245
About the Author
Bradley A. Coates is the founder of Coates and Frey, the largest
divorce and family law firm in Hawai‘i. He now serves as Of
Counsel to the firm. Mr. Coates graduated from the School of
Law at the University of California at Los Angeles and is a mem-
ber of the Hawai‘i and California State Bars. He has been a divorce
practitioner for over three decades. Mr. Coates is a popular lec-
turer and newspaper columnist on the topics of divorce, human
and romantic relationships, alternative dispute resolution, and
family law. He is also the founder and administrator of “Divorce
with Decency,” a low-cost divorce mediation clinic.
Mr. Coates has been selected as “Best Divorce Lawyer” by the
readers of both Honolulu Weekly and Honolulu magazine. The first
edition of Divorce with Decency: The Complete How-To Handbook
and Survivor’s Guide to the Legal, Emotional, Economic, and Social
Issues won the Hawai‘i Book Publishers’ Award of Merit for Excel-
lence in Guide and Reference Books. Mr. Coates can be reached at
[email protected]. The website for this book is http://
http://www.divorcewithdecency.com.