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.

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. 

• 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.

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

• Public Policy Issues
• Real Estate Issues
• Restorative Justice
• Workplace Issues
• Adoption/Foster Care/Parenting Time

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.