MEDIATION

BRIDGING THE TURBULENCE OF DISAGREEMENT:
MEDIATION

By Mary Jo Corsetti

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can….
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

Do you want to spend years caught up in an emotionally and financially draining legal battle? Do you want to alienate family members and sever lifelong ties permanently? If you think that you might not mind these conditions, then a lawsuit over an estate or trust, guardianship or agency relationship might not be difficult for you.

However, if you are disinclined to engage in such a venture, mediation might be the answer to any dispute in which you are involved that concerns an estate, will, trust, business, family relationship, guardianship, agency relationship, or workplace situation.

In mediation, the parties themselves, with the help of the mediator, arrive at a solution to their dispute. Often, this solution is more creative than a solution that was fashioned in the strict confines of the law.

In mediation, the parties memorialize their agreement in a Memorandum of Understanding which is then enforceable as a contract. The parties have the opportunity to have the agreement reviewed by counsel of their choice. Thus, the parties to a mediation are able to resolve their dispute without court involvement.

All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based…

Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.

- Henry Clay
(1777 – 1852)

Mary Jo Corsetti, a partner/member of the firm, is an attorney with twenty years of experience in the law and a mediator certified by the Association for Conflict Resolution. Her combination of legal expertise and mediation skills results in an opportunity to assist the parties in a comprehensive, cost-effective, and expeditious resolution of a dispute.

It is a philosophical principle that one attains true success only when one has preserved his or her own position and integrity while not destroying his or her opponent in the process. Complete destruction of an opponent results in the destruction of a part of oneself. Especially where family, business, and employment relationships are concerned, there is much truth to this principle. It is an honor for our firm to assist you in resolving your disputes with this principle in mind.

For further inquiries please contact us.
 

 

 


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