Mediate Everything

Mediate Everything

Most people realize mediation is a better alternative to litigation. What many people don’t realize is that mediation can be used to help you resolve almost any conflict.

MEDIATing

personal

relationships

 

Has political division struck home? 

Have political differences damaged or seemingly destroyed one or more of your most important personal relationships?  Have you ever considered using mediation to get past the divide with your mother, father, sister, brother or close friend?  If not, you may want to consider it.  You may find that enlisting an experienced, neutral facilitator to assist you in healing and ultimately enhancing a personal relationship is the best thing you’ve ever done. 

WHY

MEDIATE?

  • Mediation is much less expensive than litigation.
  • Mediation is much less stressful than litigation.
  • Mediation is much less time-consuming than litigation.
  • Mediation is much more flexible than litigation.
  • Mediation doesn’t require you to have an attorney.

 

  • Mediation allows you to preserve and/or repair relationships.
  • Mediation is an effective process by which to resolve almost any kind of conflict and is not limited to court cases.
  • Mediation allows you to control the outcome.
  • Mediation is a rejection of “scorch the earth” approaches to conflict.
  • Mediation works.

APPROACH

Mediation can work for almost everyone in almost any situation.

It isn’t for litigants alone. Mediation can be used to resolve disagreements before court action is initiated, as an alternative to trial, or to help people who are experiencing some kind of conflict but have no intention of ever going to court.

As a process of assisted negotiation, mediation can be used to enhance communication and cooperation between business partners, domestic partners, neighbors, Board members, co-workers, parents, parents and their kids, siblings, friends, employees and their supervisors, tenants and landlords, clients and their contractors. . . almost anyone.

Through mediation, you will be afforded the opportunity to explain your point of view, clarify any misunderstandings, listen, explore options, and negotiate a viable agreement.

Areas of Focus

  • Personal Relationships
  • One-on-One Conflict Coaching
  • Landlord-Tenant Issues
  • Neighborhood Disputes
  • ADA/FHA Requests and Compliance
  • Civil Rights/Fair Housing
  • Partnership/Business Issues
  • Civil Liability Issues (general)
  • Community Living
  • Contract Modification, Enforcement or Rescission
  • Senior Care
  • Fee Disputes
  • Public Policy Issues
  • Real Estate Issues
  • Restorative Justice
  • Workplace Issues
  • Adoption/Foster Care/Parenting Time

ABOUT

Phyllis A. Roestenberg is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Denver College of Law. She is a trained mediator and licensed attorney with more than 20 years of experience, including tenure as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and Senior Staff Attorney in a non-profit law firm.

She is admitted to practice law in Colorado and before the U.S. District Courts in Colorado and Arizona and both the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal.  She is a recipient of the “Outstanding Contribution to the Courts Award,” presented by the Arizona Supreme Court to attorneys who serve the public and improve the legal profession. 

A highly experienced presenter, she trains attorneys, law students and other professionals in the areas of conflict resolution, civil rights and housing law.  Her work has been published in the Colorado Lawyer, Cornerstone and The Preventive Law Journal, among others.  Through the Law & Mediation Office of Phyllis A. Roestenberg, Esq., LLC, she provides mediation services, training, legal representation & counseling. 

Selected Trainings conducted by Phyllis A. Roestenberg

2024 

  • Building Community in Ways that Enhance Compliance
  • How the “For Cause Eviction” Legislation Could Impact our Housing Crisis 
  • Leadership Training Series: How to Have a Constructive, Not Unproductive, Conversation

    2023

  • Leading with Peace, Fort Collins 
  • What Every Housing Provider Should Know: Mutual Rescissions and Service Animals
  • Community Building: How to Foster a Community to Enhance Compliance  
  • Interactive Conflict Resolution Skill-Building Workshop

2022

  • Conflict Resolution Skill-Building for Residents 
  • Everyday Mediation Skills When Working in Challenging Situations 

2021    

  • Statewide Webinar for Public Health Professionals, Building Connections & Community, Colorado  
  • Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities, Fort Collins
  • Statewide Webinar for Attorneys and Mediators (Half-Day CLE), Colorado
  • Housing Law Training (Half-Day), Longmont

2020    

  • Housing Mediation Training (Full-Day CLE), Longmont
  • What is Mediation?  How Can it Help?, Fort Collins 
  • Mobile Home Park Act Webinar, Fort Collins
  • Statewide Webinar for Mediators, Hawaii
  • Statewide Webinar for Attorneys and Mediators (Full-Day CLE 1), Colorado
  • Statewide Webinar for Attorneys and Mediators (Full-Day CLE 2), Colorado
  • Promulgating No-Smoking Policies in HOA Communities, Denver

2019

  • Tenants’ Night:  Rights & Responsibilities, Denver
  • Promulgating No-Smoking Policies in HOA Communities, Denver
  • Civil Rights/Housing Law (Full-Day CLE), Glenwood Springs
  • Civil Rights/Housing Law (Full-Day CLE), Montrose

2018

  • Civil Rights/Housing Law/Conflict Resolution (Full-Day CLE), Fort Collins
  • Civil Rights/Housing Law/Conflict Resolution (Full-Day CLE), Durango

2017

  • Civil Rights/Housing/Conflict Resolution (Full-Day CLE), Colorado Springs
  • Civil Rights/Housing Law/Conflict Resolution (Full-Day CLE), Denver

2016

  • Civil Rights/Housing Law/Conflict Resolution (Full-Day CLE), Denver
  • Civil Rights/Housing Law/Conflict Resolution (Full-Day CLE), Pueblo
  • Civil Rights/Housing, Sturm College of Law, Denver

2014

  • Conflict Resolution, Colorado Civil Rights Division, Denver
  • Colorado Residential Tenancies/Conflict Resolution, Aurora
  • Colorado Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities, Wheat Ridge
  • Mediating Civil Rights Cases, Denver
  • Fair Housing/Housing Law, Golden
  • Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities, Wheat Ridge
  • Civil Rights, Denver
  • Civil Rights, Lakewood
  • Colorado Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities, Wheat Ridge

2012

  • Civil Rights/Housing Law, Longmont

2011

  • Civil Rights, Thornton
  • Conflict Resolution, Lakewood
  • Housing Law, Denver
  • Conflict Resolution, Denver

2008

  • Civil Rights, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, Arizona

2007

  • Civil Rights, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix
  • Civil Rights, NLADA National Convention, Phoenix
  • Civil Rights, Minority Bar Association Convention, Phoenix

GET IN TOUCH

Please fill out the contact form below. You can also call us directly at 303.955.8417 or email paroestenberg@mediateeverything.com.