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.
Founding partners
Peter Fabish & John Hoelle
Attorney-mediators · Boulder, Colorado
Mediation, collaborative divorce, and uncontested filings for families across all of Colorado — in person in Boulder, by video statewide.
The courtroom never appealed to us. For years we watched two reasonable people walk in wanting to do right by their kids — and the adversarial machinery turn them into opponents, draining their savings and turning every disagreement into a battle no one wanted.
In 2014 we built a different model: keep decisions with the family, lower conflict at every turn, protect the children above all. That is Conscious Family Law.
Founding Partner · Attorney-Mediator
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. He sees the counselor's role inside the lawyer's: guiding people through one of life's hardest transitions.
He believes conflict isn't something to fear. Met consciously, it points to what matters most.
Off the clock: a hiker, camper, and biker with a steady meditation practice.
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Founding Partner · Attorney-Mediator
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 devoting his practice 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 been a community mediator and a mentor to other mediators.
Off the clock: a professional musician, former documentary film editor, and Vedic meditation practitioner.
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Partner · Attorney-Mediator · Director of Legal Operations
An attorney and mediator devoted entirely to family law.
Janette believes resolving family disputes takes more than legal knowledge — it takes a compassionate, mindful approach. Legal issues are stressful, but they can also open the way to growth, and she guides you through with empathy, clarity, and expertise.
She is committed to your whole family, minimizing conflict and trauma, with agreements built on transparency, integrity, and understanding. Her practice covers divorce, legal separation, common-law marriage, allocation of parental rights, cohabitation, premarital and postmarital agreements, wills, and basic estate planning.
Off the clock: a Boulder-area resident since 2000, with her husband, their two daughters, and their dog, and cheering on the Buffs every football season.
More about JanetteAttorney-mediators, mediators, and the client services team who keep every case moving with care — from your first call to your final decree.
We reflect as a team on how we operate, and are accountable for our impact.
Our team strives to constantly refine our processes to produce desired results in the best possible manner.
We determine our actions based upon compassion, and we seek to develop and employ emotional maturity in our service to families.
How we got here
We didn’t set out to start a different kind of firm. Looking back, the thread that led here is clear.
Chapter 01
We began inside the traditional system, watching divorces become battles that left families poorer and more broken than they had to be.
Chapter 02
We kept asking whether there was a better way — and found it in mediation, collaborative practice, and conscious uncoupling.
Chapter 03
We rebuilt our practice around one idea: keep decisions with the family, lower conflict at every turn, protect the children above all.
Chapter 04
Today every couple who walks through our door comes not as opponents but as partners in a resolution they build themselves.
Experience
We’ve guided couples through separation, parenting plans, property division, and the financial questions of ending a marriage.
We bring mediation, child-centered parenting plans, and transparent pricing under one roof.
The goal isn’t winning a fight. It’s helping you make sound decisions, protect your children, and move forward with dignity.
50+ Years
In Colorado family law and divorce mediation
1,000+
Guided to settlement without a courtroom fight
Boulder
Rooted in our community, across Colorado's Front Range
Certified
Trained family mediators and collaborative-divorce professionals
Child-Focused
Parenting plans that protect kids and hold up over time
Transparent
Clear, predictable pricing, not an open-ended meter
Full-Service
Mediation and uncontested filings under one roof
What we believe
Not just the assets. Not just the legal win. The whole family.
How you divorce matters as much as whether you do.
What we believe
The courtroom fight turns two people into opponents. Mediation and collaboration keep you in control — of the cost, the timeline, and the outcome — and out of a fight nobody wins.
Kids remember the tone, not the terms.
What we believe
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.
Divorce reorganizes a family — it doesn't erase it.
What we believe
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.
Our commitments to you
This isn’t about winning. It’s about being heard, getting clear answers, and reaching an agreement you can actually live with.
Mediation that protects everyone at the table — moving at a pace that respects the weight of these decisions, not a billing meter.
We work diligently to ensure you obtain fair and effective legal agreements that support you and your children — not just today, but for years to come.
The social, emotional, developmental, and physical needs of your children come first in every decision we help you make.
We empower you to articulate your needs and desires in a way that supports open, honest communication — so no one leaves the table unheard.
Our commitments
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.
