Mara Linder, J.D.
Attorney, Mediator, Founder and CEO, Modern Mediation
Mara Linder understands the significance and the benefits of mediation, especially for high net-worth, complex divorce.
How? She spent 33 years working in corporate litigation, and experienced the downside of long battles, exorbitant costs, frustration, and the toxicity that comes with all of these things.
Mara’s long career led her to start Modern Mediation, a boutique divorce mediation firm dedicated to a divorce that is quicker, more peaceful, more private, and one that maximizes family wealth.
People think if a couple has a lot of assets and if finances are complex, that litigation is a necessity, and that’s just not true. I am so excited to have Mara as a Divorced Girl Smiling trusted professional and would highly recommend her! Welcome, Mara!
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About Modern Mediation
At Modern Mediation, we offer our innovative Premier Team Mediation© process designed for Higher Net Worth Couples and Families who value an individualized and private approach for their Divorce and prefer to maintain their wealth rather than spend it on years of litigation with separate divorce lawyers.
As a paradigm shift from hiring 2 divorce attorneys to engage in an extensive legal battle, we have created a healthier, fair process with a personal, private approach for you through Divorce Mediation. You control the outcome and still have full financial, legal and emotional support while maintaining your resources for you and your family. You will have a personal divorce concierge with your chief Mediator and Premier Mediation Team©.
Private and Confidential 
Instead of exposing all of your personal and financial information in the public record in a litigated divorce, our Divorce Mediation services offer you the option of keeping most things private and confidential. If you also want to protect your personal privacy, we can meet with you in a private setting of your choice or only meet virtually.
What’s different and exciting about Premier Team Mediation©, aside from the fact that no one else offers this approach, is that it’s client-centered and guided by a divorce mediator who happens to be an Arizona licensed attorney. However, divorce attorneys are not present during the mediation sessions. They have only a peripheral, limited scope involvement in the process. Why is this amazing? Because true mediation is not a legal process. It was derived from counseling theories that posit if you provide people a supportive, non-judgmental, safe environment, they will naturally seek health and resolution. And why do I believe this? Because I’ve seen it work thousands of times in my divorce mediation sessions over the years. When you remove litigation strategy (and lawyers) out of the mediation room, the focus is on the couple’s real goals and wishes for themselves and their kids. Mutually agreeable solutions appear. Now, add in the support of other professionals who have the specific expertise to craft unique, long-lasting, workable options so that high net worth couples with complex estates can emerge through divorce in a peaceful and healthy manner. And you have Modern Mediation’s Premier Team Mediation©.
PAYING IT FORWARD TO KIDS
When you mindfully choose to focus on supporting your and your family’s future through Divorce Mediation, you are helping other kids too. Upon successful completion of a mediated divorce, Modern Mediation donates a portion of your mediation fees to The Foster Alliance, which provides essentials like beds, clothing, back to school supplies and even birthday presents to Arizona kids in foster care. Formerly, Arizona Helping Hands, The Foster Alliance is meaningful to me in a personal way, as my family was created through adoption.
About Mara Linder
Modern Mediation is spearheaded by its Founder, Mara Linder, a highly experienced Arizona Licensed Attorney and seasoned Divorce Mediator. Her background in counseling psychology has been the catalyst to her positive psychology approach to divorce mediation and seeking innovative processes to challenge the status quo. She has curated a Team of professionals to provide expert financial, legal and emotional guidance and support tailored for the discerning couple. What has emerged is a personal, private approach in a small boutique environment.
