Mediator
 

Mediation is a process of principled negotiations. "Principled negotiation ... is to decide issues on their merits rather than through a haggling process focused on what each side says it will and will not do.

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Arbitrator
 

Arbitration, is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, where the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons by whose decision (the "award") ...

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ombudsman
 

An ombudsperson is an independent information resource, communications channel complaint handler and dispute resolver. He or she is designated by the organization as neutral and independent and able to offer confidentiality to those who come to them.

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neutral investigator
 

Disputes between employers and employees are a fact of life in the workplace. Early, neutral investigations of workplace disputes can play an important part in a strategy to ...

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There is no 'one size fits all'
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There is no one size fits all approach for resolving conflict. I offer an array of appropriate dispute resolution methods (ADR) and will help you determine the approaches that are most likely to help resolve the conflict facing you.

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Pro se divorce mediation
Free Divorce Mediation Consultation            


The legal term pro se means, "for oneself". And if you're considering a pro se divorce, you're probably aware of its benefits for your specific situation. However, most pro se divorce couples believe they must visit a lawyer to file an initial court action. That's not true in Florida, where mediation is available before anyone files a court action. The Florida Supreme Court certifies mediators to help pro se divorce couples... resolve even the most difficult conflicts without ever involving a lawyer.

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From the blog
By roger c. benson                                               

Why is anyone surprised? More on the foreclosure debacle.


December 19 at 21:58 PM

In what struck me as a bizarre turn of events, the venerated American Arbitration Association abandoned its effort in Florida to gather anecdotal evidence from mediators of misconduct taking place after the curtain of confidentiality comes down on foreclosure meditations. Specifically, AAA asked mediators to report instances “…in which a party signs the written Roll Call Form stating that they have full authority to settle, but through the mediation discussions it becomes apparent that they lack settlement authority.” A week later came a following email that said "never mind." I acknowledge that the number of mortgage foreclosure meditations I’ve handled, measured against all such meditations that have taken place in the last 2 years, fails to establish a statistically compelling result. Nevertheless, I have yet to find a single bank representative who possessed any authority to do anything other than enter data provided by homeowners into computer programs and announce whether or n...

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