Solomon Mediation and Arbitration ● Portland, Oregon

Mediation and Arbitration are two forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that allow individuals, companies, and other parties to resolve disputes without going to court. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is now used in many legal contexts to resolve disputes that would otherwise be tried to a court. Attorney Glenn Solomon is a trained mediator and arbitrator available to mediate and arbitrate labor and employment cases and other legal disputes in Portland and the surrounding areas in Oregon. Contact us online or call 1-888-341-3508 for more information about Solomon Mediation and Arbitration.

The Development of Alternative Dispute Resolution

The development of ADR is historically an outgrowth of the need for labor peace at the end of World War II. That is, ADR was a response to labor disputes that were too numerous or too specialized to be handled by the courts.

Arbitration got its start as a low-cost way to handle grievances arising under collective bargaining agreements. It was sanctioned by the courts in part because of the expertise of labor specialists in dealing with "the law of the shop". Mediation developed out of the need for the parties to a dispute to control the outcome. The idea was to develop a resolution that would enable life to go peacefully for parties that needed to maintain an association after the dispute ended.

The Benefits of Mediation and Arbitration

For many litigants the virtue of ADR is privacy. That is, arbitration or mediation offers the opportunity to resolve a messy dispute in private and without a public record of the proceeding. There is normally an arbitration or mediation agreement that the parties enter into under which the arbitrator or mediator maintains a duty of confidentiality to the parties and cannot serve as a witness for either party.

ADR is less formal and more flexible than the court. With the help of a mediator the parties can control the outcome of a dispute rather than have a judge impose a resolution that may not meet the needs of either party. An arbitrator can work faster than the court and usually at less expense. In employment disputes, the arbitrator or mediator often has a deeper knowledge of employment or labor law and a better feel for the circumstances than the judge. Because of the informality of the arbitration process and the experience of the arbitrator, slick presentations and court room theatrics have little or no influence on the outcome.

At Solomon Mediation and Arbitration, we offer objective, neutral alternative dispute resolution services. Glenn Solomon brings over 20 years of employment law experience and extensive training in conflict resolution to the mediation and arbitration of workplace disputes and employment law cases.

Contact us online or call 1-888-341-3508 for more information about Solomon Mediation and Arbitration.

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Glenn Solomon, Attorney At Law
Solomon Mediation and Arbitration
1001 SW 5th Ave. Suite #1414
Portland, OR 97204
503.241.3508
1.888.341.3508