Over the last decade mediation with a certified or trained mediator has become a popular alternative for resolving civil law disputes in Springfield, Central and Southern Il.. Lawyers, insurance companies, risk managers and legal departments retain trained mediators daily to quickly and efficiently resolve civil law disputes and reduce litigation expenses.

Mediation with a certified or trained civil law mediator is the simplest and easiest of the alternate dispute resolution methods that have been encouraged by the courts and the Bar. In civil law mediation, all sides of a dispute sit down with an impartial certified or trained mediator to search for a mutually acceptable basis for settlement. Unlike trial or arbitration, the civil law mediator has no authority to render a decision or force the parties to accept a settlement. Mediation with certified or trained mediators has been and is being used to settle virtually every type of civil law dispute. It does not matter whether civil liability is admitted or hotly contested, whether a lawsuit has been filed, or whether the civil law case involves a few thousand or millions of dollars, mediation with a certified or trained is a proven method for resolving all of these disputes.

The benefits of mediation are:

• Save money
• Parties maintain control of the outcome of the civil law dispute.
• Using a trained civil law mediator improves all parties understanding of the legal and factual issues
• Allows parties to informally explore settlement options in civil law cases without exposing their final position
• Can organize and simplify multiple party negotiations in civil law disputes
• Preserve continuing relationships in situations where parties may have to work together in the future
• It settles disputes now. Almost all civil law cases settle before trial. Mediation with a civil law mediator brings settlement negotiations to a head much quicker than expensive and time consuming pre-trial discovery and preparation.

The firm has a senior trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience in Central and Southern Illinois, in civil law mediation and trained as a civil law mediator. This attorney has represented plaintiffs and defendants in all types of civil litigation.

If you are interested in discussing whether civil law mediation is an appropriate option for alternate dispute resolution you can contact for a consultation at no cost

R. Gerald Barris
Stephen F. Hedinger

Call mediation attorney and mediator R. Gerald Barris at
217-544-1144 or click here to submit your case to him
for a free review.