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Barry Kohler

Principal

“Divorce Mediator”

Portland, MaineRemote available

Core Practice Areas

6 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Elder Law & Care Disputes
✓Intra-Family Business Succession
✓Education & School Disputes
✓Investment Advisor Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Barry Kohler Consulting mainly focuses on Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. With more than 35 years’ experience as an attorney and as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) practitioner, Barry has experience helping clients, families, parties in conflict (business or otherwise), and groups reach fair and workable resolutions over a wide variety of issues. Presently, he mediates cases privately statewide via Zoom and serves on several rosters of the Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Service (CADRES). Also, he is certified as a mediator and arbitrator panel member for FINRA Dispute Resolution arbitrations, involving securities issues. Although “mediation” technically refers to only one specific form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), it is commonly used (in Maine, at least) to refer to all types of ADR. His law practice convinced him of the benefits of mediation over litigation. With his background as a Certified Financial Planner, he is particularly interested in mediations that involve the intersection of families and finances, such as: Divorce, Family matters, Unmarried partners, and Family businesses.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Attorney / Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)

Education

Cornell Law School

Juris Doctor · Law

Class of 1974

University of Pennsylvania

BA with Honors · Philosophy

Class of 1969

Work History

3 Positions

Member

Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Service (CADRES)

2018 – Present

Appointed to the state-wide Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s CADRES Committee.

Principal / Mediator

Barry Kohler Consulting

Mainly focuses on Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Mediator and Arbitrator Panel Member

FINRA Dispute Resolution

Involving securities issues.

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No honors on file.

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