Mediation is a powerful opportunity
to solve your issues cooperatively and efficiently.
We are passionate, skilled mediators who believe in making the most of the mediation opportunity. Our lawyers also understand that you want to feel comfortable and confident in your mediator of choice.
We do not take for granted the essential elements to a productive mediation. Because of the conflict between parties or resource constraints, many families need to maximize the chance in mediation to advance the issues and reach a resolution. To achieve this, we:
- Customize the process to the needs of the clients.
- Create and maintain a positive and respectful environment.
- Manage high conflict dynamics and difficult personalities.
- Screen for domestic violence.
Our Mediation Philosophy
Our mediation philosophy is the same as our practice philosophy.
- Family-focused
- Resolution-focused
- Facilitative and directive
- Direct and directive, when it serves the resolution.
- Creative problem-solving.
Mediation Benefits
Mediation is an opportunity to resolve issues cooperatively, efficiently, and creatively. It has many benefits, including:
- More control – you and your spouse retain control over the outcome, instead of a Judge or arbitrator making the decisions that impact your family.
- Creative settlement – you can structure a settlement differently than what the Court may decide.
- Safe space – mediation allows for open, candid discussions to explore options, without settlement discussions being used against you in the future.
- Productive – working together towards a settlement often creates a more productive and less stressful experience for spouses.
- More positive for your relationship – a more amicable process allows spouses to focus on maintaining a positive relationship. This is especially important if you have children.
- Expert help – a skilled mediator can help navigate difficult topics, manage conflict, and come up with resolution ideas.
- Choice – you can choose your mediator, but cannot choose your Judge in Court.
- Better availability – you can often get in to see a mediator more quickly than you can see a Judge.
Mediation Effectiveness
The effectiveness of a mediation session depends on several things, including:
- Emotional readiness – the readiness of each spouse to move on from the relationship, the issues and the conflict. Also, their ability to think clearly and make good decisions in spite of the stress of the situation.
- Information readiness – whether the parties have all the information they need to structure a settlement.
- Independent legal advice – whether the parties have received legal advice and understand their rights and responsibilities in order to be able to take reasonable positions and make sound decisions.
- Mediation structure – the timing, duration, location, agenda, and facilitation of the process can impact the outcome of the session.
- Mediator fit – the fit of the mediator with the parties’ personalities, needs and the issues to be dealt with plays a role in the experience and outcome.
Our Mediators
Each of our lawyers mediate. Choose the mediator that is right for you or your client. Contact us for a recommendation on who may be the best fit.
We are passionate, skilled mediators who believe in making the most of the mediation opportunity. Our lawyers also understand that you want to feel comfortable and confident in your mediator of choice.
We do not take for granted the essential elements to a productive mediation. Because of the conflict between parties or resource constraints, many families need to maximize the chance in mediation to advance the issues and reach a resolution. To achieve this, we:
- Customize the process to the needs of the clients.
- Create and maintain a positive and respectful environment.
- Manage high conflict dynamics and difficult personalities.
- Screen for domestic violence.
Our Mediation Philosophy
Our mediation philosophy is the same as our practice philosophy.
- Family-focused
- Resolution-focused
- Facilitative and directive
- Direct and directive, when it serves the resolution.
- Creative problem-solving.
Mediation Benefits
Mediation is an opportunity to resolve issues cooperatively, efficiently, and creatively. It has many benefits, including:
- More control – you and your spouse retain control over the outcome, instead of a Judge or arbitrator making the decisions that impact your family.
- Creative settlement – you can structure a settlement differently than what the Court may decide.
- Safe space – mediation allows for open, candid discussions to explore options, without settlement discussions being used against you in the future.
- Productive – working together towards a settlement often creates a more productive and less stressful experience for spouses.
- More positive for your relationship – a more amicable process allows spouses to focus on maintaining a positive relationship. This is especially important if you have children.
- Expert help – a skilled mediator can help navigate difficult topics, manage conflict, and come up with resolution ideas.
- Choice – you can choose your mediator, but cannot choose your Judge in Court.
- Better availability – you can often get in to see a mediator more quickly than you can see a Judge.
Mediation Effectiveness
The effectiveness of a mediation session depends on several things, including:
- Emotional readiness – the readiness of each spouse to move on from the relationship, the issues and the conflict. Also, their ability to think clearly and make good decisions in spite of the stress of the situation.
- Information readiness – whether the parties have all the information they need to structure a settlement.
- Independent legal advice – whether the parties have received legal advice and understand their rights and responsibilities in order to be able to take reasonable positions and make sound decisions.
- Mediation structure – the timing, duration, location, agenda, and facilitation of the process can impact the outcome of the session.
- Mediator fit – the fit of the mediator with the parties’ personalities, needs and the issues to be dealt with plays a role in the experience and outcome.
Our Mediators
Each of our lawyers mediate. Choose the mediator that is right for you or your client. Contact us for a recommendation on who may be the best fit.
