We had a wonderful experience with NVMS who was used to help a family conflict. Our mediator was great, and the entire process was well organized and well explained. Hopefully won’t have to find a mediator again, but in the event we do, we’d absolutely use NVMS again.

I received my training as a family mediator from NVMS in 2008. It was excellent. Since then I have often been back to NVMS for one meeting or another, as NVMS regularly invites mediators to gather and learn from each other. Over the past ten years, there has of course been some staff turnover, but the new people always seem to get up to speed quickly. The training programs continue to be top quality.

The mediators refused to listen to both my ex-wife and myself. Neither of us were happy with the services provided. They were biased against anything in MD (including me) and even joked about it. They would listen to what each of us had to say, write up half of what she said in the agreement, make up the rest, and ignore my concerns. They also took over a month to finalize the draft, which we ended up doing ourselves and sending back them AFTER it was executed because we got tired of waiting. Not only that, but the MSA was full of ambiguities and errors. In addition, they included some clauses which are specifically recommended against in cases like ours by much of the mediation community, which Ive only learned about well after the fact.I even brought up most of these concerns during the mediation process, was told that we would be getting different mediators, and then later told that it was too late to change mediators and that we had to continue with the biased, slow mediators who wouldnt listen to what was said.

One great place.

A great method of reducing costs and relieving stress from an already unpleasant situation.