As I tell my clients from the start, we are truly focused on a practical, even-keeled approach to resolving your legal matter. Emotions are a big part of divorce - we do the best we can, from the first conversation, to listen hard, and understand how an individual's emotions match up with what they are telling us about their situation. That's a delicate and important process.

From there, there is a process of discovery and compilation of information - reviewing bank accounts, brokerage accounts, tax returns, credit card accounts, your entire financial picture. That work really sets the basis for resolving your case, a long-term solution.

One thing about us, too: When a client says "Jump" we don't necessarily say "How high" The fact is we are focused on a strategy that achieves our clients' long-term interests. We want the people we represent to be rational and honest. And we work hard to communicate that the right behavior in the divorce process has a way of minimizing the pain in your - and your childrens' - lives.

The fact is, our job is to move cases along, and get them done - effectively and cost-effectively. Our clients are best served by that. Promising the sun and the moon and the stars, obviously, isn't realistic feedback.

I'm still pretty young - as lawyers go - but I have a pretty good grasp of the impact of social media and texting on our work, and on the process. I tell my clients to rein in the social media posts and learn how to restrain yourself from the temptation, however great, to fire back. Everyone needs to simply assume all text messages and social media posts can be recovered, and reviewed by the other side.

I practice with my father today for 1,000 reasons - for one thing, he is a tremendous lawyer. He has great integrity - I remember a story from my youth. You may remember, back in the 80s and 90s, a lot of suburban neighborhoods were awash with illegal cable boxes. We had neighbors jerry-rigging cable connections to save some money. But my father would have none of it. "I am a lawyer, an officer of the court," he'd tell me. "It just wasn't ethical." That's always been the way he lived his life - ethically and above-board. He always told us that we live only one life - so live it the best that you can." That's what he instilled in us.

Our practice is growing, and we attract friends and family of old clients, simply from word of mouth. That means so much to us, It means they were satisfied with the work we did on their behalf. We are very proud of that.