Logan Mackensen
Rate as posted by Washtenaw County Trial Court: $200/hr
Official roster: Oakland County (MI) Circuit Court · verified 2026-10-06
Divorce mediation attorneys in Washtenaw County, MI
5 divorce mediation attorneys in Washtenaw County: certified family mediators whose official Michigan roster record shows an attorney background. They act as neutrals and don't represent either side. Every listing shows the official roster it comes from and the date we last checked it. For a court-ordered case, your court may require a mediator from its own list.[1–8]
Listings last checked against the official rosters Oct 12, 2026.
How this list is built: these are certified family mediators whose official Michigan roster record lists an attorney or in-state Bar member background. In mediation they work as neutrals: a mediator doesn’t represent or advise either side, even if they’re a lawyer. If you want legal advice about your own case, hire your own attorney. Do I need a lawyer for divorce mediation?
How does mediation work in Washtenaw County?
In Washtenaw County, mediation in court cases follows the Michigan Court Rules. For civil cases referred under MCR 2.411, parties may agree on a mediator; if they do not tell the ADR clerk by the date in the referral order, the court appoints one from its approved list in rotation.[9] Under MCR 3.216, the court may send any contested issue in a domestic relations case, including post-judgment matters, to mediation on stipulation, on a party's motion or on its own initiative, but not without a hearing when a personal protection order or a child abuse and neglect case is involved.[9] The Washtenaw County Trial Court publishes lists of approved civil and domestic relations mediators, updated January 2026, that show each mediator's hourly rate.[5][1] Most listings below come from those two lists.[5][1]
Fact-checked Oct 22, 2026 against the official sources numbered above (listed under Sources). Court programs change; confirm with the clerk.
Open to meeting by video? Mediators who work online with Michigan clients · Online mediators
Mathew Kobliska
Rate as posted by Washtenaw County Trial Court: $295/hr
Official roster: Oakland County (MI) Circuit Court · verified 2026-10-06
Melanie Szawara
Rate as posted by Washtenaw County Trial Court: $250/hr
Official roster: Livingston County (MI) 44th Circuit Court · verified 2026-10-12
Aaron Ogletree
Rate as posted by Kent County 17th Circuit Court: $200/hr
Official roster: Genesee County Circuit Court · verified 2026-10-07
Stuart M. Collis
Official roster: Jackson County Circuit Court · verified 2026-10-07
Mediators who work online with Michigan clients
No mediator from another state has told us they work online with Michigan clients in this practice area yet. Local mediators may also offer video sessions; ask when you contact them.
Court-ordered case? Courts may require a mediator from their own approved list for court-ordered cases. Check your court’s rules, or see how mediation works in Michigan.
Court-connected mediation in Michigan: Michigan circuit courts keep their own lists of mediators who met court-rule training requirements, and court clerks appoint only from those lists. Some courts encourage parties to pick their own mediator; the court rules themselves were not reviewed.
Private mediation in Michigan: No state license for private mediators was found in the sources reviewed. A State Bar of Michigan ethics opinion says a lawyer-mediator may not draft all the divorce papers for both parties while acting only as mediator.
Sources: 37th Judicial Circuit Court (Calhoun County) - Civil Mediators (PDF) · Oakland County Circuit Court - Approved Domestic Mediators (PDF) · MCL 691.1556 - Participation in dispute resolution process · MCL 691.1558 - Administration of program · MCL 552.513 - Friend of the Court alternative dispute resolution · State Bar of Michigan Ethics Opinion RI-351 · partly verified
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Sources
Official court and government sources only, each with the date we last checked it. Every profile also links its own roster entry.
- Washtenaw County Trial Court – List of Approved Domestic Relations Mediators (January 2026)↩
- Genesee County Circuit Court – Roster of Domestic Relations Mediators↩
- Jackson County Circuit Court – Approved Civil Mediators↩
- Oakland County (MI) Circuit Court – Approved Domestic Mediators↩
- Washtenaw County Trial Court – List of Approved Civil Mediators (January 2026)↩
- 7th Judicial Circuit Court (Genesee County) – Roster of Approved Civil Mediators↩
- Kent County 17th Circuit Court – Court-Approved Civil Mediators' Roster↩
- Kent County 17th Circuit Court – Court-Approved Domestic Mediators' Roster↩
- Michigan Court Rules of 1985 (MCR 2.411 Mediation; MCR 3.216 Domestic Relations Mediation), updated Sept. 2026 (PDF)↩
+2 more rosters (other states, federal courts elsewhere, or rosters that publish a page per person), named with a link on each profile.