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Persuasion/Advocacy

Professional Rating and Review of David Sarnacki: 2024 Best Lawyers in America

Best Lawyers announced that Grand Rapids attorney and mediator David C. Sarnacki has been selected for inclusion in the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. David was recognized by attorneys and judges for excellence in three areas: 1.…

Professional Rating and Review of David Sarnacki, 2023 Super Lawyers Review: Excellence

Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers selected David C. Sarnacki to the 2023 Michigan Super Lawyers list. This honor is reserved for lawyers exhibit top-5% excellence and reflects peer review by attorneys and judges. Mr. Sarnacki’s Grand Rapids practice helps clients transition…

2023 Best Law Firms – Professional Review and Rating of The Sarnacki Law Firm

Best Lawyers in America selected The Sarnacki Law Firm for its 2023 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” The Best Lawyers in America is one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal…

Professional Rating and Review of David Sarnacki, 2022 Super Lawyers Review: Excellence

Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers selected David C. Sarnacki to the 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers list. This honor is reserved for lawyers exhibit top-5% excellence and reflects peer review by attorneys and judges. Mr. Sarnacki’s Grand Rapids practice helps clients transition…

New legal resource: how to write a brief for court

David C. Sarnacki published The Essence of Writing Persuasive Trial Briefs: Big Ideas for Mastering Mediation, Arbitration & Trial Briefs. The short, practical book is available in both ebook and paperback form on Amazon and other retailers. A wealth of…

Professional Review and Rating: David C. Sarnacki, 2022 Top Rated Litigator

ALM Media/Martindale-Hubbell selected David C. Sarnacki as a 2022 Top Rated Litigator. With 37 years experience in problem solving and powerful advocacy, he is a top-rated attorney and mediator in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Sarnacki’s Grand Rapids practice helps clients…

Criticizing, blaming and shaming backfire and reinforce beliefs: instead, to promote change, try empathy and curiosity

CNN Opinion reveals one method of persuasion that promotes change: the use of empathy and curiosity. So much more effective than criticizing, blaming and shaming. Those backfire and reinforce the existing beliefs. Peter Bregman and Howard Jacobson write (excerpt): In…

Ratings & Reviews: 2022 Lawyer of the Year in Family Law Mediation in Grand Rapids

Best Lawyers in America announced that David C. Sarnacki has been recognized through its peer-review process as the 2022 Lawyer of the Year award in Family Law Mediation in Grand Rapids. Best Lawyers reported “extremely high voter feedback” for his…

Super Lawyers Review: Excellence for clients experiencing separation and divorce

Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers has selected David C. Sarnacki to the 2021 Michigan Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for lawyers exhibit top-5% excellence. His Grand Rapids practices helps clients transition through separation and divorce, family law, mediation, and collaborative…

A forgiveness formula: powerfully perfect apologies

CNN Health helps us understand how to apologize. Jessica DuLong writes (excerpt): In her new book, “The Forgiveness Tour: How to Find the Perfect Apology,” Susan Shapiro explains that a full apology includes four essential elements: acknowledgment of the offense,…

Alternatives to traditional divorce litigation

Peggy Drexler writes about the amicable Amazon divorce for Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos: “A Google search for ‘amicable divorce’ returns more than 6 million results, with everyone from the American Psychological Association to divorce attorneys weighing in.” Unlike other articles,…

Best Lawyers in America recognizes David C. Sarnacki as 2019 Lawyer of the Year

Best Lawyers in America recognized David C. Sarnacki as one of the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” award recipients for his work in Collaborative Law: Family Law in Grand Rapids. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community…

2019 Best Lawyers in America – Professional Review and Rating of David C. Sarnacki

Best Lawyers in America selected David C. Sarnacki for its The Best Lawyers in America (25th edition). Mr. Sarnacki was recognized again for his work in: (1) Collaborative Law: Family Law; (2) Family Law; and (3) Family Law Mediation. The…

Intelligence, energy, integrity?: The one trait that matters

Inc quotes Warren Buffett on another secret to his success–find people with integrity to work with. Buffet said: “You’re looking for three things, generally, in a person: intelligence, energy, and integrity. And if they don’t have the last one, don’t…