General

It empowers the parties to make their own decisions based on their sense of the dispute, and the equities contained [...]

Mediation is a conversation between two or more parties with differing interests which is facilitated by a neutral professional with [...]

See my extended blog posts for an in depth answer on the advantages and disadvantages of mediation, hiring lawyers and [...]

My mediations are strictly confidential. Even if someone later tries to use the Court to force me to disclose what [...]

My fee is about half the cost of a lawyer (though I am a lawyer) and is comparable to the [...]

To an extent the parties control how long a divorce proceeding will last. Some couples want to separate their personal [...]

Not long, usually within a few days to a week, depending on how booked my schedule is.

Timewise, I schedule at your convenience; I have even done mediations on Christmas Day for clients who needed immediate help. [...]

In California, the divorce process lasts at a minimum of one day longer than six months. In many cases, I [...]

The transaction costs for lawyers is very high compared to mediation. Face-to-face mediation eliminates about half of the time, and [...]