MEDIATION

Mediation is an opportunity. Mediation is a proven process which affords the parties an opportunity to resolve their differences beyond and outside the pressures of a family courtroom proceeding, and it provides parties with control over the outcome and a quality of resolution which best supports the parties' long-term emotional and financial well-being.

I have created and established an office which will provide attorneys and their clients with an array of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services [e.g., conducting mediation at a pre-commencement or post-commencement litigation stage, and/or conducting binding arbitration proceedings pursuant to a family court order authorizing arbitration].

In cases not involving ADR, and after proper client authorizations are secured, I am prepared to assist an attorney in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the client’s case, at the pre-trial stage, in order to better prepare the case file and the client for settlement negotiations or for trial.

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LITIGATION SUPPORT

I have also felt compelled to create a Litigation Support Service for my fellow family law attorneys which could creatively, effectively and efficiently assist them in formulating their family court-related litigation strategies and planning, beginning with the client’s earliest, pre-hearing stages and continuing throughout all of their subsequent litigation stages.

With that understanding, I have established “Family Court Litigation Support Services”, which, as stated, should provide my fellow family law attorneys throughout South Carolina with a variety of family law-based services, the nature, duration and extent of which will remain fully controlled by those attorneys who elect to engage my services.

A current brief description of these services, along with my detailed fee schedule, can be accessed through these links:

Family Court Litigation Support

Letter of Engagment for Court Litigtion Support

For Mediation: $175 per hour. There will need to be an initial fee paid of $250 per party which must be paid prior to the date of the scheduled mediation. Full payment for the neutral's services must be made by the parties at the end of the mediation. Payment by credit card will be accepted. However, the responsibility for the payment of all mediation fees must remain with the party's attorney (s). Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties, each party will equally share in the mediator's fees.

For Arbitration: $175 per hour. Each party shall pay, in advance of the scheduled arbitration, a retainer of $500 [the amount of the retainer above this minimum amount will be determined and based upon the number and complexity of the issues for arbitration and the amount of time the attorneys estimate will be needed to complete the arbitration].

For Litigation Support Services: $100 per hour.