Mediation benefits

High success rate
Mediation helps solve disagreements about 80% of the time.

Problems are dealt with quickly
Typically, mediation can be scheduled within 2-3 weeks and resolved, on average, in about 4-6 hours.

Significant cost savings
Mediation is very economical when contrasted with the cost of adversarial processes, such as arbitration or litigation.

Confidentiality
State law ensures that mediation is kept confidential.

Variety of Mediators
Because our mediators come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experience, we will most likely be able to provide gender, ethnic, cultural and other matches when appropriate. 

Control
Disputants maintain control of their dispute and resolve the problem themselves with the assistance of the mediators, rather than having a judge or some other official decide it for them.

Clarification and Simplification of Issues
Even if the disputants do not resolve the issues, mediation frequently will simplify the issues and enhance communications.Sometimes the disputants resolve the problem later, but if not, their litigation proceeds more rapidly, is more focused, and therefore less costly as a result of having attempted mediation.