Concept Design

Traditional mediation, from my experience, is almost always successful. However, not every mediation brings a dispute to settlement. Use of alternative mediation processes can keep financial and emotional cost down compared to trial and arbitration.

Alternative mediation processes offer flexibility and the ability to customize the dispute resolution process to the unique requirements and interests of the parties. Parties involved in the initial stages of customizing their dispute resolution process are more likely to resolve the dispute rather than relinquish the decision making power to a judge or arbitrator. Parties who create their own procedure will want it to succeed. Designing and choosing a process becomes a consensus gathering technique that also provides an opportunity for the parties differing interests to be met.

What follows is a menu of dispute resolution processes, some of which can be combined. See Custom Design For Your Dispute to learn how dispute resolution processes can be combined to assure conclusion of disputes, without incurring the financial and emotional expense of trial or arbitration.