MCEC mediators work as a team. They bring to each situation the combined knowledge, skills and perspectives of a lawyer and a social worker.

Mary Healey

Mary Healey is a lawyer who has completed professional mediation training and is experienced in family court and family law in Connecticut. She is a graduate of Western New England College School of Law and a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and the Association for Conflict Resolution.

Mary has been in private practice since 1999. She has served as a court-appointed attorney for minor children in many custody and visitation cases. Having worked with children and families in the traditional, adversarial system, Mary believes that mediation represents a better way for marriages to end. Mediation encourages direct communication and allows parents to make the crucial family decisions.

Laura Lassow

Laura Lassow is a social worker who helps clients examine their beliefs, thoughts, and feelings; reduce tension; and work through the emotional divorce that accompanies a legal divorce. Laura has experience counseling both parents and children.

She helps clients develop parenting plans to meet their children’s needs, resolve their financial issues, and explore their resources and options. She also guides clients in negotiating and decision-making.

Laura holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Connecticut. She has completed professional mediation training.