
Parker Mediation
Parker Mediation provides high quality family and divorce mediation services to our clients. We have one clear goal in mind: guiding you and your family through challenging family conflicts, such as divorce and separation, ensuring that your journey to an amicable resolution is as smooth as possible for everyone involved. Parker Mediation not only takes care of all the details and paperwork, but our mediators ensure that you begin the next chapter of your life on the right path. Through professional family and divorce mediation, you will reach an equitable settlement in your case, with the added advantage of saving time, money, and … Read More

Our Approach To Divorce Mediation
Divorce Mediators are particularly useful as facilitators for individuals engaged in mediation as they thoroughly understand the process as well as the laws in the Massachusetts courts. As people reach new understandings it is possible to reach agreements that will prevent future disputes. Parker Mediation will teach you how to manage conflict effectively without resorting to court litigation. The conflict resolution skills you learn will serve you in the future, particularly if you continue to parent children together. There are several topics that must be covered in each divorce. At Parker Mediation, each subject is discussed with the … Read More

Family Mediation
Family Mediation is designed to help the parties develop a plan for continued parenting following a divorce or separation and also in cases where the parties were never married. The mediator will help you to focus on your strengths and use those skills to promote the best interests of the children. Parents generally want to maintain control over the decisions that need to be made for their children. Mediation helps the parties to develop skills to communicate with each other to coordinate the parenting plan. The mediator will not decide who should be the "primary caretaker". The parties themselves will make this determination after the … Read More

Larri Tonelli Parker selected ADR Co-chair
Larri Tonelli Parker will serve as Co-chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Worcester County Bar Association for the 2011-2012 term. Attorney Parker's service to the Bar Association and the community will support activities and programs promoting mediation and other forms of dispute resolution. The members of the group include mediators, arbitrators, collaborative law professionals, and government employees. The ADR Section of the WCBA provides programming and information about developments in dispute resolution, current best practices, and proposed changes in specific areas of law. This year marks the 125th … Read More

Attorney Mediator Larri Tonelli Parker
Larri Tonelli Parker is an experienced Massachusetts family and divorce attorney mediator. She is an active member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, the New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution, and several bar associations. … [Read More...]

Attorney Caroline Ely
Caroline C. Ely is an experienced Massachusetts child and family attorney mediator. She is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts. Caroline grew up in Kentucky and Virginia, obtained a Bachelors degree in Psychology from UC Santa Barbara, a Masters degree in Higher Education Administration … [Read More...]
Mediation Questions & Answers
What is mediation?
Mediation is a form of Dispute Resolution (DR) that is offered by the Massachusetts mediation firm, Parker Mediation. Mediation is a voluntary and confidential process, facilitated by a neutral, to … [Read More...]
Is mediation confidential?
Parker Mediation maintains strict confidentiality in its mediation program. The mediator and the parties sign an agreement that they will keep everything that is revealed during the mediation … [Read More...]
How long does the mediation process take?
Divorce mediation is an efficient process that saves time, money and heartache. Mediation avoids time consuming formal discovery and multiple court appearances typically encountered in traditional … [Read More...]



