Many people believe that mediation is a singular event that begins and ends with one or more mediation sessions.  We think differently.  We believe that mediation is a process and that everything the parties do in a case, from beginning to end, is a critical part of that process.

The initial mediation session should not begin the mediation process but end it.  Critical to this philosophy is a properly timed mediation after the necessary preliminary work has been completed by the parties, making a case ripe for settlement.

Even when these critical preliminary steps have not been completed, we can still help.  When a case comes to mediation but the parties are not ready to settle, it is often because the parties need more information or need help understanding and interpreting what information they already have.  We help the parties do that, and this can be another step in the process towards an eventual settlement.

If for whatever reason the case does not settle during the mediation session, the process continues and so does our work.  We follow up with you until the process ends in a settlement.