A significant negotiation or challenge calls for a trusted strategic partner.

Mutual Path Law provides the clarity and expertise you need to secure lasting agreements on your terms. Schedule strategy sessions or conflict resolution support where we prepare you to take charge in that courageous conversation, give you the confidence to manage the process, and help you achieve your best outcome, whether through coaching, mediating, or facilitating the agreement.

Coaching and Mediation Services

  • Whether you're navigating a contract, partnership, salary discussion, lease agreement, divorce, or custody issues, effective negotiation requires a clear strategy and thorough preparation. This service is designed to help you understand your position, clarify your goals, and communicate with confidence. Our role is to teach you how to evaluate your bargaining position, effectively advocate for yourself, and reach outcomes that make sense, saving you from unnecessary stress and headaches.

  • How you end a relationship, whether professional or personal, matters. But when tensions run high and miscommunications break down, parties can lose sight of a sound agreement that does justice to both sides. This service is designed for those seeking a timely, practical path to agreement. We offer a structured and neutral process that uses a "caucus" style of negotiation to help parties reach an expedited resolution. Despite the caucus format, each session is tailored to the specific people involved and the nature of their dispute, ensuring an efficient and practical path to an agreement.

  • Sometimes you need to preserve a relationship, even if it means building a bridge or drawing a boundary. Need help getting there? This conflict resolution service is for parties who are willing to put in the work to repair the harms they have caused and earn back another person’s trust. This is a long-term process that provides the time and space for all parties to engage in a structured but fertile dialogue. The goal is to move beyond a simple agreement to a deeper understanding that fosters healing and a sustainable resolution on your terms.

  • This is a long-term, subscription-based service designed for organizations and teams. It's a proactive approach for future-minded communities who want to make sure they're growing together in a cohesive fashion or for those looking to refresh their organizational culture or radically shift their internal conflict resolution framework. This service helps you proactively prevent conflicts before they take root and prepare for the inevitable with holistic, people-focused solutions.

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FAQs

  • Mediation is an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method where a trained, impartial third party, called a mediator, helps people in a conflict communicate, understand one another, and voluntarily reach a mutually acceptable agreement. Unlike a judge or arbitrator, the mediator does not make a decision or impose a solution; their role is to facilitate the conversation, manage the process, and assist the parties in generating their own creative resolution. This confidential and flexible process often allows for a faster, less expensive, and more customized outcome than traditional litigation.

  • A restorative process differs fundamentally from mediation in its core goal and focus. While mediation is primarily solution-driven, using a neutral third party to help disputing parties reach a practical, future-focused agreement or settlement (e.g., in a divorce or contract dispute), a restorative process is relationship-driven. Its aim is to repair harm by focusing on the past incident, fostering accountability from the wrongdoer, and facilitating a deeper understanding of the impact on the victim. A restorative process is more appropriate than mediation when the conflict involves a clear harm (such as an offense, bullying, or broken trust) and the priority is emotional healing and the transformation of the relationship, rather than simply dividing assets or signing a legal document.

  • 1. Clear Communication. 
I ensure everyone fully understands the process, my role, and any agreements being considered. Especially if we are forming an contract or repair-of-harm agreement, I will make sure that all terms are mutually defined and agreed upon before we conclude any working session.

    2. Respect for Choice
. Mediation only works when participation is truly voluntary. I protect that freedom at every stage. If I learn that one or both parties are not participating in good faith or if I find that someone is participating under duress I will close out the session and terminate future proceedings, if necessary.

    3. Professional Preparedness. 
I accept only those cases I’m qualified to mediate so that I may arrive fully prepared to guide the process and give appropriate notices about legal boundaries as necessary. If during a process I find that legal expertise is beyond what I, or an expert, can provide, we may close out the session to protect the integrity of the subject matter discussed.

    4. Trust and Privacy. 
Confidentiality is essential. I explain it clearly and protect all private information shared. All materials used during the process will be destroyed upon completion of a session or process cycle.

    5. Integrity and Neutrality in Mediations
. I stay impartial, fair, and transparent. If neutrality is at risk, I will step aside and immediately recuse myself from the process. If the process becomes unethical or unfair, I will withdraw to protect its integrity.

  • At our first meeting, we’ll cover (1) A Review of Your Needs: I'll take a close look at the details you provided so I can fully understand your situation; (2) A Conflict of Interest Check: This is a crucial step where I ensure there are no conflicts that would ethically prevent me from working with you; (3) A Discussion of Our Engagement Agreement: If we both agree to move forward, we'll go over the terms of our working relationship to ensure a strong and clear foundation.

    To make the best use of our time, I require that you fill out the interest form so that I can spare you unnecessary costs and time-wastes (because we all hate that feeling of waiting in limbo for the lawyer to give you an answer!)