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Mr. Lodge originally went to law school to be a professional mediator. He had volunteered for years at the Conflict Resolution Center as a community mediator and served on their board. 

He was highly effective and creative in the role of mediator and chose to base his profession on that foundation.

Now, years later, Mr. Lodge has handled every kind of divorce and separation imaginable, including of course

  • domestic partnerships
  • traditional marriages
  • long-term couples
  • transgender partnerships and marriages
  • foreign marriages
  • and even cases where both parties were located in other countries and did not speak English.  

The bottom line is if you need or want to get a divorce, then save yourself thousands of dollars and potentially years of anguish, and instead work with a skilled, knowledgeable, licensed attorney mediator.

Aaron Lodge professional divorce mediator

About Me

Mr. Lodge grew up with a father as a prominent judge and a mother as a therapist. Kind of the perfect combination for him to later become a divorce mediator. Mr. Lodge believes that besides his legal training and being an attorney, his upbringing greatly contributed to him having natural skills for conducting and successfully concluding divorce mediations.

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Dedicated to the Community

Mr. Lodge has always been dedicated to the community and a sense of service. He continues to volunteer in numerous capacities in Santa Cruz. He is bilingual and has conducted hundreds of workshops in Spanish regarding legal rights. He is also a lifelong vegetarian and has contributed to various animal welfare organizations. He brings that same level of care and enthusiasm to his divorce mediations, in that he believes mediation is healthier than litigation, saves huge amount of money to the parties and in many cases keeps the parties on a friendly basis.”

Mr Lodge, professional Divorce mediator by the ocean
Mr Lodge, professional mediator, with his mother.

Travels

Mr. Lodge has traveled to numerous countries and brings to the table his awareness and sensitivity to different cultures and different manners of communicating that people may have.  In this picture, he is with his mother in China shortly before she passed a few years ago.

Education and Awards

Mr. Lodge excelled in law school and in obtaining his LLM (kind of like a Ph.D. in law). He graduated Cum Laude in the top 6% of a very competitive class.

Mr. Lodge worked for years for Santa Clara University School of Law as the head moot court coach. He brought one group to the national finals at Harvard University and another group to the national finals at UCLA.

Mr. Lodge is fluent in Spanish and has published two prominent legal articles. Further, before law school, Mr. Lodge was a professional pool player winning the national championships and later also taking first place in the gold division world championships.

Aaron Lodge, professional divorce mediator
Mr Lodge in India

Cares About the Global Community

Mr. Lodge supported several orphanages and similar groups in need around the world. When he can he visits those locations, and here he is visiting India in 2023 to see one of the orphanages he has supported. In the end, Mr. Lodge cares about the community and people. In his mediations, he works hard to bring people to a final resolution, to save them money, and to create positive and successful solutions. 

Our Team

Attorney at Law

Aaron J. Lodge, J.D., LL.M.

Attorney at Law
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Steve Weiss, Social Worker and Legal Assistant

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Kim Premo, Admin support and accounting

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