Mediation Process

Mediate, Don't Litigate!

Mediation is a process of alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third party, the mediator, assists two or more parties to help them negotiate an agreement, with concrete effects, on a matter of common interest; lato sensu is any activity in which an agreement on any matter is researched by an impartial third party, usually a professional, in the common interest of the parties involved. In mediation, the mediator acts as an impartial third party that is brought in to negotiate and resolve differences between two parties.

At Andretta Dispute Resolution, our mediation process is as follows:

• Win - Win process = You do the bargaining.  No result is imposed on you.
• More Control = You decide the trade-offs and prioritize what is most important to you.
• More Creative Solutions = Tailor made to your situation. 
• Quicker than Litigation = Weeks/months instead of years.
• Costs far less than Litigation.
• Confidential = Divorce court proceedings are in the public domain.
• Begin Healing your Relationship = Critically important if you require future cooperation raising young children or maintaining more commercial relationships, such as employer/employee, landlord/tenant or small business/customer or contractor.
• Workplace Disputes = are also amenable to mediation if the employer is a small business which falls outside the jurisdiction of the EEOC or NLRB.
• Gays please note: The only enforceable form of "divorce" available to you may be through mediated, binding separation agreements  (including child custody) and property settlement agreements.
• Online Resolution of Offline Disputes:  Available to the computer literate anywhere English is spoken. 

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