Private Mediation Program
The Congress of Neutrals now offers mediation in the community beyond the walls of the Contra Costa County Courthouses. Our mission is to help the community meet the gap in the need for mediation at affordable rates.
Our highly trained mediators can mediate in a vast number of subject matters, as many of our mediators are trained attorneys and negotiators with backgrounds in finance, counseling, and many areas of civil law to include but not limited to real estate/unlawful detainers, construction defects, insurance claims, tort injury, money dispute, probate and much more.
If you have a conflict that you may have to take to court, we can work on resolving your differences without the greater expense and time to file and take your case through the court system.
We currently mediate all court unlawful detainer/eviction cases where parties agree to mediate. We are successful in finding meaningful solutions for all parties, often avoiding an eviction for the defendant and payment options for the plaintiff.
Mediation allows you to maintain control and a say in the outcome of your case!
If you are interested in our services, please contact us at contact@congressofneutrals.org or call (925) 937-3008 or (925) 307-9520. One of our staff will get back to you shortly.
Mediators
• Judy Bornstein, MBA, MDR (business, financial, employment, interpersonal disputes and civil harassment cases)
• Jeff Buck, JD (personal injury, general liability, landlord tenant, premises liability, products liability, and construction accidents.)
• Helen Chen, JD, MS. www.helenchenmediation.com (Employment, Workplace Disputes)
• Daphne Golliher, JD (Business law, Construction Law, Civil Litigation, Real Estate Law, Unfair Competition/Trademark law)
• Sarah Grossman-Swanson JD (employment, labor, benefits, and workplace disputes, civil litigation, health care law, intellectual property, business, landlord/ tenant)
• Johanna Kwasniewski JD. (Family Law, Unlawful Detainers, Civil Harassment and Breaches of Contract)
• Deborah Levy, JD, MSW, MPH (Unlawful Detainer, Harassment, Elder Abuse/related elder matters)
• Jordan Meyer, JD (Civil Litigation, Employment Law, Wrongful Death, Government Liability and Regulatory Enforcement, Business Law)
• Jose Ramirez (Civil Harrassment, Neighbor disputes, Interpersonal disputes, Landlord/Tenant Disputes, Money disputes)
• Haleh Shahmohammadi, JD. (Contracts, Warranties, Landlord/Tenant disputes, Civil Harassment, Neighbor disputes including fences and property line disputes, Intellectual Properties)
• Brent Tarnow, JD. (Real estate, landlord-tenant, employment and workplace, breach of contract, business)
• Elizabeth M. Thompson JD (real property, contracts, family law/divorce, unlawful detainers, elder care/abuse, intellectual property)
• Hallie Von Rock JD (employment/wage & hour; discrimination/harassment; consumer fraud; personal injury; divorce; landlord/tenant)
• Derek M. Wagley, Esq (Real Estate Law, Probate and Trust administration, Uunlawful detainers, Civil harassment.)
• William Waterman, JD (Insurance Defense, Premises and Product Liability, Employment Law, Personal Injury)
• Alba Zavala-Wilkes, JD (Family Law, Unlawful Detainers, Civil Harassment)