A Word on Mediation From Our Attorneys to You

Mediation. It’s time to move on.

We love the law. We love to litigate. One of the best lessons we have learned as a litigators is mediation is the best solution the law has to offer. Not litigation.

Every case is different. But quite often every case is the same. Let us explain. Generally speaking all litigation begins with conflict. Conflict by its nature is adversarial. Each side taking respective opposing positions and hanging on for dear life. Out of principal. Out of emotion. Or in many cases, just because. While it may be litigation involving a complex construction project, a multi-million-dollar commercial real estate transaction, custody, a job loss, discrimination, a prenuptial dispute, a civil rights claim resulting from death while in the custody of the state, divorce, a car accident, a non-compete, an unpaid bill, all pieces of litigation with different facts giving rise to the same thing, a conflict.

This conflict begins the long arduous process known as litigation. Litigation is guaranteed to have one result for both parties – large legal expenses. Litigation is guaranteed to take months if not years. Litigation is guaranteed to be out of your control. You will sit and pay legal fees. Wait. And finally, be unable to control the outcome despite the amount of money and time poured into the process.

There is a better option. It’s Mediation. Julia Leveridge and Erica Probst have participated in no less than 400 mediations. Does it always work? No. But it offers an environment quite different from litigation. It offers a solution within your control. It provides our clients with the ability to choose to spend less on legal fees to consider an alternative that can likely help everyone bring the conflict to an end. At the end of the day, litigation takes from you. Mediation restores.

Let’s get this settled. How does mediation work? The parties to a conflict agree to come to our office. We will meet in a joint session to discuss how mediation will work. Then the parties will split up. The parties will be separated and we will move from one room to the next. Listening. Negotiating. Getting your conflict resolved.

Let’s stop paying all these legal fees.

Let’s move on.

Julia Leveridge specializes in domestic mediations. Erica Probst specializes in complex civil matters involving construction, employment, probate, real estate and general business. Contact Julia and Erica today.