"An ounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!" — Joseph Grynbaum
Welcome to UtahMediation.com. This website is provided by Grant M. Sumsion, a founding partner in the law firm of Sumsion, Steele & Crandall. With over 30 years of legal experience — mostly litigating disputes that are eventually resolved through mediation — Mr. Sumsion is pleased to help you understand more about mediation and, if you choose, to mediate your conflict.
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser — in fees, and expenses, and waste of time.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
It has been said that when you go to court, it’s all about what has happened in the past; when you mediate, it’s all about what you want to see happen in the future. Mediation provides parties in dispute an opportunity to control the outcome of their dispute in ways that courts cannot. It also provides parties an opportunity to resolve their dispute in less time, with lower costs (both monetary and emotional).
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If you’ve ever been part of a dispute — a business falling-out, a boundary disagreement with a neighbor, a contentious divorce, a partnership gone sideways — you know the moment when two people simply can’t be in the same room without the conversation breaking down. Voices rise. Old grievances resurface. Nothing gets resolved, and everyone …
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If you’ve come to this website, chances are you are facing some kind of conflict. You may already be involved in a lawsuit, or you may just have a disagreement with a family member, neighbor, or business associate and you are looking for some help to resolve it. Sometimes courts will order disputing parties to …
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