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Michael Aurit

Director and Co-Founder

“The Aurit Center For Divorce Mediation”

Scottsdale, ArizonaRemote available

Core Practice Areas

3 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Child Custody & Visitation
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Michael Aurit admires his clients for making the choice to have the healthiest divorce they can. He’s eternally grateful for their incomparable Aurit Center team, who light a clear path of peace and hope for families. Michael leads The Aurit Center with his wife Karen and feels this is his highest honor and privilege. Getting a divorce does not require waging a war. Divorce mediation offers a positive alternative to fighting it out through aggressive divorce lawyers who charge massive legal fees. In divorce mediation, you—not a judge—control your divorce terms, empowering you every step of the way. Our neutral mediators guide a respectful process so you can reach your best agreements on all issues of separation. As a mediation trainer. Michael helps aspiring and experienced mediators reach their greatest potential. He is a nationally respected professional mediator, prominent mediation trainer, and inspiring thought leader. As Director and Co-Founder of The Aurit Center for Divorce Mediation in Arizona, Michael has helped thousands of people resolve their divorce and child custody issues in a healthier way. Michael teaches mediation as an Adjunct Professor of Law at The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law and Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law. He served as President of The Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) from 2019 to 2021, where he provided future-focused leadership through the pandemic and championed the embrace of online mediation. He currently serves as Ethics Chair of the Maricopa County Association of Family Mediators. Michael provides mediation training and private mediation business coaching as Director and Co-Founder of The National Conflict Resolution Institute (NCRI), an online training center of excellence based on the belief that becoming a master mediator doesn’t have to take a lifetime.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Certified Legal Document Preparer

Education

Pepperdine Law

Law Degree (JD) · Law

Class of 2012

The Straus Institute For Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Law

Master’s Degree · Dispute Resolution (MDR)

Class of 2012

Boston Conservatory of Music

Bachelor of Fine Arts · Musical Theatre Performance

Class of 2005

Emerson College

Political Communication

Class of 2005

Work History

5 Positions

President

The Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM)

2019 – 2021

Provided future-focused leadership through the pandemic and championed the embrace of online mediation.

Director and Co-Founder

The Aurit Center for Divorce Mediation

Helped thousands of people resolve their divorce and child custody issues.

Director and Co-Founder

The National Conflict Resolution Institute (NCRI)

Provides mediation training and private mediation business coaching.

Adjunct Professor

Pepperdine University School of Law, The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

Adjunct Professor of Law

Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, The Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center

Honors & Recognition

1 Honor

“10 Best” Arizona Family Law Attorneys

American Institute of Family Law Attorneys

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