Mediation is a voluntary and confidential process in which a neutral person helps disputing parties identify issues of mutual concern and explore various solutions in an effort to reach a fair and just settlement without litigation.
Compared to litigation, the mediation process is usually :
Mediation works best when all parties to the dispute are willing to meet, together with the mediator, to discuss the relevant issues openly, fairly, and honestly. In nearly all cases, mediation results in an out-of-court settlement, but if parties cannot resolve their dispute through mediation, they may still seek resolution through the courts.
Mediating domestic relation issues
Susanne Blatt has been an attorney for 30 years, first in Ohio, and, since 1988, as a partner in the law offices of Cosgrove and Blatt, Worcester, Massachusetts. Her areas of expertise include education law, employment law, and domestic relations. She has been a mediator for two decades, and served from 1989 to 1995 as a founding chairperson of the Worcester County Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee. Beginning in 1994, Susanne served for four years as a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court/Trial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution, helping to draft the Commonwealth's first comprehensive ADR procedures.
Susanne holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Douglass College (Rutgers University), New Brunswick, New Jersey, and both a master's degree in Educational Research & Evaluation and a J. D. degree from The Ohio State University.
For further information or a confidential consultation, please call 508-792-0166
or contact us by e-mail at SusanneBlatt@justmediation.net.
Last updated on July 19, 2010 .