Laurie Israel is a lawyer and mediator located in Brookline, Massachusetts. A founder of Israel, Van Kooy & Days, LLC, she has been practicing law for over 30 years. Her writings on prenuptial agreements have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Huffington Post. Laurie has been interviewed by a number of other publications, including New York magazine. Laurie's significant work in the area of prenuptial agreements - in representing clients individually and in serving as a mediator for couples formulating the terms of their prenup - made her aware of the dangers prenups pose, both in process and in content, especially in first marriages. The Generous Prenup: How to Support Your Marriage and Avoid the Pitfalls is the result of her experience in this field. Laurie is a national leader in the field of mediating prenups. Her divorce practice led her to an interest in marriages - what makes them succeed and what makes them fail. She is one of the national leaders in the emerging field of marital mediation, in which the mediation process is used to help married couples improve their relationships. She is a leader in the field of marital mediation -- using mediation techniques to improve marriages. For more on the author, visit www.laurieisrael.com and www.ivkdlaw.com. To read her articles on law, marriage, and other topics, visit www.ivkdlaw.com, www.huffpost.com, and www.mediate.com