Member Profile

Laurie S. Udell

Certified Family Mediator
399 Chestnut Street
Needham, Massachusetts 02492
Phone: 781-449-3355
Fax: 781-449-0242

Comprehensive divorce mediation (including separation agreement and all court forms) in all family matters arising from divorce and post-divorce controversies, such as alimony, child support, property division and allocation of debts, custody, parenting plans, and medical and life insurance; comprehensive mediation in all family matters arising out of estate or guardianship issues, such as will contests; unmarried couple mediation; premarital and cohabitation agreement mediation; cooperative divorce; mediation-friendly attorney to advise parties in mediation and/or review agreements

Practice areas:
  • Divorce Mediation

J.D. Boston University School of Law 1978

B.A. Brandeis University 1975

Divorce attorney since 1978

Divorce mediator since 1989

Certified Divorce Mediator, Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Inc. (since 1996)

Trained and experienced as a collaborative lawyer

$250 per hour, normally shared by the parties

Complimentary 30-minute mediation introduction; most couples reach agreement in fewer than 10 hours of my time

Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Inc.: Director (1993- ); Past President (2004-2006)

Massachusetts Bar Association, Family Law Section

Eastern Massachusetts, primarily Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk counties