them–especially if children are involved.
Sharon also is a specially trained Parenting Coordinator and uses her conflict resolution, parenting, and parenting coordinator skills to help divorced parents resolve disputes and decrease the likelihood of returning to court.
Sharon graduated law school from CWRU in 1992, where she was an adjunct professor for over 13 years, teaching attorney-client communications, interviewing, counseling, negotiating, and oral persuasion skills. She is a popular and frequent speaker at professional, law school, continuing education and community sponsored programs. She created and led Joint Conferences for Peacemakers for several years, and has written about Collaborative Law in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association publication.
In addition to CPFA and MANO, Sharon is active in the Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) sections of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP), My Collaborative Team, and Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM).
Contact: Tel: 216-464-1610; cometepsteinlaw@gmail.com; 28867 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 113, Woodmere, OH 44122.
These professionals can help you and your spouse choose a guided, proven and court-approved method for ending your marriage and settling parenting issues. Aside from lowering costs, a non-litigation approach is more likely to produce a more livable future for you and your separated family.