Stephens Arbitration Mediation and Settlement

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Introduction: If you need an affordable, experienced, certified mediation with proven results, you have come to the right place. I have settled 80% of the 104 cases I have mediated. I work with parties to make mediation affordable. I've been certified three times by the Judicial Council of the Virginia Supreme Court to mediate court referred cases (twice for General District Court cases, once for Judicial and Domestic Relations cases). Although I generally mediate in Virginia and Pennsylvania, I have extensive experience mediating telephonically and can mediate cases anywhere in the United States. To schedule a conference, text me with a good time to talk.

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11 years in business

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What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
I generally charge $100 per hour, split by the parties. But I can do an income adjusted rate or if the parties are indigent do pro bono.
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
First, I talk to the person initiating the mediation. I learn their view of the issues and get the other parties' contact information. Second, I talk to the other party. I then get their view of the issues. It is not uncommon that at the outset, the parties have opposing or different views of the issues. Third, after talking to the parties and gaining a grasp of possible issues, if both are willing to mediate, I work on scheduling.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have extensive Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) experience and training. From 2005 to 2008, I mediated as a representative of government employees with workplace disputes, gaining settlements in 24 of 25 cases or disputes. In that capacity, I took a number of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service courses, including their week long arbitrators course. From 2009 to 2013, I taught workplace ADR (mediation and arbitration) at Penn State University, both live and online. Since 2011, I have been a Board Member on the Falls Church City City Employees Review Board, which reviews and decides appeals of management decisions regarding Fall Church City employee grievances. While teaching at Penn State, I took the requisite courses and did the necessary training mediations to gain certification from the VA Supreme Court to mediate court-referred General District Court cases. From 2013 to 2016, I mediated over 100 cases, including court-referred cases with the Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax Courts with the Northern Virginia Mediation Service and Alexandria Community Mediation, and EEOC and workplace disputes with Federal Sharing Neutrals. In 2013, the Pennsyvania Bureau of Mediation, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, named me to their Mediator roster. In 2014, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, named me to their Arbitrator and Fact Finder rosters. In 2015, I formed my own pro-bono and low bono law firm to help low income or no income victims of discrimination. Because most of my firm's clients lack an income or money to litigate, my goal is settling cases so they get some money and return to work ASAP. Nearly all of my EEOC clients gain settlements, from a few thousand to on dollar short of a nillion, depending on the circumstances of the case. The next year, I began arbitrating securities related cases, some multi-million dollar, with the goverment agency regulating those matters, as part of three arbitrator panels. Although, as a arbitrator on those panels, I have no role in settlements, all of my non-pending securities arbitrations have settled. In short, I have more than 10 years of mediation and arbitration experience, as a mediator, arbitrator, representative, and professor, in a wide variety of case and issue areas involving a few dollars and millions of dollars.