Concilium Mediation Services

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Concilium's singular mission is to assist counsel and their individual, business and government clients to achieve timely, cost efficient and successful resolutions of conflicts and disputes. We believe that through adversarial collaboration, good faith effort by unlike minds can resolve even the most complex problems. If disciplined, evidence-based decision-making, personal constructive collaboration and party self-determination are values you hold paramount, please consider calling on us for assistance. Our experience spans more than 20 years, with a success rate exceeding 90%.

Founded in 1991, Concilium is a professional mediation firm specializing in the mediation of a broad range of complex civil litigation, including disputes in the areas of construction, employment, professional liability, torts, general commercial litigation, real and intellectual property, insurance and securities, commodities and derivatives trading.

Headquartered in San Francisco's financial district, Concilium serves a national and international clientele.

Name: Concilium is the Latin term for a planned resolution of interests and claims through the mediation of a mutual friend.

What is Mediation?

Mediation is a nonbinding process in which a neutral person assists disputing parties to negotiate a consensual resolution of their dispute. It is an alternative to trial or arbitration. The distinguishing feature of mediation is the control that the parties retain over the dispute and its resolution. Its culmination is an enforceable written settlement agreement.

Because of its informality and nonadjudicative nature, mediation is an effective settlement intervention during all phases of the dispute resolution cycle. Through it, dramatic reductions in the direct and indirect transactional costs associated with litigation can be achieved.

Mediation has become the preferred alternative dispute resolution process due to its efficiency and unequaled capacity to educate parties to the potential risk and liability exposure presented in their positions, identify pragmatic solutions, and catalyze resolution.

Mediation is now incorporated into both the State and Federal judicial systems where parties involved in complex litigated disputes are strongly encouraged to mediate.

Benefits of Mediation

Effectiveness
Concilium's success rate exceeds 90% of cases submitted to mediation.

Efficiency
Mediation typically requires only a day to resolve most cases. Savings, both in time and financial expense, can be dramatic.

Confidentiality
The process is confidential; the parties must agree in writing that the information used in the mediation cannot be disclosed under any circumstances.

Options
You can preserve your options; a partial or interim solution may best serve your needs, leaving a defined field of remaining issues which can be resolved later through further negotiation, mediation, or adjucation.

Openness
Your point of view, as well as that of other participants, is considered central in working out a lasting resolution.

Consensus
The process of forging your own consensual solution can leave all participants with a sense of achievement and satisfaction.