LORI LACONTA, JD, MBA
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MEDIATION

Mediation is an informal process in which a neutral third party, with no power to impose a resolution, helps disputing parties try to reach a mutually acceptable settlement.  

Mediation Leads to Better Outcomes
  • Saves time and money 
  • Avoids litigation 
  • Reduces emotional costs
  • Direct party involvement
  • Opens lines of communication
  • Settlements based on merits of disputes
  • Parties can go beyond legal scope of their dispute
  • Parties can go beyond systematic trading of conventional settlement negotiation
  • Mediator with expertise helps negotiate complex cases to achieve superior results

Approaches to Mediation
  • The Transformative Approach is people oriented, focusing on empowerment and recognition. 
  • The Facilitative Approach is process oriented and focuses on bringing parties together to communicate openly and freely about their conflict in effort to explore potential solutions. 
  • The Evaluative/Directional Approach is mediator oriented, wherein the mediator evaluates the merits of the dispute and related claims to provide opinions and assist the parties with solutions
       
        Approaches vary depending upon 
party requests, party need, and the nature and complexity of the dispute.

Mediation Experience
  • Over 13 years experiences negotiating and mediating hundreds of cases
  • Past-President for the Association of Conflict Resolution Houston Chapter, 2012
  • Volunteer Mediator, EEOC - Houston, since 2011
  • "Top Mediator" ranking by the Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, Houston, annually since 2007
  • Member of the Texas Association of Mediators and Houston Bar Association ADR Section
  • Deliver basic and advanced mediation training for many different public and private organizations for over 3 years

Mediation Training
  • Advanced Mediator Skills- Assoc. for Conflict Resolution Houston/Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, Kenneth Cloke, 2011
  • Child Protective Services Mediation - Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, 2009
  • Family Mediation - Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, 2007
  • Transformative Mediation - Joseph Folger, Institute for Study of Conflict Transformation, 2007
  • Mediation - Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, 2002

Areas of Expertise
  • Family Law/Domestic Relations
  • Workplace/Employment/EEO 
  • Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice
  • Commercial
  • Real Estate
  • Collections
  • Breach of Contract
  • Breach of Warranty

Greater-Houston Mediation Conference Centers

Greenway Mediation Center
http://www.greenwaymediation.com/

3207 Mercer Street
Houston, Texas 77027
Phone  (713) 626-8633



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