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When I began working as an attorney, I believed my professional responsibility to society was to solve conflicts and defend the interests of my clients. Throughout my practice, I had the chance to analyze the results of my activity in my clients' disputes. After some time I discovered that while I could solve many of my clients' problems, there were many other cases where my work only worsened the situation. This was not because I was a bad lawyer, but because the legal system did not give me the chance to solve conflicts in a creative way. Moreover, I was trained as a litigator, and often time’s litigation created new conflict where previously non-existent. Unwilling to continue practicing law that didn't always reflect my client's best interest, I decided to go to United States and learn about Alternative Dispute Resolution. Later I created my own Alternative Dispute resolution/mediation firm with the focus on cross-culture conflict dispute resolution that allows me to solve individual and business disputes as effectively as possible.

When I founded Bridge Mediation, I left a secure life and a good lawyer's salary to start something different and to build a firm with a new philosophy and an innovative way of managing conflicts. I did this because I believed that this is the essence of the legal profession and of the service that every lawyer should give to his/her clients. Above all, an attorney should be a conflict advisor and must be willing to counsel his or her clients on all the possible ways of resolving the dispute before selecting the best option, regardless of what it may be.

Today, a mere five years after its foundation, Bridge Mediation is an international consulting firm, headquartered in San Diego and with branches in Italy, Spain and Brazil. All of our professionals within Bridge believe in our core concept: that we approach every single dispute uniquely and creatively design an approach that will lead to the best possible resolution. We thoroughly examine all the issues that have brought the dispute to its current stalemate and counsel our clients through the process to the best outcome possible.

Bridge Mediation has a special focus on international business and cultural diversity. We firmly believe in the importance of spreading the culture of this new approach to conflict management, and spend time and energy in giving conferences, trainings and seminars to lawyers, politicians, diplomats and business people alike.

Modern society is constantly evolving, international relationships are conducted with lightning speed, and people don't have time to spend in long and devastating conflicts that eventually end with unacceptable solutions imposed by a third party. Bridge Mediation allows you to be a part of the process and enables you to get your attention back to your business more quickly and with more satisfying results.

As the world moves towards a new concept of conflict management, people have the option to be active or passive in this process. I advise people to be active. Bridge Mediation has chosen to embrace conflict management and to help to apply it to an ever growing number of industries. As a result, Bridge Mediation has become a pioneer in this matter. Let Bridge help you find the solution that best improves your world!

Sincerely,

Alessandra Sgubini,
Founder and CEO of Bridge Mediation

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