Can one attorney practice collaborative law if the other participant has not signed a participation agreement?
We will proceed on a collaborative law basis only when all attorneys and clients have signed the participation agreement. Clients and their attorneys may decide that they will use collaborative principles and use their best efforts to settle the case, however, the members of the Association of Collaborative Lawers of Rockland-Westchester will term this non-adversarial process working cooperatively . Unless the participation agreement is signed and there is a contractual obligation on the attorneys part not to proceed with litigation for the clients, we are not truly working for our clients collaboratively .
