Peacemaking Attorney

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“What is a peacemaking attorney?”

When asked that question, I am drawn to my own personal experience as an attorney. When I started practicing law some 27 years ago, I thought of myself as a modern-day gunslinger or “hired gun.” As a hired gun, I was using the law either to force someone to do what my client wanted that person to do, or I was protecting my client from being forced to do something someone else wanted them to do that they did not want to do.

As I matured in my practice, I began to see lawyers as “conflict managers” (as opposed to mere hired guns). Transactional lawyers managed potential conflict by drafting agreements in a way that anticipated future conflict and allocated risk among the parties to the agreement; litigators managed actual current conflict as they argued with each other over their respective clients’ rights and responsibilities, and they asked judges, juries and/or arbitrators to resolve the identified conflicts among their respective clients.

I have since come to think of lawyers as having the potential, at least, to be “conflict healers”, helping their clients to resolve conflict in a manner that is for the good of all without focusing on winners and losers and the need to dominate and avoid domination in order to prevail.

Philip J. Daunt, Esq.

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Lisa Roth Collins, RHN
Lisa Roth Collins is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist (RHN) and is the Marketing Manager at NaturallySavvy.com. She is passionate about health and wellness and tries her best to make healthier choices every day for herself and her family. Her journey to natural health was driven by her own struggles with digestive discomfort, depression, and anxiety. Lisa returned to school in 2014 to study nutrition at the Canadian School for Natural Nutrition. She threw herself into her studies so she could learn as much as she could to help herself feel better and thrive. Upon completing the program and being certified as an RHN, Lisa began her work at Naturally Savvy where she has been able to help so many people learn to make healthier choices for themselves. Through her work, she has connected with so many incredible people in the industry whether other authors, influencers, or brands. Plus, she is affectionately known as "Techie Spice" because of her ability to wrap her head around technology. Every day she gets up with a renewed sense of energy and ready to make a difference. You can read all of Lisa's content here. In her spare time, Lisa loves to try new recipes, make delicious and nourishing meals, and she is an avid reader. For more information about Lisa, check out her profile on here.