Our SMART Core Values

SMART Core Values

At Triangle Smart Divorce, we are straight shooters. We are listeners. We are compassionate and empathetic. We believe honesty is the best policy. We believe in getting our clients the best solution with as few headaches and days in Court as possible. We work hard to settle cases through alternative dispute resolution when at all possible, but we are not afraid to roll up our sleeves and throw some punches in Court when that is the best option available. We believe in being a guide and an advocate through the process for our clients and their family.

We are a law firm where we help smart people avoid stupid mistakes during their divorce. We say stupid because going into something so significant as a divorce, without a plan, without a strategy, and without knowing your goals just isn’t smart.

The best way to explain exactly what you’re getting with a Triangle Smart Divorce is by going through our firm’s core values, our SMART core values.

Service

We create value for our clients with our services. At Triangle Smart Divorce, you have a team of attorneys who helps you discover what your short-term and your long-term goals are. Everything we do in your case will be in service of reaching your goals. What we won’t do is set goals for you and tell you what’s best for you. We will challenge you to figure out what’s truly your priority.

Once we figure out your goals, we work together to craft a plan.?With a Triangle Smart Divorce, there’s a strategy; there is an opportunity for you not to feel like you’re just a transaction at a law firm, that you are being treated like a human being who has valid wants and needs and desires and objectives.?We help you fight for those with what we determine to be the best method.?But?a Triangle Smart Divorce means we aren’t afraid to pivot the plan when it doesn’t appear that it’s working to reach your objectives. We understand that the plan is a roadmap, but sometimes the road is closed, and you must pick a different exit to get to your destination.

Mindfulness

Being mindful of our feelings and thoughts helps us be more aware when dealing with others and with ourselves. We are mindful that for most people who get a Triangle Smart Divorce, this is their first or maybe second experience with the legal system, and we want you to feel as if you’ve got influence over the outcome.

We do that by ensuring that you know what’s going on in your case. If you ask us why we are taking a particular action, we won’t just tell you, “That’s what we always do,” or “That’s what everyone does.” We will go over why every document we ask you for is important. We want to give you peace of mind that you made the right choice in representation, and we feel like our clients knowing what’s going on in their case, and understanding why we are taking the steps we take, leads to less stress and less doubt in their divorce journey.

Authenticity

We are true to who we are and do what we say we’re going to do. We are not afraid to express ourselves, and we’re not afraid to tell you when we see something that may not align with what you’re saying. A Triangle Smart Divorce means you can be authentic with us as well. We want our clients to be their authentic selves because it is cognitively and emotionally draining when we hide who we are. Being authentic, for both the attorney and the client, leads to the best result possible.

Responsibility

There are a lot of attorneys who frankly don’t care enough about their clients or the outcome of their cases. They don’t want to challenge their clients when what they want is unrealistic. They waste their clients’ money, time, and energy fighting for something they know is not possible because they don’t want to guide their clients or care about their goals. They are not taking responsibility for their work in the client’s case.

At Triangle Smart Divorce, we are always going to take personal responsibility for our actions and the effects of those actions.?And we ask the same of our clients.?We do not want clients who cannot take responsibility for their actions, either during their marriage or during the divorce process. It will make the process so much more difficult, and that is not what we want. At Triangle Smart Divorce, we want to make the divorce process as smooth as we possibly can for your sake and the sake of everyone involved.

Truth

We speak the truth, even when it isn’t pretty. We are open and honest in our communications. We will establish trust from the first time you interact with the firm by asking you questions, listening to your questions, and exploring and digging in further on things that you tell us. We want to know what’s going on.

A Triangle Smart Divorce means an attorney explores your goals, discusses your options, and explains how you might get there. We will tell you from the get-go after we’ve looked at your case and analyzed the facts whether what you’re telling us you want to achieve is possible or probable. Then, we decide on a strategy to help us get there.

We are honest with you throughout the case, whether that means telling you when you are being unrealistic or letting you know to keep your focus on the main goal instead of swaying off the path.?While being?fully transparent?with our clients can be challenging and can cause some people not to like working with us because we don’t sugar-coat reality for them, we have found transparency leads to cases that are quicker, more affordable, and significantly less stressful for our clients.?

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