My mediation practice has been primarily focused in civil mediation, more specifically settling information technology disputes.  Disputes such as large scale IT system implementations which have gone sour between company and vendor(s), telecommunication disputes between small or large businesses and carriers, data center disputes on cloud computing where expectations were not met, and service level disputes not met by vendors and/or not understood by the company purchasing the service.   I’ve also been working with an excellent non-profit organization in Sumner County, Tennessee and found that I also enjoyed mediating the family cases referred by the courts.

After some careful thought, I’ve decided to expand my practice into the Family mediation arena, to include cases such as divorce, elder mediation, and juvenile cases.  I’m not new in this area, I’ve been mediating these cases with Sumner Mediation Services and have attended several training and am Approved by the Tennessee Supreme Court to mediate Family cases, just as I am approved to mediate Civil cases.

My hope is that my expanding my practice, I can be more of a service to my fellow community.

Please email me at Donita.Brown@iMediateIT.com, visit me at www.iMediateIT.com or call me at 615-504-0379 if I can help you with a Family or Civil Mediation matter.

There’s a lot of buzz in the conflict resolution field of “elder mediation”, but what exactly is it?  This post will clarify what elder mediation is and what it is not. 

What it is:

• Form of mediation that helps families resolve conflict due to care for their parents, or aging family adults. 

What it is not:

• A new form of mediation.  Even though this form of elder mediation is buzzing it’s not new; however, it is a growing need in most communities. 

There is not a special designation for mediators who are specially trained in this field in Tennessee; however, if you need to choose a mediator, look for someone that has received additional training. 

Here’s a great article for additional information on elder mediation.

As always, if I can be of any help with your mediation cases, please feel free to contact me:  615-504-0379 or Donita.Brown@iMediateIT.com.

Yours truly was featured in the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediator’s (TAPM) ‘Meet the Mediator’.  For those readers that are not aware of TAPM, it is an organization which “exists to promote mediation as a valuable and effective process empowering people in resolving disputes.”  It’s Tennessee’s mediation association, most members are practicing mediators in Tennessee.  TAPM offers opportunities for training for mediators as well as opportunities for mediators to come together to learn from each other.  At the last quarterly meeting Circuit Court Judge Clara Byrd, 15th Judicial District, presented “hot cases” in family law and Steve Cobb, Legislative Counsel to Tennessee Bar Association, presented the summaries of legislation from the 2008-2009 legislative session.

If you are looking for a mediation organization to join in Tennessee, I’d highly recommend TAPM or if you are looking for more information on mediation, check out TAPM’s website, they have several nice education articles available on the home page.

I’d love to hear if you find other mediation organizations helpful.  Leave a comment!

Thanks for reading,

Donita

www.iMediateIT.com