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Articles by Mark B. Baer on Psychology Today

The Problem of Connecting Overconfidence with Optimism

Empathy and Self-Awareness

My Personal Experience with “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

Unchecked Biases Result in Inaccuracies and Impede Fairness

When Impartiality Is Required Bias Management Should Not Be Discretionary

Biases Are Not Limited to Social Justice Issues

Experts in Bias Still Possess Infinite Biases

Unchecked Biases and My Wedding Cake Story

Engaging in Perspective-Taking Does Not Always Make One Open

People Can Only Give What They Have and Teach What They Know

Don’t Take a Quote at Face Value

The Interconnection Between Women’s Rights and LGBTQ+ Rights

The Power of Diversity Is in Diversity of Thought

Emotional Self-Awareness Is Essential for Managing Biases

How Bias Clouds the Ability to Empathize

The Connection Between Empathy Toward Others and Ethics

Police Officer Diversity Status Impacts Their Perceptions

Evangelical Christians Evangelizing Hate Must Be Stopped

Should Supreme Court Justices Believe in Democracy?

Judges Should Strive to Provide Equal Justice Under Law

Personality Traits Emotional Intelligence and Collaboration

Empathy Is the Key to Conflict Resolution or Management

Unrealistic Expectations Impede Happiness and Empathy

Has Disney Lost Its Direction by “Normalizing” Gay People?

Go Back to Your Country

Can a Country Lacking Empathy Toward Others Be Great?

Rachel Maddow Needs to Better Understand Her Audience

What’s “Best” Varies Depending upon the Needs Involved

Empathy and the Jury Selection Process

The Passion of Anger Can Be Used in a Constructive Manner

Injustice at the Hands of Judges and Justices

Is Willful Ignorance a Good Quality in an Attorney?

Shouldn’t Lawyers Understand the Art of Persuasion?

How Are False Beliefs Harming People?

Expression Leads to Oppression

When Hiring a Lawyer or Mediator Buyer Beware

Trumpcare: When Is Health Insurance Not Really Insurance?

The Firing of Comey and the Empathy Gap

You Think You’re Helping Do You?

Let’s Make an Effort to Be More Reflective and Less Reactive

The Choices We Make Create History So Choose Wisely

Are Illusory Agreements The New Trend?

Authoritarianism Comes with a Huge Price

Don’t Let Emotion Choose You

Is Teaching Tolerance the Solution or the Problem?

In Mediation Is Empathy Enough or Even Necessary?

What Is Justice and When Is It Served?

Your Biases And Beliefs Are Impacting Your Decision-Making

Some Forms of Compassion Are More “Acceptable” Than Others

Besides Religion Immutable Nature Is Key to Civil Rights

Articles by Mark B. Baer on LinkedIn

How Do I Find The Right Mediator?

How Much Does Mediation Cost?

How Successful Is Mediation?

How Does Mediation Work?

Contributing to a Divorce Registry to Cover Legal Fees and a Custody Battle is Meddling of the Worst Kind

I Hate Hidden Agendas Especially When They Are Hidden in Plain Sight and People Are Too Blind to See Them

If Same-Sex Attraction Is Destroying Your Marriage I’m Afraid That “Therapy” Won’t Help\\!

I Feel Deeply for Children with a Parent Who Practices Restrictive Gatekeeping

Empathy Is the Key to Conflict Resolution and Lack of Empathy Is the Source of Great Conflict

The More I Read The More I Learn And The More I Learn The More I Realize Why Lawyers Tend To Be So Screwed Up

People Tend To Hear What They Want To Hear And See What They Want To See

While Collaboration Can Be Very Powerful It Is By No Means Simple

Today I Both Celebrate the Life and Mourn the Death of My Greatest Mentor

It’s a Real Tragedy that People Keep Conveying False and Misleading Information about Mediation

Some Conversations Just Make People Too Uncomfortable to Have

Is an Adversarial Approach to a Premarital Agreement Wise?

American Christians Who Believe That They Are the Victims Of Religious Discrimination Are Suffering From An Empathy Gap

When “Culture Is The Problem ” It Has A Great Deal To Do With Emotional Intelligence – Or Lack Thereof

Excerpts from “In Defense of Judicial Empathy” by Thomas B. Colby

“Good listening is paramount to successful communication and you can’t be a good listener if you don’t have empathy.” – Eric Maddox

It’s Easy Blaming Others Isn’t It?

Litigation Cost Saving Tips

Life Is Like Physics – For Every Action There Is A Reaction

Family Dynamics Assistance Center Helps People To Choose The Process First

Which Came First The Chicken Or The Egg?

The Information and Materials Letter I Email to Potential Clients

Understanding Peter Thiel’s Political Views Requires Empathy

While Trauma Has Many Negative Effects It Can Result In Positive Outcomes

Founder of Lawyers of Tomorrow Stephen Turner Has Validated What I Keep Saying

“How Empathic Understanding … Might Assist In Creating More Compassionate Policy Options”

Tremendous Rewards Can Be Obtained By Learning From And Overcoming Life’s Challenges

The Importance Of Empathy In Our Work As Lawyers

I Worry About The Quality Of Education Students Are Receiving At Even Our Most Prestigious Universities

I’d Really Think Twice and Then a Third Fourth and Fifth Time Before Opting to Be Judged

Outcomes Are Typically Determined By The Way In Which The “Game” Is Designed

It’s High Time that the Legal Community Took a Good Hard Look at Itself

Litigation Is Combat No Ifs Ands or Buts!

Stop Hiding Behind False Labels

Excerpt from “Who’s Afraid of Law and the Emotions?”

Shared and Equal Parenting Presumptions Are Not the Solutions to Custody Battles or Decreasing Parental Conflict

Shaming People for Their Sexual Orientation and Sexual Identity Does Nothing Other Than Ruin Lives and Tear Families Apart

The Need to Belong and Feeling of Disengagement Cause Many People to Join Extremist Groups

Objections to Shared Parenting Presumptions Are Objections to Presumptions Not to Shared Parenting

Mediation Is Not about “Making Love” and Mediators Are Not Scriveners

The Mediation Community Needs an Organization to Lead the Conversation Shape the Media Narrative and Change the Culture

People are “Predictably Irrational”

Let’s Start Addressing the Cause of our Problems Rather than Just the Symptoms

Protection Orders Can Trigger Increased Violence

My Disconnect with Many in the Collaborative Law Community

Maybe We Should Rethink the Perceived Benefits of Competitiveness and Aggressiveness

PDF Articles & Publications

Psychology and Family Law: Request for Feedback From SGVPA

Psychology and Family Law: Feedback From SGVPA

Divorcing Preconceptions

The Superiority of Mediation in Divorce Disputes

Don’t Fall for Politcal Propaganda

The Importance of Empathy in the Legal Profession – Part III of a series

The Importance of Empathy in the Legal Profession – Part II of a series

Why It’s Unwise to Define Frozen Embryos as Human Life

The Importance of Empathy in the Legal Profession – Part I of a series

Parents Should Think Twice Before Engaging in a Custody Battle Over Their Children

Everyone Should Be Required to See “Inside Out”

Empathy Is Incompatible with Shame and Judgment

Empathy as Emotional Intelligence

Do Some Psychology Schools of Thought Really Believe That Words Don’t Have Meaning?

Beware of the Fact that Family Law Can Be Handled Like A Game

Lessons I Learned from My Parents – Part 4 of a Series

Lessons I Learned from My Parents – Part 3 of a Series

Lessons I Learned from My Parents: Part 2 of a Series

Lessons I Learned from My Parents:Part I of a Series

Psychology and Family Law: Marriage Dissolution–Coercion or Compromise?

Psychology and Family Law: A Comparison Between Actual War and Family Law

Psychology and Family Law: On Judging a Book by Its Cover

How to Help Insure the Best Outcome in Your Family Court Case

The Timely Abolishment of Gay Reparative Therapy

Judicial Bias in Family Court

Domestic Violence as a Tragic Toll of Divorce

Selecting a Positive Solution-Oriented Attorney

Why Today’s Lawyers Are Better At War Than Peace

The Misconception That Collaborative Attorneys Fail to Protect Their Clients

Philosophy and the Law

Why Lawyers Now Avoid Assisting with Pre & Post-Nuptial Agreements

The Real Problem with the Department of Children and Family Services

The Historical Shift in the Role of Attorneys

Processes of Divorce – A Comparison

“Pit Bull” Attorneys and Family Law

Mediation Process Based on Mediation Style

The Use of Mediation in Family Law Matters

Mediation Selection Process and Cost

Quality of Judges

Marital Russian Roulette

Psychology and Family Law as Symbiotic Partners

The Importance of Constructive Communication in Family Law

The Importance of Trust in the Attorney/Client Relationship

Interviewing an Attorney

Is There a Penalty for Perjury?

An Uncivilized Unenlightened and Barbaric System: The U.S. Family Law Court

Fighting More Than “Fairness”

Is Focusing on Perceived and Actual Biases Misplaced?

The Amplification of Bias in Family Law and Its Impact

Kim’s Custody Battle Terror

The Tax Consequences of Dividing Marital Property

The Perfect Storm: Lawyer Limitations and the Adversarial Model in Family Law

When the Law is Involved Do Feelings and Notions of Fairness Matter?

The Grave Mistake of Confusing Concepts of Justice and Fairness with the Law

Lawyers Fail to Give Clients All Options Available for Resolving Conflict

3 Things a Couple can do to Combat the Risk Factors and Save a Marriage

How Senior Same-Sex Couples Can Take Advantage of the Dilution of DOMA

Strategies for Family Law in California: A Comparison of Dispute Resolution Methods Available in Family Law Matters

Federal Law Economically Discriminates Against Same-Sex Couples

Why Would Parties Appeal an Agreement They Mutually Assented to?

The Waiting Game – Delays in Child Custody Cases Lead to Violence

Child Custody Disputes – Is There a Better Way?

Five Financial Lessons Women can learn from the Demi and Ashton break-up rumors

Don’t Buy Too Much Insurance

5 Steps to Protect Your Credit in a Divorce

Pasadena attorney says lawyers need to be problem solvers

US family law system “barbaric” when compared to other systems worldwide

It Would Be Irresponsible for Maria Shriver and Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to Litigate Their Divorce Says L.A. Family Law Attorney Mark Baer

Cheapskate Wisdom…About What to Expect in Divorce Proceedings

Why the US Family Law System is Barbaric

Calculating Child Support

Money Wise; Separation Anxiety

Divorce Insurance; Voice of the Village

Pamela Edwards-Swift’s article is written about Mark Baer

Beverly Bar Association’s profile on Mark Baer entitled “Family Law Par Excellence”

Cost of Raising a Child Calculation Tool

Local Attorney Leery of Divorce Insurance

Ask an Expert: Using Social Media to Educate and Build Relationships

A Fighting Chance- Resolving Family Law Disputes Requires Skills Beyond Those Traditionally Taught in School

Realizing Limits of Mediation

Articles by Mark B. Baer on HuffPost

The Term Homophobia Is Improper

The Problem With Covenant Marriages and Fault-Based Divorce

Was Rialto Unified School District’s Holocaust Assignment Really About Critical Thinking?

Select the Mediator Carefully

Just How Amicable Is Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas’ Divorce?

Must Parties Confirm That They Are Open to Settlement For Mediation to Be Effective?

The Consequence of Unenforced Ethical Guidelines for Collaborative Divorce

Are You Certain That Your Lawyer Is Not Impaired?

Is the Home Paternity Test a ‘Game Changer?

‘Collaborative Divorce’ Is Collaborative in Name Only

What Is Required to Make Collaborative Divorce Truly Collaborative?

The Impact of Relationship Apps On Family Dynamics

Enlightened Parents Learn from Both the Successes and Failures of Others

What Is ‘Collaborative Divorce’ Without Collaboration?

New Spouse Income and Child Support in California

What’s Truth Got to Do With It?

Important Distinctions Between Litigation and Mediation

Aggressive Lawyering Is Counter-Productive

Family Law Litigation: The Gift That Keeps On Giving\\!

Things to Consider Before Litigating

God Bless America!

Parties’ Positions and the Mediation Process

Lessons I Learned from my Parents: Part VI

Doesn’t Parenting Impact the Learning Process?

Lessions I Learned From My Parents: Part V

Lessons I Learned from my Parents Part IV

Lessons I Learned from my Parents Part III

Lessons I Learned from My Parents: Part II

Do Feelings Matter in Mediation?

Lessons I Learned from My Parents: Part I of a Series

When the Law is Involved Do Notions of Fairness Matter

The Power of Words

Divorce and the Grieving Process

Premarital Counseling- The Pros and Cons

Is Mediation About Reaching the Same Result in a More Efficient and Economical Manner?

Should Divorcing Couples Who Mediate Be Talking Through Counsel?

Should Lawyers Be Required to Take Continuing Education Courses on Human Mental Processes?

The Law Is a Baseline and Nothing More

Is the Adversary Model Appropriate or Suitable for Family Law Matters?

Everything is a Matter of Perspective

Children and Families Need to Be the Number One Priority in Our Society

What Does Mediation Really Mean?

Child Abduction and the Same-Sex Marriage Issue

Are You Certain That Your Divorce Is All Your Spouse’s Fault?

The Personality and Philosophy of Attorneys Impact the Results

 

Articles by Mark B. Baer on BlogsOnDivorce.com

Why Clients Should Take Some Responsibility for Their Dissatisfaction with the Ultimate Outcomes of their Cases

A Story of Persistence and Perseverance

How ‘Touchy-Feely’ Mediation Works – An Actual Case Study By Mark B. Baer, Esq.

Inconsistency on the Bench

The Hidden Agenda Behind the Making of ‘Divorce Corp.

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 1 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 2 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 3 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 4 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 5 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 6 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 7 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 8 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 9 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 10 of a Series

A Conversation between Joe Sorge and Mark Baer Regarding ‘Divorce Corp.’: Part 11 of a Series – The Final Part

Lessons I Learned from My Parents: Part VII

Family Law Should Not Be Treated the Same as Other Areas of Law

Mark B. Baer – Audio, Video & Interviews

Interviewing an Attorney

“Good listening is paramount to successful communication, and you can’t be a good listener if you don’t have empathy.” – Eric Maddox

Mark Baer’s interview on “Grey Divorce” with Bloomer Boomers

Radio Interview: Child Custody and Divorce

Find a Problem-Solving Divorce Attorney, Not a Conflict Creator – Divorce Source Radio

Find the Right Fit Attorney for a Peaceful Divorce – Divorce Source Radio

Creative Mediation with a Twist – Divorce Source Radio

Thoughtful and Caring Divorce Attorneys? Yes, They Do Exist – VoiceAmerica Radio (Archived)

Other Publications & Features

Blame Culture and Prejudice Permeate Mindsets After Collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge

Unchecked Biases in Family Law Are Pervasive and Harmful

Sometimes equal custody is not in a child’s best interest

Lake County District Attorney Don Anderson launches program to prosecute liars

Dealing with Pets during a Separation

How to Prepare for Divorce – 48 Experts Share Their Best Tips

Beware of the Viking-or-Victim Worldview

Putting Kids First in Divorce: How to Reduce Conflict Preserve Relationships and Protect Children During and After Divorce

Make Your Dreams Come True Not Your Fears\\!

The Values Legacy of Divorce

Family Mediator Mark Baer Calls Family Law Cases “Vampires of the Legal Field” Because They Can Live on Indefinitely

Work/Life Profile on Mark Baer by Los Angeles Business Journal

The California Supreme Court Redefines Date of Separation in Divorce Cases

Co-Parenting Across State Lines

If You Ask the Wrong Questions You Get the Wrong Answers

Family Law Matters Must Be Handled With Care

Co-Parenting With Different Values: Being Bigger Than Our Problems

Surprising Relationship Advice From Divorce Lawyers

De-Parenting The Other Parent Through Our Choice Of Words

Emotional Considerations Regarding Service of Process

Divorce Support – 4 Real Issues that Equal Parenting Advocates Ignore

Attorney Mark Baer Says Mediation Decreases Conflict Leading to Better Results in Most Family Law Matters

Should Social Media Censor Content?

When Divorcing Don’t Hire a Pit Bull Attorney – Aggressiveness won’t help you in court.

Should Parents Be Allowed To Make Custody And Visitation Agreements Without Being Challenged?

4 ways Obamacare can affect a divorce

Top 3 Non-Negotiable Questions You Need to Think About Before Filing for Divorce

3 Things To Think About Before Filing For Divorce

5 Things To Consider Before Filing For Divorce

Credit Score and Dviorce

5 Ways Divorce Can Cost You

Equal Marriage – Same-Sex Couples Should Consider Their Financial Status in the Wake of DOMA’s Demise

Most of the Jobless Are Also Childless

Divorce Experts Brace Staten Islanders for a Long Nasty Expensive Process

Heal from Past Relationships to Help You Move On and Find Love

5 Conversations Every Couple Should Have Before Getting Married

Tips for Improving a Co-Parenting Relationship

Navigating the Emotional Waters with Collaborative Family Law

Don’t Let Divorce Turn into an Economic Disaster

Are You Facilitating the Creation of a Post-Divorce Functional or Dysfunctional Family?

What skills and attitudes are involved in being a Collaborative Practice professional?