Need an Arbitrator or Mediator Immediately? Dianna is willing to work evenings and weekends, and is often able to schedule mediations on short notice.
Arbitration and mediation are frequently a better choice for businesses than traditional litigation. They are designed to be less expensive and faster than traditional litigation and they both permit more flexibility and creativity in the dispute resolution process.
Dianna has been acting as an arbitrator in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston County for over ten years. She was appointed as one of the first Bankruptcy Mediators in the Thomas Glover program and has been accepted as a FINRA arbitrator. Because she has worked both the plaintiff and defendant side throughout her career she can act as a true neutral. Both parties can be sure that she understands and gives weight to the sides of all parties. She also knows that parties who arbitrate want a timely resolution to their case and works hard to make sure the hearing is scheduled swiftly and that her decision is issued promptly.
In Mediative Processes, a third party neutral works to facilitate a negotiated settlement between the parties. The mediator facilitates the negotiations and evaluates the relative merits of the claims and defenses. The neutral does not have power to impose a solution or decision – the parties retain ultimate control over the outcome. The terms of the agreement are limited only by the interests and creativity of the parties and the neutral. By agreement and permission of the parties, the neutral sets the ground rules and may profoundly affect the order of the proceedings, the parties’ collective and individual analyses and the general dynamic of the settlement discussion.