" The existing judicial system is too costly, too painful, too destructive, too inefficient for a truly civilized people...
To rely on the adversarial process as the principle means of resolving conflicting claims is a mistake that must be corrected. "
THE LATE SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN E. BURGER
Mediation (voluntary settlement through negotiated agreement): Mediation has grown in wide use and acceptance championed, in part, by a book published in 1981, Getting to Yes, by Roger Fisher and William Ury of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Mediation effectively resolves a majority of legal disputes outside of court with terms that the parties can accept. The parties themselves participate in a guided negotiation in order to craft specific conditions of settlement. The Mediator assists the parties by skillfully generating options for settlement. The best of the options, whether offered by the parties or mediator, are developed and written into a Memorandum of Understanding, aka MOU, that is signed by the parties, submitted to court for adoption as court order, thereby enforceable. Mediation resolves a high percentage of Business, Real Estate, and Divorce & Family disputes. Resolving legal disputes offers relief from the stress, expense and uncertainty of a legal battle. Colorado Mediators & Arbitrators™ settles approximately 85 – 90% of mediation cases.
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