Mediation

Lawyers With An Understanding Of The Divorce And Mediation Process

Mediation is a powerful tool for resolving potential conflicts in divorce. The stress and expense of divorce multiplies when potential areas of dispute are not effectively managed. Mediation allows both parties to express their perspectives with a neutral party who is committed to facilitating an effective resolution.

Our firm provides several types of mediation services:

• Mediation for couples — In these situations, our attorneys act as a neutral third party helping individuals review their options. Our goal as mediators is to foster the communication necessary to avoid conflict and make reaching an agreement that much more likely. We offer individual and male/female mediation teams to create greater comfort levels when necessary.
• Consultants — We offer legal consultation to clients who are mediating outside our firm providing evaluation of proposals relative to their interests so they can negotiate their best results under the circumstances. Our extensive experience with mediation can help increase our clients’ potential for success as well as make them more comfortable with the process.
• Special Masters/Arbitrators – We provide settlement services to couples and their lawyers seeking experienced, neutral facilitation and guidance or evaluation for settlement in a private out-of-court setting. When desirable, we will also serve as arbitrators of issues appropriate for resolution in that manner.

Making the most of the advantages mediation offers can help you secure a divorce agreement that works well for you now and into the future.

“We can arrange telephonic or online divorce mediation and online family mediation conferences when it is not possible for one or more of the participants to physically attend the mediation.”

Decades Of Experience With Mediation

At Brown Paindiris & Scott, our attorneys are dedicated to helping people secure divorce agreements in the most efficient means possible. Mediation has many advantages that we can use to help you with your divorce. Since 1977, we have been providing the skilled and experienced divorce representation that people can rely on to ensure that their voices are heard during the divorce process. We are proud of the reputation we have built for being able to help people. We have earned an AV* Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell’s peer-review rating system, the highest available rating.

The BPS Mediation Center

Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP is excited to announce the launch of its new Mediation Center with headquarters at 80 Plains Road, Essex, CT. The Center will provide comprehensive alternative dispute resolution services throughout Connecticut, with convenient locations at all of our BPS offices in Glastonbury, Hartford, East Hampton, Simsbury, New Hartford, and Essex.

The Mediation Center will be led by three distinguished retired Connecticut judges, each bringing decades of judicial experience and proven expertise in dispute resolution. Our firm has been serving clients in Connecticut since 1977 and has received distinctions such as being named to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Law Firms” list in 2023. The BPS Mediation Center is our newest avenue of providing award-winning representation to our clients.

Our Distinguished Judges

The Honorable Peter T. Zarella (Ret.) served over sixteen years as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court until his retirement from the bench in 2016, where he authored more than 300 majority opinions and over 100 dissents and concurrences on landmark cases including Kelo v. New London. Prior to his Supreme Court appointment, Justice Zarella served on the Connecticut Superior Court and Appellate Court. A Life Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and recipient of the Connecticut Law Tribune’s Lifetime Achievement Award, he brings extensive experience in complex civil litigation, appellate matters, and constitutional law to the mediation practice.

The Honorable C. Ian McLachlan (Ret.) brings a distinguished career that spans military service as a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve member to serving on every division of the Connecticut Superior Court following his appointment to the bench in 1996, including presiding over the Complex Civil Litigation Docket. Elevated to the Appellate Court in 2003 and the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2009, Justice McLachlan served until his retirement from the bench in 2012 and has been inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, a peer-vetted honor reserved for the state’s most respected mediators and arbitrators. His leadership roles have included the Connecticut Bar Association, American Bar Association, and numerous judicial commissions.

The Honorable A. Susan Peck (Ret.) served twenty-six years on the Connecticut Superior Court until her retirement from the bench in 2022, primarily presiding in jury and court trials in the Civil Division, including the Civil Complex Litigation Docket. Before her judicial appointment, Judge Peck spent eighteen years in private practice specializing in employment, commercial, victim’s rights, and civil rights litigation. A Sustaining Life Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and founder of its History of Connecticut Women in the Legal Profession Project, she continues to serve the legal community as chair of the upcoming Symposium on the Status of Connecticut Women in the Law.

How The BPS Mediation Center Can Help Our Clients

The BPS Mediation Center will handle a wide range of matters including:

• Complex Commercial Disputes

• Civil Litigation

• Employment and Discrimination Claims

• Personal Injury Matters

• Family Law Disputes

• Estate and Probate Conflicts

• Professional Malpractice Cases

• Real Estate Disputes

The mediators will conduct sessions at any convenient location statewide, with conference facilities available at all Brown Paindiris & Scott offices throughout Connecticut. Both in-person and virtual mediation options are offered. 

Contact Our Firm Today To Learn More About The BPS Mediation Center

For more information about the BPS Mediation Center or to schedule mediation services with any of the above mediators, please contact Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP at (860) 996-8497 or at [email protected].