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I just want to thank you for all your hard work. It was a hard time for me and you made it very easy for me to go over a difficult document…. To look into the future to help me understand where I will be in 5 to 10 years. This helped me a lot. |
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Consulting, 18 year marriage, 2 children
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You were always on top of things and I always felt my needs were being attended to. I felt I received a fair settlement. I felt like you were really on my side - fighting for what I wanted and sticking up for me. |
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Collaboration, six year marriage
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You assisted us with sticking with the facts and avoiding escalation of emotions. |
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Mediation, 19 year marriage, two teenage children
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I was concerned with how the divorce process would work in my particular case and what impact it would have on me economically. Your experience in these matters was extremely helpful in describing options that were available that I had no idea existed. |
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Consulting, second marriage, no children
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You benefited and helped .... my former spouse... and I with a list of boundaries, guidance, legal options as to ‘how to get there’ in an amicable way. First and foremost our intention was keeping the kids as a main priority thru the whole process, which was in our case. |
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Mediation, 14 year marriage, two school age children
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Legal guidance as to what I deserve and could reasonably expect out of the settlement for myself and my children were my primary expectations of your services... The legal education, guidance and advice were timely, appropriate and comforting when things got tough... |
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Collaborative practice, 16-1/2 year marriage, two children
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Your calm demeanor and creative thinking were exactly what we needed. |
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Mediation, long term marriage, adult children
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There were a lot of things I thought you did well, but if I had to distill everything down to a single concept I think the aggregate benefit was that you were able to balance collaboration and advocacy. Meeting my needs while still moving a painful but inevitable process forward at all possible speed. |
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Collaborative practice, 24 year marriage, one adult and one teenage special needs child
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We were able to do what we needed to do at a very reasonable cost and much more importantly, the mediation process helped us preserve the aspects of our relationship and parenting that we both wanted to enjoy the rest of our lives. |
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Mediation, five children
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I feel by coming up with our own agreement in the collaborative process, it has helped us maintain civility toward each other now that the divorce is final. It was what we agreed to not what a judge decided for us. |
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Collaborative practice, 17 year marriage, school age children
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I’m completely satisfied with the results. I believe mediation is the way to go. Mediation is much less destructive. I believe the settlement was the best I could hope for. |
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Consulting, 30+ year marriage, adult children, substantial assets
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One of the most important qualities that I was looking for in an attorney and that I found in you was someone who was easy to talk with and someone that explained the whole divorce process in terms that I understood. At first the whole process seemed so overwhelming but when taken piece by piece it seemed more manageable and a little less overwhelming. |
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Collaborative practice, 6 year marriage, one child
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You took my circumstances into account through the process. You were always available and made me feel as though I was an important client – not just another case... |
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Collaborative practice, 26 year marriage, three teenage children
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I was most was satisfied with your time in explaining and your compassion and understanding. You benefitted me by looking after my needs. |
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Consulting, 19 year marriage, two children
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The representation was balanced and fair. You were totally dedicated…. and stuck with me in a difficult situation. |
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Collaborative practice, long term marriage
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You provided guidance to assist in divorce proceedings in a timely and efficient manner. |
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Mediation, 20 year marriage, 2 children
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I would recommend collaboration. Everyone talked, no fighting. We all tried to agree on matters. It worked great. Eveyone got along - less stress in a very stressful situation. |
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Collaboration, 29 year marriage
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Thank you for the valuable advice.
I've already implemented most of your suggestions and feel a bit more secure. Your most helpful suggestion was to look ahead to what I would like to do in a few years. We all get so concerned about planning for our children's needs...we forget to plan ahead for ourselves. |
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Consulting, 15 year marriage with school age children
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I believe the settlement was the best I could hope for. |
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Consulting, long term marriage, adult children
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You gave me well rounded and appropriate counsel so I could confidently feel comfortable proceeding with my pro-se divorce. |
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Consulting, mid length marriage, no children
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I was most satisfied with the speed with which the matter was settled. |
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Mediation, 28 year marriage, 2 children
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Thanks for all the time you took with us and your unending patience. |
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Mediation, 15 year marriage, no children
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I was most satisfied with your legal representation, caring and professionalism. |
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Collaboration, 16 1/2 year marriage, 3 children
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Thank you for your understanding - it's such a hard time and you were great. I should never have gotten so nervous. You had everything under control. Now we can go on with our lives. |
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Colllaboration, long term marriage, adult children living at home
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I was most satisfied with your willingness to work with me on a consulting basis to reduce costs. |
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Consulting, short term marriage
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The firm helped me achieve a fair and equitable divorce at a reasonable price. |
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Consulting, one preschool aged child
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I would recommend collaboration. It helps to keep the relationship between parties manageable - taking away most nastiness that could occur. Both can choose to retain their dignity and end with something fair to both. |
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Collaboration, short term marriage
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From my first phone call, I felt very good about working with your firm. It has been a difficult process, but I always felt cared for but not at the expense of fairness. |
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Mediation, long term marriage, five adult children.
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The mediated agreement went well due to your direct sytle. Your letters of explanation along the way were very helpful. |
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Mediation, 38 year marriage
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I would like to thank Attorney Cappalli for her professionalism, kindness and sympathy. It was appreciated. |
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Collaboration, 29 year marriage
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You helped us to arrive at a fair agreement without need for animosity. Your service helped us through what could have been a very divisive and difficult process. |
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Mediation, long term marriage
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We wanted a peaceful, fair settlement. Attorney Cappalli helped us to achieve exactly this. |
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Mediation, five year marriage.
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Your knowledge, explanation and detailed descriptions of what to do and expect in court was outstanding. We had our day in court, stress free (almost), but knew where to go, what to do and what to expect. |
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Mediation, two adult children
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The speed and ease of the process was most satisfactory. |
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Mediation, mid length marriage, one child
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My questions were addressed quickly. I feel that any advice given was presented to me in a clear way - that I could(then)make an intelligent decision to reach my goal. |
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Consulting, senior citizen, third marriage
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I thought you were highly effective at diffusing tension during the mediation meetings. |
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Mediation, minor and adult children
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I was most satisfied with the excellent and quick responses and that you were caring and nonjudgmental. |
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Collaboration, two school age children
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It was a pleasure to know you. I feel you handled my divorce to the best of your ability and was very pleased. |
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Mediation, no children
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Dignity and respect. Even though the process was very painful, this was a nice way to go through it. I feel I can have a decent relationship with my ex. |
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Collaboration, 13 year marriage
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I recommend mediation to anyone looking for a peaceful settlement. Attorney Cappalli maintained a professional maner, yet a sensitive and respectful disposition during our whole process, truly understanding the difficult situation we were going through. |
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Mediation, second marriage
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My questions were addressed quickly. I feel that any advice given was presented to me in a clear way - that I could(then)make an intelligent decision to reach my goal. |
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Consulting, senior citizen, third marriage
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I though you were highly effective at diffusing tension during the mediation meetings. |
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Mediation, minor and adult children.
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My goal was to be divorced with the least amount of turmoil. With this firm's help I was able to accomplish that with only small setbacks. I have settled into a new location and am pursuing the kind of new life I was aiming to have for myself. |
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Consulting, 15 year marriage
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I was most satisfied with Attorney Cappalli's ability to educate and inform both parties in a non-partisan way as to make each feel comfortable and relaxed enough to answer and ask questions. |
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Mediation, 15 year marriage
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Thanks for your promptness of replies, professionalism and making me feel comfortable. Also for good referrals for mortgage and mediation. |
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Consulting, 18 year marriage with children
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I benefitted by having a forum to openly discuss in a calm and non-threatening environment the concerns we each had about our son to ensure this relationship in transition would have as minimal an impact as possible. |
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Mediation, with pre-teen child
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I'm grateful for Lisa's ability to make the difficult process of divorce bearable due to her brains, efficiency and likeable personality. |
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Constulting, long term marriage, 2 teenagers
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You helped me in getting divorced relatively quickly and painlessly, answering questions and giving good advice to help me with the mediation process with another attorney. |
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Consulting, long term marriage with family
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My concerns were addressed quickly. You were always courteous and my messages/emails were returned reliably. |
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Collaboration, short term marriage
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I felt that I was well represented while at the same time there was a good effort to get both parties what they needed to move forward. |
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Collaboration, three young children
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I was most satisfied with the clearly defined explanations and the ability to vent and receive emotional support. Also, the way you prepared me for our final and only court date. . . . it greatly helped. |
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Collaborative practice, long term marriage
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Lisa has been supportive, but objective throughout the case. I also feel that given her additional "psychological" insight, she was more prepared to deal with our "dymanics" and put her effort into moving the process along. Thank you for your insight, support & perserverance! |
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Collaborative practice, 3 children
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With the Collaborative process we were able to talk and work out all the details without fighting. There was no room in my life to hate someone I just spent 21 years with. We remain best of friends and I know that we're always there for each other in times of trouble. |
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Collaboration, 21 year marriage
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This process was the best for our children. Though both are adults, they are both supportive of our choices and proud of us that we handled it all so well. |
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Collaboration, long term marriage
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We were most satisfied by the whole aspect of the mediation process, professionalism, knowledge of family law and requirements by the State of Connecticut as far as children go, by Lisa. |
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Mediation, 16 year marriage, 1 pre-teen child
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Low cost. Fair distribution of property, finances, etc. without siding with one party or the other. |
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Mediation, long term marriage, adult children and College student
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I was most satisfied with the quick responses & actions of the whole process. |
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Mediation, 29 year marriage
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When we first met with Lisa, she explained step-by-step each process of mediation in detail until we were both sure we understood her. Lisa was easy to deal with, down to earth and took her time with all explanations. |
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Mediation, 9 year marriage, no children
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We wanted fairness and equality during the whole process and to feel comfortable with our decisions. We felt this was achieved. |
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Divorce mediation, short term marriage
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I do believe that Mediation is the answer because it provides the least amount of drama and hurt to the parties involved. |
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5 year marriage, no children
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The aspect of representation we were most satisfied with was the quality of the alternatives offered when were at an impasse. |
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Mediation, Short term marriage, 3 young children
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The benefit of the services the firm provided was a speedy cost effective dissolution. Thank you for helping us to navigate through a particulary difficult time in our lives. |
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Mediation, 7 year marriage, elementary/preschool age children
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Mediation accomplished our goal to dissolve the marriage and we were most satisfied with the reasonable expense and required expertise. |
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Mediation, no children
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We were able to dissolve the marriage at a reasonable expense and the required expertise available. |
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Mediation, 12 year marriage
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The Firm helped me achieve a fair and equitable division of assets, without the gigantic expense of a litigated divorce. |
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Long term marriage with school aged & minor children
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I was especially satisfied with the promptness of returned calls and emails. |
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Collaboration, Short term marriage
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We would recommend to others Mediation, the entire process was quick, easy and lent some relief to a very stressfull time. |
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Mediation, no minor children
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It was a tough process with difficult problems but there were no issues with us getting through this with your help. You were thorough and fair. |
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Mediation, 16 year marriage, 3 children
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My ex and I felt we would be able to come to an agreement on the most important issues concerning our divorce. We wanted to keep it reasonable and simple, and we needed to keep the cost of legal counsel as low as possible, but not at the expense of our own time and energy. I am very pleased with how mediation worked to these ends. With Attorney Cappalli, we received all the necessary professional guidance through the process. She was very helpful in explaining everything, and it was quite convenient to have someone prepare all the paperwork for us. |
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Divorce Mediation, 2 young children, New Haven
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Mediation proved to be convenient and relatively affordable. |
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Divorce Mediation, 16 year Marriage, New Haven
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My case was handled with dignity and compassion. We were treated like people, not a case. Our feelings were heard, acknowledged, and accommodated. |
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Collaborative Divorce, Short term Marriage, Southbury
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The aspect of representation I was most satisfied with was the balance of working as a collaborative team while being individually represented at the same time. |
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Collaborative Divorce, School age child, Southbury
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I feel this method sets a good structure of goals in the very beginning, and makes the couple stick to them throughout. |
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Collaborative Divorce, one young child, Southbury
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I just want to offer my deep thanks for helping me through what was the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through. I won’t forget it. |
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Collaborative Divorce, 7 year marriage, Southbury
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You were extremely insightful and your genuine concern and respect for each party was clearly felt. My sincere Thanks!
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Divorce Mediation, long term marriage, Cheshire
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This firm was competent, professional and respectful. |
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Divorce Mediation, married 32 years, Cheshire
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You helped us by providing clear explanations of each of our rights and legal impact on our choices. |
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Divorce Mediation, 30+ year marriage, Cheshire
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Thank you for helping us to navigate through a particularly difficult time in our lives. |
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Divorce Mediation, short term marriage, 3 young children, West Hartford
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The aspect of representation we were most satisfied with was the quality of the alternatives offered when we were at an impasse. |
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Divorce Mediation, 7 year marriage, West Hartford
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Your firm helped us achieve a speedy, cost effective dissolution. |
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Divorce Mediation, elementary/preschool age children, West Hartford
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I would absolutely recommend this firm to others! Mediation was a great way to go in our situation. I feel Mediation will certainly help others going through the same thing. |
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Divorce Mediation, 15 year marriage, no children, Meriden
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I felt like Lisa was really on my side and stuck up for me. |
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Collaborative Divorce, Short term marriage, North Haven
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You helped my former spouse and me get through a highly emotional issue with minimal emotional distress and an equitable distribution of assets. This could have been a very contentious process, but it was as good as it could be and in many ways much better than I had expected. |
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Collaborative Divorce, Long term marriage
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Attorney Cappalli did an excellent job as my advocate and in keeping process moving towards satisfactory resolution. I would highly recommend Attorney Cappalli to anyone. |
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Collaborative Divorce, Southington
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The Collaborative process provided much better means for resolving these emotionally charged issues for both of us. I had an advocate on our side that was committed to having a fair and respectful process that would keep us out of litigation. |
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31 year Marriage, Collaboration, Southington
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Lisa was professional and extremely helpful as we moved through the process. She is able to move through emotional charged issues and keep both parties focused on the ultimate objective. |
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Collaborative Divorce, 30+ plus year marriage, Southington
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“I thank you for all your help and professional attitude.” |
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Mediation, long term marriage
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“I wanted an amicable divorce and that’s what we got.” |
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Mediation, 38 year marriage
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