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The episode discusses the challenges and possibilities of mediation with a high-conflict ex, featuring insights from family law attorney Ian Steinberg.

If you’ve been told that mediation is impossible when you’re dealing with a high-conflict ex—or that it’s never safe when there’s been domestic violence—this conversation with New York family law attorney Ian Steinberg is going to challenge that assumption. Ian is a matrimonial attorney with Burkman Botker Newman & Shane, a 25-attorney firm based in Manhattan with offices in Westchester and Long Island. He joins Lisa Johnson of Been There Got Out for his second appearance on the show, an...

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