Helping Families Navigate Change with Experience and Compassion

Divorce and separation can bring financial instability, stress about children, and uncertainty about the future. Emotions can run high. I meet clients where they are, whether it is overwhelmed, uncertain, or prepared to move forward.

I am originally from Cumberland, Maine, and have lived in various locations across the country, including Oregon, Arizona, and Massachusetts. I returned to my home state in 2011 and shifted my practice from representing clients to mediating these cases. Outside of my professional endeavors, I love to hike, alpine ski, camp, cook, and spend time with my family and friends.

Education

  • Certificate Program in Mediation, University of Southern Maine, 2015

  • University of Arizona, College of Law, Tucson, AZ, J.D. 2005

  • Bates College, Lewiston ME, Bachelor of Arts, 1999

Associations

  • Active member of the Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, State of Maine

  • Guardian ad Litem for the State of Maine Judicial Branch

  • Director, Board of Directors at the Kid’s First Center

  • Judicial Advisory Committee for the Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Services, State of Maine

  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, member

  • Maine Bar Association, member

  • Maine Association of Mediators, member

Photo of Meg MacDougal, a family law mediator practicing in Southern Maine.