Jensen Timothy J

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"If war is continuation of diplomacy by other means, then negotiation is war waged with kisses. Settlement is a peace treaty declared on agreed terms, in which rationality trumps expectation, calculation succeeds emotion, and the cessation of conflict frees parties to go their separate ways." Charles Parselle

"For more than 200 years, the American system of justice has been a place for the peaceful resolution of disputes. It is fundamentally an adversary system...but many disputes are better resolved through processes that are not adversarial...mediation and other dispute resolution processes..." Chief Justice (Ohio) Thomas J. Moyer.

"The obligation of the legal profession is... to serve as healers of human conflicts... we should provide methods that can produce an acceptable result in the shortest possible time, with the least possible expense and with a minimum stress on the participants. That is what justice is all about." Chief Justice Burger.

For those involved in lawsuits, either voluntarily or involuntarily, they will, at some time, come to the realization that its costs, inefficiency, emotional turmoil and the gamble on the outcome all make a compelling argument that there must be some other way to reach a solution. For those that want to change course, mediation is that "other way". Ask your lawyer if Mediation is the right thing for you - Tim Jensen.