FAQs
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Parties typically contact me with all parties having already agreed to use my mediation services. I am also happy to reach out to opposing parties to determine if they are open to mediation of a particular matter. When you contact my office, please be prepared to provide the case name, names of all other parties, as well as preferred dates and location of the mediation. Please advise us if the parties have agreed in advance to something other than an equal split of the mediation fees. We will take it from there.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
B.A. Georgia Southern University, J.D. Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School, State of Georgia Civil Mediator Certification
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I learned very early in my career that common misconceptions about legal action usually lead clients to the least ideal solutions. Litigation is the most expensive and invasive option available to clients, and although this option is often times the primary means of settling a dispute I have found that meditation provides both a practical and a less rigid form of dispute resolution.