Ed Sherman is a family law attorney who became disillusioned with how poorly the legal system serves divorcing couples. He left his private practice and started the self-help law movement when he founded Nolo Press in 1971 to publish the first edition of How to Do Your Own Divorce. Since then he has saved the public billions of dollars in legal fees with his divorce books and software.

Ed has made it his life's work to show people how they can significantly reduce the pain, suffering, emotional distress, and harm to their children when going through a divorce. Ed's success with over 45,000 cases proves that he knows how to make any divorce better.

Ed has changed the way law is practiced in the U.S. He founded the paralegal industry, and started Divorce Helpline with a group of attorneys who agreed never to represent a client in court, but instead help people get divorced easily and inexpensively without taking sides.

Ed's most recent book is Make Any Divorce Better: Specific steps to make things smoother, faster, less painful and save you a lot of money. His latest innovation is DealMaker Settlement Agreement software, which allows couples to create their own professional quality marital settlement agreement at a fraction of the cost they would pay a lawyer.

Ed's books and software are available at www.nolodivorce.com.