Utah Mediation provides a directory of certified Utah mediators and Utah arbitrators available to provide assistance both through the Utah court system and independently in Utah for Utah divorce mediation . ADR, alternative dispute resolution, often provides an accelerated result with greater cooperation, in addition to less contention and cost to both parties.
Utah law as of May 2, 2005, see HB4, requires divorce mediation in all contested divorce cases. Learn more about Utah House Bill 4 regarding changes to the divorce process and divorce mediation in Utah here. Utah mediation provides a list of mediators for all divorcing parents and families in Utah offering Utah divorce mediation.
Mediation is an informal, voluntary process in which a mediator, trained in facilitation and negotiation techniques, assists all parties to reach a mutually acceptable conclusion. What distinguishes mediation from other forms of dispute resolution, principally litigation in court and arbitration, is that the mediator does not impose a solution but rather assists the parties to create their own understanding. Mediated agreements, especially in situations involving families and divorce, often include unique solutions tailored to specific situations that are not available in arbitration or litigation through the court system.
The actual process of divorce mediation, as well as other types of mediation is flexible and creative varying with the needs of the parties involved and the methods used by the mediator. While the parties may meet face to face to discuss the issues involved, it is also possible that private caucus, physically separated from the other party, can be useful in reaching a compromise. Private caucus in mediation can be used to send messages, clarify a position, ask questions and tender proposals, offers and counter offers to either party. Mediation is non-binding unless both parties agree to a settlement.
Locate a Utah mediation mediator and/or Utah arbitrator from the following list:
- divorce mediation, family mediation, and co-parenting
- personal injury and accident claims
- domestic disputes, custody including parent time
- workplace mediation including management/employee
- landlord/tenant, small claims, neighborhood disputes
- business and contract disputes
- insurance and securities claims
- probate disputes, estate settlements and guardianship
- labor and discrimination cases
- child support, visitation and co-parenting
- disputes involving property owners and real estate brokers
- mediation provided in Spanish, French and German
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GWEN ADAMS
Gwen Adams is a certified and licensed mediator in the State of Utah. She received her Associates Degree from Ricks College and is soon to complete her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University. She has had much experience working with teenagers. Her expertise is education, truancy, and parent/teen mediations. She is the mother of five children.
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DANIEL AGLE
Daniel Agle received his Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Sociology from Brigham Young University in 2003. Thereafter, Dan received his Juris Doctorate degree cum laude from the J Reuben Clark Law School (BYU) in 2007. Dan received his mediation training through the Schooley Mediation Center at Brigham Young University. He has served as a mediator in Utah County Small Claims Courts and has served as both mediator and arbitrator at the Brigham Young University Center for Conflict Resolution. Second language spoken: Spanish.
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PABLO A. ALCALDE
He completed his training for Basic Mediation and Landlord/Tenant through UDR, Divorce/Family mediation in Boca Raton, Florida, for a total of 83 hours. Education includes a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, with an emphasis in Corrections; an AAS in Paralegal Studies; an AS in General Sociology. Pablo is originally from South America and for the past 9 years he has been residing in the State of Utah. For the past 26 years, his primary business has been in Property & Casualty Insurance, combined with Immigration, and Travel Industry. Spanish as a native language.
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GRETCHEN ALLEN-LOWE Gretchen Lowe is actively involved in several areas of mediation and has most of her experience in family and divorce situations; also included are small claims issues, race/sex discrimination, community, truancy, and many other areas. Gretchen has a paralegal degree and feels this helps her as a serious mediator. Gretchen also received her Family Mediation training through the BYU Law School, and has quickly become a Master Mediator. She has conducted over 400 hours of mediations and feels her expertise is profound. Gretchen is actively learning Spanish as a second language.
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CLARK B. ALLRED
Clark B. Allred has a J.D. degree from Brigham Young University. He is a lawyer living in Vernal, Utah, whose practice, for the past 25 years, has been primarily business, real property and domestic litigation. During the past 10 years he has been involved, both as a mediator and as an attorney, in mediation of domestic, personal injury, business and estate matters.
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KENT T. ANDERSON
Kent Anderson brings experience as both a lawyer and a psychotherapist to his mediation practice. After graduating from Georgetown Law School (1978), he practiced law at Jones, Waldo. He then worked for 14 years at a major corporation including as General Counsel and Exec VP-Real Estate & Development. Kent received his Masters of Social Work from the University of Utah (2001), and received basic and domestic mediation training at UDR. In addition to his mediation practice, Kent is an LCSW, providing individual, marriage, and family counseling. His background allows him to effectively mediate a wide range of family, commercial, and workplace disputes.
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MARK ARGYLE
Mark Argyle is a certified mediator practicing in the Orem and Salt Lake counties. He has a broad education including specialized training in computer science, business law, sociology and psychology. Accepts cases dealing in contracts, small-claims, landlord/tenant, parent/teen and domestic/divorce. Rates vary by case type.
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DEB BADGER
Deb Badger has practiced family law for more than 20 years and has mediated since 1998. She also regularly represents children in family disputes as a court-appointed guardian ad litem. She is a member of Collaborative Family Lawyers of Utah, an organization that takes a mediation-type approach to divorce law. In addition to family law cases, she has mediated landlord/tenant, probate and contract disputes. She served as Judge Pro Tem deciding small claims cases for more than 15 years--giving her the opportuity to practice neutrality.
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VIVIA K. BALDWIN Vivia Baldwin is a certified master mediator with extensive workplace mediation experience. A graduate of the University of Utah, Magna cum laude, she has been mediating in Utah since 1994. Currently Ms. Baldwin is on the mediation roster of the United States Postal Service REDRESS, the Utah State Anti-Discrimination and Labor Division, the AOC Restorative Justice Program and the AOC Co-Parent Program. Ms. Baldwin's expertise is in facilitative and transformative mediation. She is available as a mentor/coach for participants in a mediation conference.
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JOYCE C. BARNES Joyce Barnes is a certified master mediator with expertise in education, special education, divorce, child custody, parent time, children and adults with disabilities, youth in custody and multicultural issues. Her mediation practice has expanded over the past 11 years into public and private schools and higher education. Weekend and evening meetings can be arranged. Her classes on legal issues at the Salt Lake Community College have been very popular with students working on an associate degree. Joyce is a court-adjudicated mediator and also volunteers with the Juvenile Court.
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R. DAREN BARNEY R. Daren Barney is a founding partner of Barney & McKenna, P.C., with law offices in St. George, Utah and Mesquite, Nevada. He has a J.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin (1994), where he received his initial training in professional mediation and arbitration. He is licensed in Utah, Nevada, and Colorado, and has a broad range of legal experience in business/corporate law, construction, real estate, banking, commercial transactions, and civil litigation. In addition to practicing law, he currently serves as the Mayor of Ivins City and is on the Board of Trustees for Leadership Dixie.
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DANIEL B. BASS Daniel B. Bass was a trial lawyer and mediator in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has been a practicing attorney since 1968 and a full-time mediator since 1993. He has mediated over 4,000 cases and has extensive experience in the areas of family law, contract disputes, landlord-tenant, commercial and personal injury matters. He is certified by the Florida Supreme Court in both Family and Civil disputes. Dan is a former member of the Florida Legislature, and a former President of the Association of South Florida Mediators. He has a J.D. degree from the University of Florida and has lectured on mediation topics.
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MONICA BAUSSET-DETRICK
Monica Bausset-Detrick has extensive training in different areas of mediation. She is a college professor as well as an employment counselor. She received her mediation training through the CDRS at the BYU Law School. She is also bilingual/bicultural. Her extensive experience in Hispanic language and culture complements her training in mediation. She will mediate cases of divorce, family conflict and employment issues. She can conduct mediations in either English or Spanish. In divorce and family conflict mediation, she will mediate a peaceful, mutually rewarding agreement for you and your children, if any are involved.
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A. BECK Dr. Beck is a native of central Utah. He grew up on a sugar beet and cattle farm. He now lives in Smithfield, Utah. He received two degrees from Brigham Young University where he also served on the faculty. He also served on the faculty of Arizona State University. He received a doctorate degree from the University of Montana. He is nationally certified as a Divorce Mediator and a member of many professional organizations. Dr. Beck and his wife, Marilyn Call, are the parents of ten children. He was a teacher and family counselor with the Family- Wise Counseling Center in Sandy, Oregon before moving to Utah in 1999.
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SANDRA LYN BERGER
Sandra Berger is a career civil servant for 23 years working as a program manager and Air Force Mediator at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Sandra is a pathfinder who facilitates and gels teams by example with stellar skills in mediation and conflict resolution. She volunteer mediated in small claims at Salt Lake City's Third District Court, mediated labor disputes and facilitated lean principles in the federal government. She is a compassionate businesswoman gifted with proven analytical and organizational ability in financial management, contracting, logistics, hospital administration, labor, and community relations. Sandra owns an accounting and bookkeeping home business. Sandra has an MBA from Florida Metropolitan University in Tampa, Florida. She has a bachelor's degree in Recreation Therapy and worked as a Recreation Specialist for ten years at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sandra completed University of Utah's prestigious Conflict Resolution Certificate Program in 1999.
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MARY ANN BISHOP
Mary Bishop is certified in Advanced Mediation Practices, completing her training at Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development. She also completed the Utah Dispute Resolution training for Domestic, Small Claims, and Victim Offender mediation. She has mediated over 100 disputes and performed over 800 case assessments. Her expertise includes 15 years as a labor/management negotiator and workplace dispute resolution specialist. Mary currently manages a dispute resolution program for a large organization, where she also provides training in conflict management strategies and mediator continuing education. She accepts cases for employment/labor and civil rights, domestic/divorce, landlord/tenant, small claims, truancy and victim offender.
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MICHAEL E. BLAIR
Michael Blair is a Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor in private general practice in Central Utah with over 15 years experience and a variety of specialties such as mediation, reunification, mental health assessments, pornography, alcohol and drugs, managing teenagers, depression, anxiety, pain management, rehabilitation and related work issues, physical and sexual abuse issues, and divorce-busting. Second language spoken, French.
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MEREDITH BLEVINS
Meredith is trained in basic and domestic mediation; her background is counseling. She's mediated between children and teachers in school systems; shown consideration for family needs during divorce; worked with the elderly and their families during times of change in hospital settings. (She implemented an intergenerational program for the State of CA.) Meredith became involved in business disputes, leading to a monthly column concerning cooperation and business growth. As a writer, her books have been chosen by Library Journal as "Best Of..." She brings to mediation the elements of experience, calm, and non-judgmental listening.
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WILLIAM B. BOHLING Judge Bohling mediates represented parties in business, construction, injury, malpractice, property, and family disputes. His 38-year legal career includes 3 years at Justice's Antitrust Division, 5 years as a law professor, 16 years in private practice, and 11 years on Utah's district court bench. He has mediated numerous, often complex cases. Judge Bohling was named the Utah State Bar's 1993 distinguished Lawyer of the Year and 2004 Judge of the Year, was awarded the UCCR's 2005 Peacekeeper Award, and is listed in Utah Business's 2007 Arbitrator/Mediator Legal Elite. He is a Utah Court's Master Mediator and a member of the ABA, ACR and the UCCR.
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NATHAN S. BRACKEN
Nathan S. Bracken is a mediator and attorney with Dart, Adamson & Donovan, specializing in domestic relations. Mr. Bracken graduated from BYU with a BA in English and obtained his law degree from the University of Utah, where he received his mediation training and served as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Family Studies. Mr. Bracken has also completed clerkships and internships with the Utah Attorney General's Office, Division of Child Family Support, and Utah Dispute Resolution, where he received his domestic mediation training. Second language spoken: Spanish.
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SUSAN C. BRADFORD Susan C. Bradford is a master mediator with Bradford Mediation. She graduated from the University of Utah College of Law, and completed Divorce and Child Custody mediation training with CDR Associates in Colorado. She was an Administrative Law Judge, a guardian ad litem, an adjunct clinical professor of law at the U of U, a Domestic Court Commissioner in the Third District, and a partner with a law firm. She has mediated hundreds of cases. Ms. Bradford offers mediation services for complex domestic matters, contracts, and general litigation.
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SUSAN BRADSHAW
Susan Bradshaw is a master mediator and primary trainer. She teaches mediation at the J Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. She has acted as the Director of the Schooley Mediation Center at BYU, the Coordinator of Alternative Dispute Resolution for the state of Utah and as Director of Utah Dispute Resolution. In these capacities, she has conducted mediation and mediation training for the past ten years. Her education includes a master's degree from Pepperdine University in conflict resolution and a law degree from BYU. She has mediated weekly for the past ten years with her students in small claims court and enjoys a private practice in domestic mediation.
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KRAIG E. BRINKERHOFF
Kraig E. Brinkerhoff is a Mediator in the Salt Lake and Provo areas. He has a background in vocational rehab counseling and is an academic advisor at BYU. He has actively been involved as a mediator since 2004. He has mediated parent-teen truancy mediations, small claims mediations, including consumer, employment and contract disputes, divorce mediation, landlord/tenant, and victim offender mediation for the 4th district juvenile court. He has a BS degree in Psychology from BYU and is a mediation volunteer at the BYU Center for Conflict Resolution and the Community Dispute Resolution Services Center in Provo. Second language spoken: Spanish.
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EVIE BRINKERHOFF
Currently, Evie Brinkerhoff is mediating at both Small Claims court in the Fourth District as well as the Center for Conflict Resolution at BYU which handles Landlord/Tenant disputes. She is also certified as a domestic mediator.
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ELAINE J. BROWN
Elaine Brown has a BA in Secondary Education and History and an MPA (Master's in Public Administration) with a Human Resources emphasis. She has worked in the public sector including the State of Utah, the University of Utah, and Salt Lake Community College, for almost twenty years. Her areas of expertise include education, employment, labor, and harassment and discrimination issues, but she also has personal experience in the areas of juvenile justice and elder care. Her mediation experience has been in small claims court and law and motion hearings.
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CARLY BUTTARS
My experience in mediation consists of six months of training and voluntary work. I became interested in mediation as a student at Utah Valley State College where I received four years of education and a Bachelor's degree in the Criminal Justice System. Learning about the criminal justice system, I realized the need for alternative dispute resolution programs such as mediation. My interest furthered when I began to participate in mediation sessions.
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KASSIE CAMPBELL
Kassie Campbell is a third-year law student at Brigham Young University Law School. She received her mediation training from BYU Law School and has mediated many cases. She received a bachelor's degree in History Education with a minor in English graduating magna cum laude. Second Language spoken: Spanish
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SUSAN S. CAMPBELL
Susan S. Campbell, PhD MFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has completed training as a Basic and Victim Offender Mediator (32 hours) and as a Divorce/Child Custody Mediator (24 hours), both in 1999. Susan meets regularly with the Cache County Restorative Dialogue Committee. Susan has mediated 11 domestic cases for a total of 62.5 hours. She has also mediated 7 Juvenile Victim-Offender cases for a total of 32.25 hours. Total mediation experience is 112.17 hours. Among these have been interstate cases, using a combination of phone conferencing and office mediation to resolve issues. Several have involved the children being allowed to express needs and wishes, and the parents being helped to better meet those needs through co-parenting mediation.
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LAURA L. CANTERA
Laura Cantera is a third-year law student at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. She currently teaches a basic mediation course to undergraduate students at BYU and has both mediated and observed numerous cases. Laura worked as a law clerk for Judge Dee Benson, a Federal district judge in Utah, as well as the United States Attorney's Office, and the law firm of VanCott Bagley. She also spent a summer in New York City working for John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC's 20/20. She graduated magna cum laude with her bachelor's degree in journalism from BYU.
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LAURA CARLSON
Laura Carlson graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Utah Valley State College, where she currenty works as Managaer of Student Employment, specializing in mediating various employment related issues, particularly supervisor/employee disputes. Previous work experience in business management. Other mediation focuses include small claims, business, property, education, family and community dispute resolution.
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CHARLES
BRADFORD CARLSTON
Charles Carlston is a member of both the California and Utah Bars. He has personal experience with both custodial and non-custodial single parenting. After personally experiencing two revolutions in Brazil, his own divorce, his subsequent wife's death from cancer, and nearly six years of San Francisco Area domestic law practice, he learned he had not yet seen everything until he moved his practice to Utah County over ten years ago. He believes that successfully-mediated settlements nearly always outlast rulings from the bench. Second language spoken: Portuguese
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TERRY L. CATHCART Terry L. Cathcart is an attorney and mediator in the Bountiful/Davis County law firm of Crist, Cathcart & Peterson, LLC. He has been an attorney for 20 years after his graduation from the Utah College of Law (S.J. Quinney College of Law) and was a member of the first class of mediators trained in the state of Utah in 1998. He has over 500 hours of mediation experience and emphasizes divorce and domestic mediation.
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DARIN A. CHILDERS
Mr. Childers is a law student at the J Reuben Clark Law School at BYU. He received his mediation training through the BYU Schooley Mediation Center. He has mediated cases at small claims court in Provo. Mr. Childers works as a law clerk in the Utah Attorney General's Office and speaks Spanish.
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MELISSA CHLARSON
Melissa Chlarson is a third-year law student at Brigham Young University. She received her mediation education from a law school class. Along with that class she was required to mediate at small claims court in Provo, Utah for thirty-eight hours. Although she has only mediated in small claims court, she is not opposed to mediating in other areas as her role of mediator is to be a neutral third party that helps both parties communicate better so they can come to a mutually satisfying agreement.
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