About Us
Divorce Without Dishonor is an online publication emphasizing positive parenting, collaborative law strategies, and child-centered divorce practices through written articles, links, and resources that are presented by professionals for no cost to the public-at-large.
Michael Mastracci, attorney and counselor at law, is your host and author of Divorce Without Dishonor® as well as the sponsor of the website www.MiketheLawyer.com.
You may have wondered just exactly who I am if you have been reading this blog. I thought that I would take just a few moments to introduce myself.
I am a life long resident of Baltimore County born in 1964. I graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School and was admitted to the Maryland State Bar in 1989. I began my legal career as a trial attorney handling personal injury and negligence cases. Through my in-depth trial experience, I developed a criminal defense practice for my firm.
My own difficult and acrimonious divorce and child custody battle led to my own personal interest in collaborative family law. I am the author of a soon to be released book on child custody issues and divorce survival using the collaborative family law model.
I am personable, a good listener, and sincerely interested in helping you to resolve your divorce and child custody issues in a fair and even-handed manner. My efforts are focused on improving the quality of your life while protecting the future emotional well-being of your children. I have personally felt and witnessed the strife that divorce causes in families and want to express my concern and compassion for your personal situation. Using collaborative law does not mean giving away your rights or just submitting to the will of a stronger-willed soon to be ex-spouse. Collaborative law entails working through the tough issues, brought on by divorce, as adults with a primary joint focus on helping your innocent children cope with the major adjustments that accompany separation and divorce.
I invite you to visit my website www.MiketheLawyer.com to learn more about me, my qualifications. and most importantly, how I can help YOU. Feel free to call me at 410-869-3400 and schedule an appointment or telephone consultation. I look forward to helping you through these difficult times.
This is fabulous, Mike! Congratulations! I truly admire how you have turned such a horrific experience in your own life into something of such value for others, and for you and your family, too. Your choice to do so is a perfect example of the philosophy behind a book I recently read called “Change the Way You See Everything.” The print on the cover is backwards, just to make the point. Seeing everything, even the worst experiences, as opportunities, is life changing.