Services / Mediation A Practical Approach to Resolving Legal Disputes Our attorneys use mediation to provide a practical, sensible and thoughtful means for helping people resolve disputes through negotiation, without costly and risky litigation. Mediation provides a practical means for resolving disputes, respects the participants, and provides a means for addressing their true underlying interests and concerns. Mediation differs from arbitration in that mediation can be binding or non-binding. Arbitration provides for a final decision by an independent third person which normally binds the parties and ends the dispute. Mediation on the other hand, typically follows the identical pattern for arbitration, but the mediator will provide a legal opinion and recommendations for resolution, without either party losing the dispute. Despite the non-binding aspect of the process, mediation quite often results in dispute resolution. It is often preferred because neither party is subject to a decision against their favor. > Go Back to Services<