Antoinette "Toni" Raheem knew what it was like to work in corporate law. She knew it so well that she was inspired to launch her own legal practice: Law & Mediation Office of Antoinette R. Raheem.
"I was with a big firm for a number of years and learned what I could from them," Raheem says. "I decided it would be best if I went out on my own."
The Bloomfield Hills-based legal practice specializes primarily in mediation. That can mean settling disputes for everything from divorces to business partnerships gone wrong.
"The legal system is made to increase animosity between people," Raheem says.
She adds that the legal system sets up people to argue with each other. It picks winners and losers. It decides who is right and wrong. Raheem believes there is a different way forward for litigants through simple communication.
"You can meet everybody’s needs," Raheem says. "You don't need a winner or a loser."
The Law & Mediation Office of Antoinette Raheem is a one-woman show, but it's one that is pushing for change in the local legal system.
"I'd like to see more immediate and frequent use of mediation," Raheem says.
Source: Antoinette "Toni" Raheem, owner of the Law & Mediation Office of Antoinette Raheem
Writer: Jon Zemke
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