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Hal Bartholomew

Senior Partner

“Collaborative Divorce Mediator”

Sacramento, California
54+Years Exp
2000Cases Resolved

Core Practice Areas

6 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Child Custody & Visitation
✓Partnership Dissolution
✓Real Estate Transactions
✓Tax Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Hal Bartholomew, J.D. is a senior partner in one of the region’s most respected family law practices, Bartholomew & Wasznicky LLP. The six attorneys in the firm’s sole focus is family law. Mr. Bartholomew limits his practice to “appropriate” dispute resolution processes of mediation and collaborative practice of all family law issues. Hal is an experienced divorce mediator, a frequent lecturer to the state Bar of California on alternative dispute resolution, a Life Member of the Academy of Family Mediators, Certified Mediator by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and has successfully completed over 2000 mediations in his career. He is also the founding President of the Sacramento Collaborative Practice Group and CPCal (Collaborative Practice California). Over the years, mediation has become a more acceptable method of resolving a variety of disputes, including business and family disputes as well as divorce. It is a sensible approach that emphasizes informed decision-making and restores communication between divorcing spouses. His mediations are a client based process.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

Primary Verifications

License

Attorney

Education

University of California, Davis - School of Law

J.D. · Law

Class of 1971

University of California, Davis

B.A. · Political Science

Class of 1968

Work History

3 Positions

Senior Partner

Bartholomew & Wasznicky LLP

Senior partner in a family law practice focusing on dispute resolution processes of mediation and collaborative practice.

President

Sacramento Collaborative Practice Group

Co-founder and President

President

CPCal (Collaborative Practice California)

Co-founder and First President

Honors & Recognition

5 Honors

Northern California Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

2004

Selected every year starting in 2004

Certified Family Law Specialist

State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

1980

Certified Mediator

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Life Member

Academy of Family Mediators

Eureka Award

CPCal

Given to the pioneers of Collaborative Divorce in California

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