Litigation and mediation end in the same place: a resolved dispute. The price to get there can be as different as night and day. Litigation Who you pay: your attorney, who bills by the hour, plus court costs What drives the cost: every motion, hearing, and round of discovery Typical cost: attorney fees and court costs that often reach tens of thousands of dollars, and sometimes much more Timeline: months or years, set by the court's calendar; this requires you to take time of

Mediation often gets confused with therapy because both involve sitting down and having a hard conversation (or sometimes several) with a third party present. Both usually involve situations that are emotionally charged and distressing. So you might be wondering: if mediation is all about having hard conversations about difficult circumstances, how is it different from therapy? The key difference is that mediation isn't about understanding how you got here. It's about figurin

Why Go to Mediation? A Smarter Way to Resolve Disputes When a conflict arises — whether in a business relationship, a family matter, or a workplace situation — most people assume their only options are to fight it out in court or simply walk away. But there's a third path that more and more people are discovering: mediation. Mediation is a voluntary, confidential process in which a neutral third party (the mediator) helps the people in a dispute communicate, understand each o