Mediation

Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution that aims to assist two or more individuals to reach a mutually agreeable decision without ever entering a courtroom.

Compared to a lawsuit, mediation is a quick, private, fair and inexpensive way to settle a dispute. This could be important if your dispute is with someone you’ll need or want to deal with later like an employer, landlord, neighbor, or co-parent. Mediation will help to resolve your disagreement without destroying the relationship. Another advantage of mediation is confidentiality. With very few exceptions, what you say during mediation cannot legally be revealed outside the mediation proceedings or used later in a court of law. By contrast, one of the drawbacks of going to court is that, by and large, everything said or submitted in connection with a lawsuit becomes available to the public. Only by a special order of a judge can information be "sealed" from public exposure. So whether your desire is to protect your trade secrets or just to avoid airing your dirty laundry in public, your privacy will be substantially greater with mediation than with litigation.

Divorce mediation is a wonderful alternative to long, drawn out court battles, especially when there are children involved. You and your spouse can sit down in the same room with each other and with a neutral mediator. With a mediator's help, you can work through all the issues you need to resolve so the two of you can get through your divorce. The main advantage of mediation is that it keeps you and your spouse in control of your own divorce. That can make all the difference in your recovering from your divorce and moving on with your life.

I have extensive mediation training and will use techniques to open dialogues between disputants and help the parties to reach an agreement as an alternative to the expense and complications associated with the courtroom.

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