| PRIVATE COURTS - Legal Services - Dispute Resolution - Mediation - Advocacy - Consulting |
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MEDIATION = PREFERRED DISPUTE RESOLUTION
WHAT MANY LAWYERS AVOID TELLING YOU
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| The more you have the more you have to lose |
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| FAMILY AND DIVORCE MEDIATION |
Our Mediators are neutrals who assist Parties in disputes (whether self representing or with attorney representation) in negotiating the following:
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Marital disputes;
Marriage Continuation Plans;
Custody Transition and Interim Support Plans;
Divoce & Dissolution of Marriage disputes;
Dissolution of Domestic Partnerships;
Negotiation of Marital Settlement Agreements;
Child custody, Child Support, Alimony;
Division of Community Property;
Assets, debts and pension plans;
Co-parenting and Visitation;
Blended family disputes;
International Custody Mediation;
Family business disputes; and
Co-habitation disputes.
MEDIATION is often termed as an alternative method of dispute resolution ( hence the banner - ADR) and is available to all parties to any dispute. In this adversarial system, we have been conditioned to believe that the primary method of dispute resolution is litigation, in which the parties, or a couple separating or divorcing, are adversaries and a judge/jury decides the outcome. Litigation more often than not should be the last resort, even in the case of divorce.
Most often attorneys will begin the divorce process with the court procedure which serves under our philosophy to exacerbate the conflict between the uncoupling Parties. ALthough the protection of the
summons is essential for the preservation of Community Assets, and other matters, our MEDIATORS will assist to ensure that your attorneys or our in pro per Participants file and serve documents in a controlled and amicable environment. We believe that the Parties should control the case and the outcome and that it should not be left to the uncertainty of run-away-fees and ego driven winner oriented professionals.
Here at PRIVATE COURTS, we have coined the term that reflects Mediation as a "preferred method of Dispute Resolution (PDR)." So instead of ADR - we enjoy the Banner PDR.
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| BUSINESS AND CIVIL DISPUTES |
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BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
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Mediation of attorney fee disputes
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Mediation of Partnerships- formation/ dissolution-
buy sell agreements
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Corporate case settlement/fee risk analysis
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Preparation for attorney and mediation meetings
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Strategic planning in formulating a case
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Email- ghost writing -copy & edit
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Meeting facilitation
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Employer/employee mediation and conflict resolution protocols
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Seminars
Welcome to PRIVATE COURTS™, where we specialize in alternative methods of dispute resolution; where 'YOU are Judge;' where you control the outcome of your legal matter, where you avoid others making decisions on your behalf, where you participate in mediation to negotiate, create, solve and settle; all for a fraction of the financial and emotional cost of litigation.
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In our mission we have a commitment to families and businesses; to provide a forum for peaceful, cost-effective and safe transition from conflict to solution; to facilitate the shift from fear, assumption and uncertainty, to empowerment and remedy. Our unique method of conflict resolution provides participants with an opportunity to circumvent the bitterness and frustration most often associated with the imposition of adversarial models of conflict resolution.
In the area of family law ,this mission embraces the emotional well being of families, especially children; where divorce is an opportunity to transform the unsuccessful relationship of a couple into one of effectual co-parents. It is not the divorce itself that causes hardship, but rather the manner and mode of divorce that determines the ultimate impact and consequences.
In the business arena, our dispute resolution method serves to provide so much more than resolution as it influences, inter alia, longevity, reputation, cost, and productivity.
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Mediation is different because the parties work together to decide between themselves what is best for them and in the case of divorce, for their children. The mediator is not a judge, but a neutral, unbiased expert, who helps the Parties to find common ground and to work out the differences, by, inter alia, exposing the assumptions and altering the dynamic. Our unique method works! Mediators do not provide legal advice.
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Since judges are restricted to what the law allows them to do, both parties may sometimes find themselves unhappy with the judge’s decision. When working through mediation rather than the court, the ability for the parties to work through their problems without being bound by rules of the court allows more freedom to satisfy everyone concerned.
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The parties may also be more inclined to abide by an agreement that they have reached together, rather than terms, which have been forced upon them, by the court. Sometimes, people try to solve future problems by the pattern set when they first separated or divorced. If the parties litigated their differences initially, they are more likely to solve additional problems in the relationship through litigation. But if the parties resolve their differences through mediation and cooperation from the very beginning, they will most likely cooperate and resolve any other issues that arise.
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DIVORCEIS SCARY, WE CAN HELP; yOU WILL BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH MEDIATION; OUR MEDIATORS GUIDE YOU THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE EVERYTHING FROM DIVORCE, TO SUPPORT, TO CUSTODY TO VISITATION TO CHILD SUPPORT, ALIMONY IS DEALTY WITH,
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| PRIVATE COURTS IN YOUR COUNTY |
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FOR PROFESSIONAL WHO WANT TO "KICK START" THEIR MEDIATION PRACTICES...
APPLY FOR A LICENSE TO OPERATE UNDER THE MARKETING BANNER OF PRIVATE COURTS, INC.
EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO TERRITORY - ONE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE PER USA COUNTY
ONE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE PER INTERATIONAL PROVINCE/STATE
USE OF NAME, RESOURCES, TRAINING, WEBSITES AND THE SUPPORT OF PRIVATE COURTS
ONLY for QUALIFIED applicants - This is not for everyone.
Please call Melanie Nathan for more information. (415) 488-1611
nathan@privatecourts.com
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WE HONOR THIS HISTORIC DAY- January 20, 2009
The Yes we Can of ‘Mediation’
Alternative Dispute Resolution Includes MEDIATION) should, in our opinion, always be plan "A"; If that does not work, then PLan "B" would be Litigation. Somehow, here in the USA we have it all turned around - Our adversarial system almost dictates that we use plan "B" first and the safer, ideal and less expensive form of dispute resolution has been relegated to a category defined by its very starting word "ALTERNATIVE..." So in this time of great change - let us the people change the paradigm and make the so called ‘ALERNATIVE ‘our PLAN"A", by choice. The more we do it the more we win both individually and collectively as a society. (Melanie Nathan, BA LLB, 1/20/2009)
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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE: A mediation only firm, we do not represent any Parties in a dispute and nor do we give any legal advice. We are not a law practice . We facilitate discussions and agreements as a nuetral between the Parties to a dispute and facilitate inter party negotiation as well as consult about strategies through our coaching service. We offer document assistance to in pro per mediation clients only. We recommend all clients hire consulting, reviewing and/or representing counsel/ attorneys/ CPA's and permit whatever professional a party may request to introduc to their process. Mediation is non-binding until agreements are signed by both Parties, after an opportunity for Counsel to review. Nothing on this website is or should be construed as legal advice, as it is not intended to be legal advice. Parties take responsibility for obtaining separate legal advice.
Copyright Melanie Nathan Mediation © 2003-2006-2007- 2008.. All rights reserved.
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