Legal
Lawsuits are filed in vast numbers as a means of redressing wrongs. While litigation is sometimes appropriate, there are many legal matters for which alternative dispute resolution may be a better option.
When The Mediation Group began over 30 years ago, alternative dispute resolution was in its infancy. Since then it has become widely accepted for parties to consider resolution options either instead of or in addition to pursuing a litigation strategy. Our mediators, arbitrators, case evaluators, and special masters have successfully resolved over ten thousand cases across a range of issues such as:
Business Litigation Mediation and Arbitration — Commercial disputes involving partnerships, shareholders, contracts, and family businesses.
Civil Wrong Claims — Disputes involving bullying and harassment, Title IX, discrimination in public accommodations, sexual abuse in schools and religious institutions, elder abuse, whistleblowing, police brutality, and wrongful convictions.
Employment Disputes — Disputes involving claims of wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, contractor misclassification, discrimination, or harassment in the workplace.
Insurance Arbitration and Mediation — ERISA disputes, disability claims, life insurance claims, fire and casualty insurance disputes, and claims involving uninsured or underinsured motorists.
Malpractice Claim Mediation — Breach of professional standards including medical, legal, financial and accounting, architectural, or engineering malpractice, as well as nursing home negligence.
Personal Injury and Torts — Disputes stemming from torts including wrongful death, premises liability, slips and falls, product liability, car accidents, toxic exposure, and nursing home abuse or neglect.
Real Estate and Environmental — Conflicts arising between neighbors, landlords and tenants, condominium owners and associations, property owners and title companies, zoning boards, or other entities.
Construction Disputes — Claims, cross-claims, and counterclaims between property owners, general contractors, and sometimes multiple subcontractors; including disputes, construction defects, and contractual deficiencies or delays.
Will, Estate, and Trust Disputes — Conflicts over wills, trusts, and estates, including contesting a will, distribution of estates or assets, breach of fiduciary duties, or trustee malfeasance.
Our practitioners for civil cases are usually, but not always, lawyers and retired judges. While their legal and subject matter expertise can be extremely helpful in moving parties towards settlement, their role is strictly that of a neutral, not of a legal advisor.
Though not strictly required, parties typically have counsel before engaging in mediation or arbitration, and they may choose to bring their dispute to TMG at any point in its life cycle: pre-suit, early in the litigation process before discovery is complete just before a trial date, or even after a trial result and before appeal.
Over the years, we have worked closely with attorneys from hundreds of law firms large and small, locally and nationally. Contact us to learn more.
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