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Face-to-Face Mediation Guidelines
Bridge Mediation LLC, San Diego offers a cost effective way to resolve your business and personal disputes. Pay a reasonable administrative fee to start your mediation process. Pay the full mediation only with positive resolution of your dispute. Bridge Mediation has certified professional mediators with years of experience and skills in cross cultural negotiation and international business dispute resolution.
The concept behind the Mediation Service offered by Bridge:
The service of mediation is only for people who want to resolve in good faith the dispute and want to get out of a situation that causes frustration and financial problems. The bottom line is that they want to resolve their problems.
These Guidelines are intended to apply to the parties who will call or get interviewed by the Bridge Mediation LLC, San Diego for using its mediation services. They are not intended to be disciplinary rules or a code of conduct.
Mediation definition
Mediation is a peaceful procedure to resolve conflicts. It is a voluntary and non-binding negotiation process that occurs outside the courtroom. In Mediation, a third impartial and neutral party manages the interaction between disputing parties to ensure constructive negotiation, thus helping the parties to agree on a resolution that is fair, durable, and workable. The parties, not the mediator, create the final decision. Mediation is fast, cost-effective, and confidential. The parties play an active role in the process, expressing their frustrations, feelings, and underlying interests. The parties control the outcome, and this helps to maintain their relationships. Mediation is not adversarial, and allows parties to achieve a win-win outcome.
Mediator’s Conduct
Bridge Mediation LLC will work closely with the Parties to conduct the Mediation.
We will protect the integrity and confidentiality of the mediation process. The duty to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the mediation process commences with the first communication between the mediator and a client, is continuous in nature, and does not terminate upon the conclusion of the mediation.
We will treat the parties fairly and impartially.
Except for willful or wanton misconduct, we are not liable for any act or omission in the Mediation.
Mediation Costs
Before the mediation session begins, we will explain all fees and other expenses to be charged for the mediation.
We offer two payment options based on two principles that we think will differentiate ourselves form other competitors:
• First option: Both parties will pay for initiation $500 as an administrative fee to file the case. It is to be paid equally by the parties before the mediation. The parties will start the mediation and if they reach a resolution they will pay $ 2,000.
• Second option: Bridge Mediation LLC offers cases that have low amount (Small Claims Court cases not over $ 5,000-7,500) initiation fee of $250 per party and hourly fee of $ 150 per hour for 6 hours.
Disclosure of possible conflicts
Prior to commencing the mediation, Bridge Mediation LLC makes full disclosure of any known relationship with the parties or their counsel that may effect or give the appearance of affecting the mediator’s neutrality.
The mediation process
We will inform and discuss with the parties the rules and procedures pertaining to the mediation process. A mediator shall inform the parties about the mediation process no later than the opening session.
Disclosure and exchange of information
Bridge Mediation LLC will encourage the disclosure of information and will assist the parties in considering the benefits, risks, and other alternatives available to them.
Professional Advice
A mediator should not give legal or other professional advice to the parties. However, in appropriate circumstances, a mediator should encourage the parties to seek legal, financial, tax or other professional advice before, during or after the mediation process.
Attorneys involved in the mediation
If there are attorneys involved in the mediation, the parties can ask for mediation brief or if there are not attorneys involved the mediator can ask for a mediation summary of the case
Termination of Mediation Session
We will postpone, recess, or terminate the mediation process if it is apparent to the mediator that the case is inappropriate for mediation or one or more of the parties are unwilling or unable to participate meaningfully in the mediation process.
Agreements in writing
Bridge Mediation LLC will encourage the parties to reduce all settlement agreements to writing. See the form
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