Professional Mediation Services

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Trusted Mediators International is a small network of professional mediation service providers for civil, commercial, family, and interpersonal conflicts. We have experience with all industry-standard methods of mediation and maintain expertise with the latest legal statutes.

Try negotiating before litigating!

Mediation is far less time-consuming, costly, and emotionally traumatic than court proceedings. Although we regularly litigate cases in federal and state court, we offer pre-litigation mediation services on the belief that it is generally best for parties to find their own solutions outside of a courtroom. We can meet with the parties in person, or over the internet using Facetime or Zoom. It doesn't matter where in the world you are.

The types of cases we mediate include:

Civil Law
Commercial Law
Real Estate Law
ADA Law
Debt Issues
Health Care Issues
Family and Probate Law
Financial Law and Bankruptcy

Trust Us to Mediate Your Legal Cases in an Impartial Manner

Once engaged by the clients, we initiate meetings and conversations to seek solutions that resolve the issues. We offer a variety of mediation methods, tools, and techniques.

There are three main methods of mediation: evaluative, transformative, and facilitative.

Evaluative mediation attempts to resolve conflicts based solely on considerations such as the law, finances, factual premises, and equitable outcomes. It is a straightforward approach best used when the parties have no long-standing relationship and no interest in having one (e.g., an employer and former employee). To avoid any further conflicts, the mediator might meet with each party separately.

This type of mediation process attempts to bring matters to a quick conclusion based on a logical evaluation of the facts and legal precedents. However, if an agreement among parties cannot be reached, cases such as these frequently wind up in court .

Transformative Mediation uses techniques from traditional counseling and psychology in that subjective thoughts, feelings, and opinions play an important role in the resolution process. Often, in situations where two parties have an existing relationship (e.g., friends, family) that has been damaged by a conflict, repairing that relationship is paramount in finding resolution. Here the stated issue (e.g., a monetary dispute) may be a symptom of deeper personal problems, which if not resolved will lead to additional conflicts.

This type of mediation is a process in which people are encouraged to talk things out while the mediator listens with both intent and objectivity. The parties are encouraged to recognize each other's interests and needs, while respecting personal boundaries, with the aim of transforming the relationship into one with better communication and cooperation.

Notably, this method is used by the US Postal Service to manage employee conflicts.

Facilitative Mediation is used when mediation requirements entail using both the evaluative and the transformative approaches, which is why mediation is a very specialized type of attorney practice. It requires not only knowledge of the law, it takes good people skills.

Here the mediator facilitates dialog between the parties in an attempt to have them find their own solutions. The mediator will often move discussions along by asking questions and/or mentioning legalities or experience-based opinions as relevant. Almost always, it is more desirable to have the parties work out issues on their own terms than to have solutions imposed upon them by courts, arbitration, or for that matter, mediation.

John K. Mitchell

Trusted Mediators International was founded in 2014 by its principal attorney, John K. Mitchell, Esq.

His specialties include:

the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Business and Commercial Litigation
Civil Rights
Consumer Credit
Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Termination
Foreclosure
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Real Estate
Construction
Transportation Law

John Mitchell is a member in good standing of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court in the Central, Eastern and Southern Districts and the State of California.

He is a registered mediator in association with the Central District of California, United States District Court.

He regularly mediates for cases under litigation in federal and state courts, pre-litigation, and The Arb-Med-Arb Process.

In his field, he is known as a "lawsuit closer" and considered to be one of "Los Angeles' Best Mediators." He has a long track record of success bringing conflicts to happy endings, building relationships with rapport and trust, securing options, collaboratively fashioning thoughtful solutions, and negotiating peace-making accords.

As an Ombudsman with the Asset Remediation Corporation, John Mitchell built rapport and trust, secured options and commitments, and collaboratively fashioned thoughtful solutions that brought a lasting peace for the parties.

A proven mediator and experienced mediator trainer, he is a member of the faculty of the USC Gould School of Law, where he taught advanced mediation skills. He is passionate about settlement, has strong communication skills, solid business acumen, and the ability to persuade other toward appropriate action. Mitchell is professional, personable, fair and balanced with sound judgment and an open mind. He works well with people from all walks of life, different cultures, interpreters, and counsel too.

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Testimonials
August 12, 2015
Varsha Shitut is a Senior Vice President of Fraud Management at Bank of America. "I have had the opportunity of working with John as the legal partner assigned to a very complex project that I was responsible for managing. John has the unique ability to translate large volumes of legal documents and requirements into language that the project team could easily understand, which was key in the project's effective resolution. His advice, guidance, and direction throughout the project were extremely valuable for the project's successful completion. Additionally, John's friendly and proactive partnership went a long way in resolving a tedious project very effectively and efficiently."

July 28, 2015
Mariano Alvarez is an attorney who has worked with John. "For mediation, I would strongly recommend Atty. John K. Mitchell. He's an attorney who has excellent skills in mediation and bringing adversaries to talking terms. I've had personal experience in at least two contentious lawsuits I thought were not going to be settled. But his enduring patience paid off and the cases were settled on terms that the parties were not too happy with, but in the end, their cases were resolved."

June 4, 2015
Mandy Mateko is a hair stylist who was a client of John. "John K. Mitchell is an efficient and reliable attorney. He is extremely professional and helpful throughout your legal process. John is incredibly unassuming and accessible, but he can also be stern and strong when needed. In my opinion, he has all of the traits a great attorney needs to be successful.

John has helped me through a few legal matters and always achieved extremely positive progress and results. I am fortunate to have received John as a referral from a friend, and now I am taking this opportunity to refer you to John. You will be very lucky to have him on your legal side."

September 3, 2014
Leyla Balakhane is a Divorce & Family Law Mediator. "I have seen John mediate and can say that he is gifted at bringing disputing parties to a reasonable settlement of their conflict."

August 18, 2015
Keila Nakasaka, Esq. creates estate plans and asset protection strategies for entrepreneurs and real estate investors. "John is a phenomenal mediator! His relationship skills are quite extraordinary. He did all the work and made me look like a knight in shining armor before my clients.

Most mediators don't care about the cases or the attorneys. I had a bitterly litigated matter in Long Beach Courthouse with impossibly hostile parties. It was frankly a mess with multiple actions and multiple parties ... He handled the matter so remarkably well! There's really no need to go with any other mediator!"

Chip S., December 14, 2022 "As a first-timer, Trusted Mediators made the process smooth for all parties."

August, 2016
Thelma McLaughlin is a Bank Regulatory Compliance Consultant formerly employed at the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) and the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp) as a Federal Bank Regulator. She was a client of John Mitchell. "John is an outstanding legal professional with outstanding knowledge and experience. I highly recommend John K. Mitchell."

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