Who Should Mediate
- People establishing the ground rules for a new relationship.
- Examples are: pre-nuptial agreements, partnership roles and responsibilities, contract negotiations; etc.
- People wishing to avoid the emotional, physiological and financially exhausting litigation process.
- People wishing to retain a working relationship with each other, whether it is as parents or as business partners.
- People unwilling to surrender control over their lives to total strangers, whether it is a judge, a court appointed guardian ad litem or a family interaction evaluator.
- People who want to retain control over the dispute resolution process and not be required to attend hearings and court calendar calls that can jeopardize their employment and livelihood.
- Businesses wishing to avoid the day-to-day distractions associated with an ongoing, drawn out, litigation process.
- People who want their interests to be heard and acknowledged in a non-confrontational environment.
- People seeking confidentiality of a conference room and not the public arena of a courtroom while resolving their dispute.
- People needing a quicker and less expensive alternative to resolving their disputes than litigation typically offers.
- People who know the value of a compromise rather than the win/lose environment of litigation.
