BELARI is the Baumann Education, Litigation and Research Institute. It is an interdisciplinary legal project of attorney Mark Baumann, J.D., and counselor Rachel Hardies, MA. The purpose of BELARI is to provide legal and mediation services to clients involved in difficult, high conflict and domestic violence legal cases. Through these services we investigate the dynamics, approaches and solutions of difficult legal situations.
Through the integration of the two helping fields of law and counseling, we hope to provide a better lawyer-client relationship, increased likelihood of a successful outcome for the client with increased efficiency and reduced costs, ultimately helping the client come out of the legal process in the best position possible.
BELARI Legal Services
BELARI offers advice and consult sessions, full litigation representation in court cases and mediation services for cases that are in court or that do not need to go to court.
Pro Bono Services
BELARI offers an advice and consult pro bono service, if cases are referred directly from a Domestic Violence agency, licensed mental health counselor or a pro bono program. If you are interested in obtaining pro bono service, please contact such an agency first. Calls directly from clients requesting pro bono services will not be accepted. We encourage clients to ask their counselor, advocate or pro bono lawyer for more information about our legal and mediation services.
Private Pay Services
BELARI offers a sliding fee scale for private pay clients, and offers full legal representation in and/or out of court for any family law matter, work place disputes (but not termination matters) and landlord tenant cases.
BELARI Mediation services include acting as a mediator for both parties, or representing one party in a mediation process. For more information about mediation services and processes see Angeles Mediation.
If you are a counselor and have a client you think would benefit from our services and would like more information, please contact our office at 360-452-8688 or email us.