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Sam Margulies

About

Sam Margulies has been engaged in the practice of mediation, arbitration and dispute resolution training and consulting for thirty years. He holds a PhD in political science and a Juris Doctor. He has been a practicing lawyer since 1978. Sam was one of the early pioneers in mediation beginning in 1978 and has served on committees in numerous organizations dedicated to the development of dispute resolution techniques. His publications include three books and numerous articles on many aspects of dispute resolution. He has developed training programs for Rutgers Law School , the Bryan School of Business and the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has mediated thousands of disputes throughout his career including business disputes, construction disputes, employment disputes, family business disputes and divorce. Sam has three grown daughters and lives on his farm in Greensboro, North Carolina where he raises horses, goats, chickens and a badly behaved poodle.

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Recent Posts
Some Thoughts about Intimacy and Couples Conflict
Successful conflict resolution in intimate relationships requires essentially different strategies than does conflicts in busoiness or professional relationships. Because intimate relationships are more fragile in nmany ways than other relationships the relationship requires greater priority than the subject at issue.
Marriage and Paying Attention
Marriages don't break. They slowly erode and starve to death as distractions sap the vitality of the relationship because couples neglect the care and feeding of the marriage.
Telling Your Spouse You Want a Divorce

How you tell your spouse that you want a divorce can determine whether the divorce will be relatively peaceful or litigious and destructive.

How you tell your spouse that you want a divorce can determine whether the divorce will be relatively peaceful or litigious and destructive.

The Six Signals of Divorce

The decision to divorce develops slowly and one of the spouses is often surprised. Here are six signals that almost always mean divorce is imminent.

The decision to divorce develops slowly and one of the spouses is often surprised. Here are six signals that almost always mean divorce is imminent.

Divorce and Affairs

When a partner has had an affair and the couple is divorcing, divorce mediation is more challenging because the other spouse may insist that the affair was the only reason for the divorce and that the guilty spouse should be punished. But insistent reality testing on the part of the mediator should help both spouses to take responsibility for making the mediation successful.

When a partner has had an affair and the couple is divorcing, divorce mediation is more challenging because the other spouse may insist that the affair was the only reason for the divorce and that the guilty spouse should be punished. But insistent reality testing on the part of the mediator should help both spouses to take responsibility for making the mediation successful.

The "Best" Lawyers

When divorcing couples search for the "best" lawyers, they often end up choosing the worst. Here's why.

When divorcing couples search for the "best" lawyers, they often end up choosing the worst. Here's why.

Divorce Piggy Bank

How about buying a divorce piggy bank so that you can save for your divorce whenever you do something to screw up your marriage?

How about buying a divorce piggy bank so that you can save for your divorce whenever you do something to screw up your marriage?