About.

Ariella Shuster, JD is the lead attorney at Dignified Divorce (formerly Divorce with Dignity). She is bar certified in New York and Washington State, and a certified life coach, specializing in Collaborative Law and Mediation.

She is also the author of "Divorce with Dignity" and a speaker on peaceful divorce resolution.

Ariella's mission is to provide her clients with access to a new paradigm of divorce and co-parenting that lives outside the current norm of 'lawyering up' and acrimony, including Collaborative Law and Mediation.

​Almost 15 years as a trial attorney in New York City and Seattle, extensive community and pro bono activities and her personal experience of navigating a successful - and challenging - co-parenting relationship, make Ariella uniquely qualified to help you achieve your best results. ​

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Philosophy

• Bar Certified in New York and Washington State
• ​15 years courtroom experience
• Member Collaborative Professionals of Washington
• Trained in Peaceful Divorce Resolution
• Member International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• ​Court Appointed Special Advocate (GAL) for children
• International Coaching Federation Certified Life Coach
• University of Washington Mediation Certified
• Member Cascadia Collaborative Team
• Featured in the Academy of Professional Family Mediators
• ​Advisory Board Cardozo Law Society​
• Recipient WA State Bar Association Pro Bono Service Commendation
• Public Defender Criminal Defense and Dependency Law
• Certified Yoga Instructor

Ariella uses Collaborative Law and Mediation, a paradigm of divorce and co-parenting, that helps her clients avoid the acrimony often typical of divorce.

​Ariella is exceptionally qualified to help you achieve your best results with her unique skillset and experience. She toughed through nearly 15 years as a trial attorney in both New York City and Seattle. In New York, she was a Public Defender.

Presenter

What is Marriage? What is Divorce?

If you have ever wondered about the following, read Ariella's book or attend one of her talks.
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• Why the court system is even involved with making decisions in your divorce, which touches the very innermost intimate parts of your life and the lives of your family?
• Do you want a stranger, a judge or commissioner who knows virtually nothing about you and your family, to control your future by making decisions for you?
• Do you want to take control of your process? Make your own choices? Choose power over the process?