Mediation is where most contested divorces in Broward County get resolved. Courts in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit routinely order it before allowing a case to go to trial, and the majority of couples who go through the process walk out with an agreement. Whether that agreement is a fair one depends on what each side brought to the table, which is why having your own attorney at mediation matters as much as the mediator’s skill.
The mediator is neutral. Your attorney is not. Brodzki Jacobs represents you at the session, reviews every proposal before you agree to it, and pushes back on terms that look reasonable in the room but create problems later. The firm’s preparation starts well before the session: organizing the financial picture, identifying the issues where compromise makes sense and the ones where it does not, and helping you set a range of acceptable outcomes so you are negotiating from knowledge rather than reacting under pressure.
During the session itself, Brodzki Jacobs watches for the gaps that a mediator, who is working toward agreement from both sides, may not flag for you. A support figure that ignores income the other spouse has not fully disclosed. A time-sharing schedule that sounds flexible but leaves one parent with no enforceable rights. A property split that looks even until the tax consequences are factored in. These are the details a mediation attorney catches.
The goal is a settlement you can live with long after the mediation day is over. Brodzki Jacobs treats the session as a real negotiation, not a formality, and represents clients in Hollywood and across Broward County with that standard.
If mediation is coming up in your case, the time to prepare is before the session, not during it. Brodzki Jacobs can get you ready with the financial clarity and strategic groundwork the session requires. Call 954-932-8300 to start that preparation.
