Jonathan E. Fields - Wellesley, MA
80 William StreetSuite 210Wellesley, MA 02481
Fields and Dennis, LLP
Wellesley Family Law Lawyer
Overview
Attorney Jonathan Fields has more than 15 years experience representing clients with a high level of personal care and professionalism. His approach to the complex area of family law is innovative, compassionate and geared to the best interests of his clients. Mr. Fields serves on the executive board of the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation, and also serves on its Educational Committee, where he helps educate the legal and mediation profession regarding family mediation issues. In...
Attorney Jonathan Fields has more than 15 years experience representing clients with a high level of personal care and professionalism. His approach to the complex area of family law is innovative, compassionate and geared to the best interests of his clients. Mr. Fields serves on the executive board of the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation, and also serves on its Educational Committee, where he helps educate the legal and mediation profession regarding family mediation issues. In...
Attorney Jonathan Fields has more than 15 years experience representing clients with a high level of personal care and professionalism. His approach to the complex area of family law is innovative, compassionate and geared to the best interests of his clients. Mr. Fields serves on the executive board of the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation, and also serves on its Educational Committee, where he helps educate the legal and mediation profession regarding family mediation issues. In addition, he co-chairs the Nominating Committee for the Massachusetts Council of Family Mediation.
Mr. Fields is a member of the Massachusetts and American Bar Associations, the Collaborative Law Council, National Association of Parent Coordinators and the Massachusetts Association for Guardian Ad Litem. Mr. Fields regularly accepts appointments as a Guardian Ad Litem in the Probate and Family Courts to represent the interests of minors and those declared incompetent by the Court. He is also certified for the Children and Family Law Trial Panel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services. As a member of the Senior Partners for Justice of the Volunteer Lawyers Project, Mr. Fields represents indigent litigants pro bono in matters before the Family and Probate Court.
Mr. Fields has significant experience as a neutral. He has successfully mediated many family law disputes between couples. Additionally, as a panel member who serves on the Fee Arbitration Board of the Massachusetts Bar Association, he arbitrates fee disputes between attorneys and clients.
Mr. Fields has been appointed as a member of the Hearing Committee of the Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court.
He has been a panelist for the Divorce Center where he has spoken about certain aspects of divorce law. He is also a principal in the Center for Problem Resolution, Inc. which has been approved by the Superior Court and Probate Family Courts of Massachusetts as a provider of court-connected mediation services.
Mr. Fields wrote a chapter, "Prohibited Subject Matter in Prenuptial Agreements," for the 2006 Family Law Update published by Aspen Publishers. He also co-authored an article, with Hugh F. Ferguson, Ph.D., Esq., "Family Team Decision Making," which appeared in the Fall 2005 edition of the Family Mediation Quarterly published by the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation.
Mr. Fields was the director of labor relations for a large New York City municipal agency. His legal expertise has also been employed as a script consultant for a major television network program dealing with family law issues.
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