Services
Center Court Mediation provides two services, Mediation and Arbitration.
Mediation is a private, informal, flexible and confidential negotiating process for resolving disputes, in which the parties themselves determine the terms and conditions of the outcome. This process involves the use of a neutral facilitator–a mediator–to help the disputing parties achieve a mutually acceptable agreement that avoids the publicity and greater cost of time and money usually involved in either public open court litigation or the more streamlined arbitration process, which may be either public or private. In open court litigation or arbitration, a judge, jury or arbitrator is in control, hears and weighs the evidence presented by the parties and decides how the case should be resolved. In mediation, the process is private and confidential and the parties continue to have control and decide the final resolution of disputes for themselves. Be sure to read about Center Court Law’s process and download the Attorney’s Information Sheet and Requestion for Mediation form.
Arbitration is a refined process for litigating disputes which is calculated to avoid the delay and costs in time and money ordinarily involved in court litigation. Unlike trying a case before a randomly assigned judge, with or without a jury, the parties themselves decide who their arbitrator(s) will be, formal hearings take place at the convenience of the parties and counsel and are not subject to the arbitrary whims of a court’s docket, and arbitrators, individually or as members of a panel, are available without formal hearings to work with counsel on scheduling, resolve discovery disputes, and other preliminary matters. Also unlike court proceedings, arbitrators review authorities, exhibits, and other documentary evidence and are knowledgeable and prepared on cases in advance of the arbitration hearings, usually resulting in more sophisticated and expedited reviews and final decisions on the matters in controversy. Be sure to download Center Court Law’s Party Arbitration Agreement.
