About the firm · Est. 2014

We do divorce differently.

We started Conscious Family Law after watching the adversarial system drain families' savings and deepen their wounds at the worst possible moment.

Today we guide couples through divorce a better way: with mediation and collaboration, lower conflict, and their children's wellbeing kept firmly at the center.

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Founding partners

Peter Fabish & John Hoelle

Attorney-mediators · Boulder, Colorado

Collaboratively Trained Attorneys

Certified Family Mediators

Colorado-Licensed Family Lawyers

Child-Centered Process

20+ Years Combined Experience

Hundreds of Families Helped

Mediation, collaborative divorce, and uncontested filings for families across Colorado’s Front Range.

Why we walked away from the fight

We didn't come to this work because the courtroom appealed to us. We came to it because, after years inside the traditional system, we kept watching the same thing happen.

Two reasonable people would walk in wanting to do right by their kids — and the adversarial machinery would turn them into opponents, draining their savings and hardening every disagreement into a battle no one wanted.

So in 2014 we built a different model entirely: keep the decisions with the family, lower the conflict at every turn, and protect the children above all else. That is Conscious Family Law.

The partners

Your attorneys, in their own right.

Founding Partner · Attorney-Mediator

Peter Fabish

Practicing law since 1991 — and convinced there's a wiser way to meet conflict.

Peter has spent more than three decades in family law, and holds a Master's degree in Counseling — a rare pairing that shapes everything about how he works. He sees the counselor's role inside the lawyer's: helping people navigate one of life's hardest transitions in a healthy way.

He believes conflict is not something to be feared and avoided at all costs. Met consciously, it can be a trustworthy compass — pointing to what actually matters most.

Off the clock: an avid hiker, camper, and biker with a steady meditation practice.

Colorado attorney since 1991M.A. in CounselingCo-author, The Collaborative Divorce AdvantagePast president, Boulder Interdisciplinary CommitteeCo-chair, ADR Section, Boulder Bar Association

Founding Partner · Attorney-Mediator

John Hoelle

Equal parts legal rigor, creative problem-solving, and the intuitive work of healing rifts.

A University of Colorado Law School graduate and Law Review alumnus, John clerked at the Boulder District Court before dedicating his practice exclusively to family law. He trained in collaborative law and holds advanced mediation credentials from the Colorado Bar Association.

For more than a decade he has also served as a community mediator and mentor to other mediators — facilitating dialogue where it matters most: families in transition.

Off the clock: a professional musician, former documentary film editor, and Vedic meditation practitioner.

University of Colorado Law School · Law ReviewCertified family mediator · Advanced Mediation TrainingCollaborative Law trained (CCDP Level I)Co-author, The Collaborative Divorce Advantage10+ years community mediation

How we got here

Four chapters. One thread.

We didn’t set out to start a different kind of firm. But looking back, the thread that led us here — and shapes how we work today — is clear.

Chapter 01

Litigation

We began our careers inside the traditional system — watching divorces become battles that left families poorer and more broken than they ever needed to be.

Chapter 02

Questioning

We kept asking whether there was a better way — and found it in mediation, collaborative practice, and the growing movement toward a more conscious kind of uncoupling.

Chapter 03

A New Model

We rebuilt how we practice around one idea: keep the decisions with the family, lower the conflict at every turn, and protect the children above all else.

Chapter 04

This Firm

Today we bring that approach to every couple who walks through our door — not as opponents in a fight, but as partners in a resolution they build themselves.

Experience

Experience that keeps families out of court.

For more than two decades combined, we’ve guided couples through separation, parenting plans, property division, and the hard financial questions that come with ending a marriage.

Our practice brings together divorce mediation, collaborative law, child-centered parenting planning, and clear, flat-fee filings — all under one roof.

The goal isn’t to win a fight. It’s to help you make sound decisions, protect your children, and move forward with clarity and dignity.

20+ Years

Combined experience in Colorado family law and divorce mediation

Hundreds

Of families guided to settlement without a courtroom fight

Boulder

Rooted in the community we serve, across Colorado's Front Range

Certified

Trained family mediators and collaborative-divorce professionals

Child-Focused

Parenting plans built to protect kids and hold up over time

Flat-Fee

Transparent, predictable pricing instead of an open-ended meter

Collaborative

Each spouse represented, everyone committed to settling out of court

Full-Service

Mediation, collaborative divorce, and uncontested filings under one roof

What we believe

A good divorce protects what matters most.

Not just the assets. Not just the legal win. The whole family.

Two diverging paths, one calm and one stormy

Conflict is a choice.

How you divorce matters as much as whether you do.

What we believe

Conflict is a choice.

Litigation turns two people into opponents. Mediation and collaboration keep you in control — of the cost, the timeline, and the outcome — and out of a courtroom that profits from the fight.

A child held safely between two sheltering hands

Children come first.

Kids remember the tone, not the terms.

What we believe

Children come first.

Every decision we help you make is weighed against one question: what does this do to the children? A low-conflict process protects them now and gives you a co-parenting foundation that lasts.

Two parents and a child walking forward together

The family continues.

Divorce reorganizes a family — it doesn't erase it.

What we believe

The family continues.

If you share children, you'll be in each other's lives for decades. We build agreements designed for that long arc, so you can move forward with dignity instead of lasting damage.

The experience

What it’s like to work with us.

This isn’t about winning. It’s about being heard, getting clear answers, and reaching an agreement you can actually live with.

You won't be rushed.

We move at a pace that respects the weight of these decisions — not a billing target, not the other side's pressure. Yours.

You won't be pushed to fight.

We won't manufacture conflict to run up a bill. The question is never how to win — it's how to resolve this fairly and let everyone move on.

You won't get a cookie-cutter deal.

Your finances, your children, your priorities, and your timeline all matter. The agreement is shaped around your family — never a template.

You won't go through it alone.

Divorce takes courage. It also takes support. Our role is to keep you informed, steady, and always clear on the next step forward.

Our commitments

A practice built around the truth that divorce is not one thing.

A divorce touches all of it at once — the children, the finances, the home, the years ahead. So our approach holds six commitments together, each circling the same center: your family’s wellbeing.

We lower the conflict, keep your children first, and treat both spouses with respect and dignity — bringing financial clarity and practical solutions while the decisions stay where they belong: with you.

Explore the approach

The Conscious Family Law approach — six commitments circling a shared center: lower conflict, children first, respect and dignity, financial clarity, practical solutions, and keeping you in control.

What we believe

A good divorce protects what matters most.

Not just the assets. Not just the legal win. The whole family.

Conflict is a choice

How you divorce matters as much as whether you do.

Litigation turns two people into opponents. Mediation and collaboration keep you in control — of the cost, the timeline, and the outcome — and out of a courtroom that profits from the fight.

Children come first

Kids remember the tone, not the terms.

Every decision we help you make is weighed against one question: what does this do to the children? A low-conflict process protects them now and gives you a co-parenting foundation that lasts.

The family continues

Divorce reorganizes a family — it doesn't erase it.

If you share children, you'll be in each other's lives for decades. We build agreements designed for that long arc, so you can move forward with dignity instead of lasting damage.