Available Alternative Dispute Resolution Services:
Legal Services Provided:
Law Office of Lee Gelman, Esq.
Mountain Law Group, LLC
Colorado Mountain Mediation Corp.
Customizable ADR:
Mediation:
An informal voluntary process in which disputed parties use a neutral third-party to assist them in reaching a negotiated settlement.
Confidential listener:
The parties submit their confidential settlement positions to a third-party neutral who, without relaying one side's confidential offer to the other, informs the parties whether their positions are within a negotiable range.
Early Neutral Evaluation “ENE”:
The neutral evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the litigants' confidential positions, flags the areas of agreement and dispute, and issues a non-binding assessment of the merits of the case.
Arbitration: The neutral (usually an attorney with experience in the topic) receives testimony, evidence and briefings by the litigants and issues a written binding award to the legally prevailing party.
Settlement Conferences:
The neutral is appointed by the court to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the litigants' positions, flags the areas of agreement and dispute, and recommends a non-binding assessment of the merits of the case to the parties. The neutral also narrows, eliminates and simplifies case issues and assists in case planning and management for the Court
Lee Gelman, Esq.
Mountain Law Group, LLC
Colorado Mountain Mediation Corp.
5555 S. Harlan Street
Denver, CO 80123
T: 970.389.5333
F: 970.668.5808
http://web.mac.com/mountainmediation/iWeb/Site%202/Index.html
MEDIATION
Mediation is a process facilitated by a neutral mediator when two parties are in dispute. The mediator does not make decisions for the parties but provides a structure so that conflict can be reduced, areas of common ground explored and a mutually agreeable solution found.
The goal of mediation is the resolution of disputes to the satisfaction of all parties.
Benefits of Mediation:
▪Mediation is cost effective & time efficient;
▪An agreement can be reached with less acrimony and ill will;
▪The dispute remains private;
▪Participants retain control of the agenda and outcome of the mediation; and
▪Settlement options are developed and discussed that meet everyone’s goals fairly.
Confidentiality is always adhered to in mediation sessions. Anything said in the process of mediation cannot be used later on in court. The process is more flexible and less formal than arbitration.
Each party can bring independent legal counsel to the mediation session and when a final agreement is reached, the agreement can be put into writing either by the mediator or by the independent counsel of the parties.