NEXT CHAPTER MEDIATORS
Nationally Certified Mediation Service Provider
Our mediators are certified by the National Association of Certified Mediators. We provide mediation services to anyone in the United States.
We provide you with a secure, confidential, neutral, and professional atmosphere in which to arrive at the best solution for your situation. We welcome the opportunity to assist you in resolving your dispute in a manner that allows you to stay in control of the process.
We do not provide legal services or legal advice. Some of our mediators have law degrees and are licensed in some states. None of them, however, practice law in any manner on behalf of Next Chapter Mediators.
Our Founder
Brian R. Haskell, JD, NACM, is founder of Next Chapter Mediators with more than 25 years of conflict resolution experience.
What is a Mediator?
Mediators are experts in conflict resolution. They come from all walks of life and many professions, including attorneys, counsellors, and psychologists.
You should expect your mediator to be professional, evenhanded, observant, and tolerant. A good mediator helps each party understand the other’s position and point of view. They help articulate your position, and provide advice on creative compromises. They do not take sides, provide legal advice, or pass judgment on anyone.
What is a Mediator?
Mediators are experts in conflict resolution. They come from all walks of life and many professions, including attorneys, counsellors, and psychologists.
You should expect your mediator to be professional, evenhanded, observant, and tolerant. A good mediator helps each party understand the other’s position and point of view. They help articulate your position, and provide advice on creative compromises. They do not take sides, provide legal advice, or pass judgment on anyone.
What is a Mediator?
Mediators are experts in conflict resolution. They come from all walks of life and many professions, including attorneys, counsellors, and psychologists.
You should expect your mediator to be professional, evenhanded, observant, and tolerant. A good mediator helps each party understand the other’s position and point of view. They help articulate your position, and provide advice on creative compromises. They do not take sides, provide legal advice, or pass judgment on anyone.
Why choose Mediation?
When faced with a serious dispute, you have several options. Litigation is arduous, time-consuming, frustrating, and expensive. Arbitration may be an option, though it can also be expensive and time-consuming.
For most disputes, mediation offers the fastest, least contentious, and least expensive option. In almost all disputes, mediation is the effective, economical, and gentle solution. Mediation has a success rate of over 80%.
What is a Mediator?
Mediators are experts in conflict resolution. They come from all walks of life and many professions, including attorneys, counsellors, and psychologists.
You should expect your mediator to be professional, evenhanded, observant, and tolerant. A good mediator helps each party understand the other’s position and point of view. They help articulate your position, and provide advice on creative compromises. They do not take sides, provide legal advice, or pass judgment on anyone.
What does a Mediator do?
Mediators provide comprehensive alternative dispute resolution for family, business, commercial, and employment controversies.
They facilitate practical, respectful, and effective negotiations that afford parties the ability to craft their own settlement instead of relying on the complex, time-consuming, emotionally draining, and expensive litigation process.
What you
should expect
If you and we decide together to go forward with mediation, you can expect the following from us:
Respectful and fair treatment by the mediator and all parties
No abusive language, no interrupting, and no bullying
Complete confidentiality and neutrality
Honest and candid assessment of your negotiating positions
Rapid and thoughtful answers to your questions
What You shoud not expect
Mediation is not an adversarial process. Even if your lawyers are participating, confrontation, accusation, examination, and cross-examination are not part of mediation
During mediation, you should NOT expect:
Your mediator to take sides in the dispute
Legal advice of any kind from your mediator
Any type of award or damages, costs, or fees
Adherence to rules of evidence or courtroom procedure
Determination by the mediator of which party wins or who has the better case
Your mediator is present as an advisor and facilitator only. We provide a safe, structured space for you to amicably resolve conflict.
The Benefits of Mediation
Much lower cost
An average divorce can cost in excess of $20,000 per party. An expensive mediated divorce will cost less than $6,000 and is typically divided between the parties.