WHY CHOOSE MEDIATION?

  • You make your own choices about how you want to manage your affairs

  • Private and confidential

  • High success and satisfaction rates over litigation 

  • Save thousands on attorney’s fees and other legal costs 

  • Mediation can help parties resolve their conflicts in one or a few short sessions without a long wait (saving months, even years!), so they can move forward and get back to living their lives!

HOW DOES MEDIATION WORK?

Mediators help parties resolve disputes in the following ways:

  • Help parties identify and target specific issues to be resolved;

  • Meet privately with parties to discuss their subjective positions, concerns, and potential offers to present to other parties;

  • Guide discussions between parties in a manner that is productive and solution oriented; and

  • If necessary, help parties construct a written agreement that best represents any agreements reached to resolve the matter in whole or in part, and makes clear the parties’ next steps. 

    A MEDIATOR IS…

  • NOT acting as a judge or arbitrator - I do not make decisions on merits of a case or orders of any kind

  • NOT acting as a lawyer - I cannot give any party legal advice

  • A neutral party! - Mediators do not represent any one party, and their goal is to help the parties communicate and negotiate a best possible outcome between them.

WHAT TYPES OF MEDIATION DO YOU HANDLE?

Latest Blogs
When Mediation Is Not the Best Option… Yet
When Mediation Is Not the Best Option… Yet

Even if it's just to work out some of the issues between the parties, mediation is very helpful and almost always a good idea. However, there are some circumstances in which mediation is either impossible, inappropriate, or unlikely to be successful, at least temporarily.

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LA County Eviction Moratorium Extended, $45M Relief Fund for Landlords Approved
LA County Eviction Moratorium Extended, $45M Relief Fund for Landlords Approved

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to extend the eviction moratorium through the end of March. The board also approved a $45 million relief fund for landlords. Here’s a quick update:

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Why Refusing to Mediate Can Be Harmful Long Term
Why Refusing to Mediate Can Be Harmful Long Term

Many parties refuse to mediate because they may not believe they did anything wrong, don’t want to cooperate with the other party, or want to stall the resolution process hoping the other party will go away, or for some other reason. Often, these views of the situation can set a party up for hardships. Here’s a look at how these situations come about, and how mediation can help prevent them!

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Get to know Ashley Bourbeau

Ashley is passionate about helping clients work through a multitude of different disputes using an active listening and problem-solving-oriented approach.

 

Contact us

ashley@resolvemediate.com
(818) 208-3203

 
 

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