Mediation is a quick, effective and informal way of resolving controversies that are either referred to a mediator by a judge or requested by one or both parties in dispute.

ZULMARIE URRUTIA-VÉLEZ is a certified dispute resolution Mediator by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.  She accepts mediation disputes related to consumer affairs, real estate, workers' compensation, rental agreements, human resources management, family matters and divorces, copyrights, personal injuries, medical malpractice, businesses and partnership dissolution, estate and inheritance, insurance claims, among others.  Contact us for an appointment.

Mediation services require an initial individual interview to the proponent party and a second individual interview to the required party, before a joint session is held.

Invoices are paid in full by mediating participants after each session, where generally each party assumes 50% of total fees. We require retainer.

ADVANTAGES OF MEDIATION
• expedited procedure,
• non-adversarial,
• voluntary,
• informal,
• confidential and private,
• less expensive than an ordinary procedure in a court of law (in terms of length and fees)
• facilitated by a neutral interventor (the mediator),
• to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement, with the same legal force as a contract.