Weber Dispute Resolution settled our case! I was involved in a very challenging divorce. My attorney and the other attorney seemed only to care about racking up fees. So, my ex and I called Shawn Weber at Weber Dispute Resolution. What a difference! In the first meeting, Shawn helped us come up with a plan to finish our case. He was efficient, kind, ethical, intelligent, creative and compassionate. I only wished we had hired him sooner. With his incredible mediation skills, Shawn helped us reach an agreement. Thanks to him, I still consider my ex a friend. Shawn is simply amazing!

My husband and I could not sit in the same room together. Shawn was so kind and compassionate and patient with us. He helped get through a challenging divorce. Thanks to him, we find a way forward. Now our future is ahead and it looks very bright. Shawns staff is very patient and kind too. I am forever grateful that Shawn helped us through the hardest time of my life!

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I was referred to Shawn Weber for mediation with the comment that he was good with high-conflict and contentious divorce situations. I was a self-represented petitioner having to negotiate with my ex-wife and her attorney. We had two four hour meditation sessions scheduled with Shawn Weber and I had hoped to get the majority resolved in the first session. The pace of the first mediation meeting was very slow and casual which works to the advantage of both the opposing attorney and the mediator as they are compensated by the hour. There was not a systematic approach to dealing with the issues presented. At the completion of that first session there was essentially agreement on 2 of the 11 issues brought by my ex-wifes attorney to be decided. I hired representation for the next session. My attorney came completely prepared with our positions and supporting documentation and the opposing attorney showed up with her purse and Starbucks coffee and nothing else. An agreement was reached and we went over the allotted time of 4 hours while the two attorneys drafted the agreement for signatures. Shawn had supposedly managed the process of making it clear to both sides what had been decided upon and I was told that upon signing the draft Marriage Settlement Agreement it was legally binding. I assumed that with his experience and expertise in facilitating the process he would be making sure the agreement was communicated crystal clear to each party so that there was not question as to what had been decided and that it truly would be legally binding. Within a few days the opposing side said they would not honor the agreement and accused my attorney and I of trying to manipulate the division of one of the assets in question. I did nothing of the sort. I stood in the room while both attorneys and Shawn went back and forth drawing up the handwritten agreement and covering the details. All figures were entered by them. All the details of the agreement had originally been notated (or at least I assumed or what is he getting $400/hr to do) by Shawn. All the while they are talking, joking and eating all the snacks on the table. They encouraged me to have some of the snacks as they put it, youre paying for them. I ultimately had to pay several thousand more dollars for an Equalization Payment to my ex-wife and my attorneys time to renegotiate the agreement that had occurred under Shawns watchful eye in order to get it agreed to and enrolled with the court. The alternative was to fight their lack of complying with the signed agreement through the courts and I could have ended up back at the beginning of the whole process if I lost. It was beyond frustrating as I had given much more in assets than I needed to give up already because I just wanted the process to end. My expectation of Shawn was that he would have controlled the process and made sure that the agreement between both parties was airtight and unquestionable before anyone left his office. He cost me several thousand dollars in addition to what was agreed upon that day in his office. But Im sure that doesnt matter to him, he got paid already upfront.Lastly, because we had gone over our allotted time in the second session there was an additional charge that was to be billed to both myself and my ex-wife as we were jointly responsible for the cost of the mediation. I know my ex-wife well, and if she sees my name on a bill along with hers she will not pay her portion assuming I will eventually be stuck paying it. Knowing this I made the simple request to split bill it. Shawn said he just couldnt do that. I paid my portion immediately and then, as I knew it would happen, my ex-wifes portion went unpaid for over six months. Each month I got a collection-past due email and phone call from his office, I think his daughter handles the billing, and I had to repeatedly explain that I had paid my portion and to leave me alone. Shawn is a likable and affable person but it was beyond frustrating dealing with Weber Dispute Resolution.

My divorce was a terrible experience. But Shawn made it bearable. He is so patient and he listens. Even though my ex and I were very upset with each other, Shawn helped us reach an agreement. I cant thank him enought!

Shawn is very patient and honest