Mediation can be a time-saving and economical choice for businesses or individuals seeking to maintain control over how their disputes are handled. The parties have the opportunity to determine an appropriate solution, rather than someone else imposing one. For fully committed parties, mediation facilitates dialogue, unveils opportunities, and ideally resolves disputes. Perhaps most importantly, mediation can help preserve reputations and salvage business relationships.
“The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.”