Amherst Mediation Services

For over 20 years Oran Kaufman has been providing mediation services to residents of the Hampshire County, Hampden County, and Franklin County in the areas of family law and elder law. In 2004, Oran became trained in the emerging field of Collaborative Law and now offers collaborative law as another option for couples in resolving their divorce. Oran is certified by the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, and Advanced Practitioner with the Association for Conflict Resolution and Academy of Professional Family Mediators. He is has written numerous articles about mediation, trains mediators and is an adjunct professor at Western New England University School of Law where he teaches mediation. Danielle Barshak joined Amherst Mediation Services in 2015, following a successful career as a litigator. She mediates all forms of civil disputes including personal injury, employment, landlord-tenant and sexual harassment cases.