Rowe Mediation

Is mediation just for divorce?  No. Consider mediation when: resolving construction disputes, dividing real property or an estate, beginning or ending a business, workplace issues, a contract has failed or any time litigation is considered and both parties are willing to meet for a resolution.

     Since 1988, Erin Rowe has effectively mediated more than 3,000 private, civil, criminal, business and other disputes.  Ms. Rowe worked as a Senior Family Mediator and Child Advocate Supervisor in California Superior Court, Program Administrator and Panel Mediator for California Lawyers for the Arts and Mentor Attorney and Advisory Board Member for Humboldt Teen Court. 

     She served as Chair of the Social Services Commission for the City of Santa Monica, Board Chair for the nonprofit CLARE Foundation, Mediator for Van Nuys Probate Court and Volunteer Attorney for the Los Angeles Free Clinic.

     Rowe Mediation opened in 2004 to serve Humboldt County.

     Ms. Rowe is a member of the California Bar Association, Humboldt County Bar Asociation and is a California Real Estate Broker.  She holds a J.D. from Southwestern University and a B.A. from the University of Southern California.

     She is a certified mediation trainer for the Los Angeles County Probation Department and has trained attorneys, probation officers and incarcerated teens in conflict resolution. Ms. Rowe holds mediation certificates from the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Humboldt County Bar Asociation, Arts Arbitration and Mediation Services, and the Cloke Center for Dispute Resolution, and completed trainings in Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication, the Rose Collaborative Probate Program and the Harvard Negotiation Institute's Dispute Resolution Program.

     Hourly fees are affordable and on a sliding scale. Meetings can be scheduled without delay and lasting resolutions are usually reached in just a few sessions. Once signed, mediated agreements are enforceable contracts. Even if a complete resolution isn't reached mediation narrows and defines issues which reduces the scope of any future conflict and no legal rights are lost.

     Life is short- Avoid court!

     Call or email for a free consultation to determine whether your matter is appropriate for mediation.