Typically you will pay between $120-$300 an hour for a mediation. Attorney’s fees typically run between $175-$500 an hour for work they may complete.

Individual Attorneys are not required to set a specific fee, but there are also, typically, fees for filings, notices, etc, which will be added to the total and the Attorney will charge you for any work that they provide/produce during the practice of your case.

In working with Scheler Mediation Services, LLC you will received a complimentary consultation. Following this, based on your case type and complexity, we will provide you with information regarding our fee. Typically we charge $150 an hour for mediation cases involving family related issues and $275 an hour for workplace or civil issues. We do provide various discounts and a sliding scale based on some conditions. The way we charge is the full charge for the first hour or portion thereof and then charge for every 10 minutes following the first hour. This way, your cost is reduced to the lowest possible level while still maintaining your.ability to utilize the full breadth of the mediation service.

Typically mediation can take between 1-2 hours. Some mediations may last several hours, depending on complexity, the parties ability to communicate, the parties knowledge of what their desires are prior to mediation and how quickly the parties wish to make a mediation decision.

With mediation, you can simply hire a neutral third party and show up to the identified location/office/zoom link (prepared with how you wish to come to agreement) and engage in the mediation process.

Depending on your case as well as your attorney and the Judge hearing your case, a case which is heard by a Judge may last several months or years. Typically a mediation is conducted within 20 business days of the request to mediate.

Additionally, depending on the Mediator involved with your case, you may be able to conduct mediation before or after work/school and in a location which may be convenient to both parties or even online!

The amount of effort one may exert during a mediation is truly up to the individual person. If a person is interested in mediation, willing to discuss their agreement openly and freely, has thought about their opening remarks and there desired outcome, and willing to hear the other party, mediation can be far less strenuous (and costly). If an individual is interested in “fighting over the small stuff” and/or “sticking it to” the other party, the amount of effort may be large and, truthfully, agreement may be difficult. You may spend between 6-8 hours total thinking about your desires, mediating (1-4 hours, typically), signing agreements (~15 minutes), and closing out the session (~10 minutes). Most of this effort is done in your own time and is thinking more than acting.

The continuation of a court case may take far more time and definitively more effort. Mediation does not require evidence and is forward looking!

Before you come to your mediation appointment it is highly recommended that you sit down and write down the things that are most important to you. This should be things such as the following:

For cases involving custody and visitation only:

Child custody/parenting time(s)

Telephone usage

Holidays

Vacation

How parents will communicate

For cases involving divorce, custody and visitation, and child support:

Property and debt division

Retirement accounts

Spousal support

Child custody (as noted above)

Child support

Insurance coverage

Future communication

Anything else

Before your mediation appointment it is recommended that you sit down and ensure that:

1. You have the authority to sign an agreement.

2. You know what you are able to agree to.

3. You are willing to hear each party.

4. You are willing to attempt settlement.