Gravitas Mediation

Divorcing a dastardly dude is decidedly dirty deeds. Getting Sea Anemone to meet with Glenn was an astronomical feat, but once that was achieved, even Sea Anemone was sold on mediation with Gravitas. It took me three months to convince Sea Anemone to meet with Glenn, but only one session for Sea Anemone to feel safe and secure with Glenn’s commitment to integrity and peaceful settlement of assets.
Seven years of marriage down the drain, but Glenn was there to help pick up the pieces while providing clarity and understanding. Glenn helped us both feel empowered and enlightened us of our rights and the process of divorce, which was once alien and intimidating.
Glenn and his team responded quickly and were always there to answer questions and never belittled us. Glenn has a way with words and his professionalism was comforting.

A year ago today I was faced with the Big ‘D’; life as I knew it was over. Then Gravitas Mediation gave me a new lease on life!
Although I was determined to seek reparations and tear down my ex-husband’s life with his new lover, I came to my senses after I called Gravitas Mediation — What a cool frickin’ name!
Glenn handled our case. He’s knowledgeable calm, candid, and very savvy about parenting, people, finances, and (most importantly) divorce.
Now I’m single again — I’m SO glad I chose to go the divorce mediation route :-)

My brother and his ex-​wife spent over a hundred thousand dollars on legal fees when they got divorced. Their split started off pretty amicable, but their lawyers eventually managed to escalate them into a complete state of War. It was only when their attorneys saw that they were running out of cash that the bleeding finally stopped…
Absolutely no WAY was I going to risk having what happened to them happen me; when my ex-​husband and I finally decided to split up, I convinced him to give divorce mediation a try instead of hiring lawyers. I called Glenn at Gravitas Mediation on the recommendation of my therapist.
Glenn’s approach was very different from the lawyers I’ve heard about. As a Mediator Glenn remains neutral, and works with both parties to try and help them find the fairest and most amiable settlement for them and their families. Because of all the emotion around our break-​up, it wasn’t easy, but he helped us get our heads around the issues, minimize the impact on our children, and devise a parenting plan and property settlement that felt fair to both me and my ex.
My brother’s attorney-​driven divorce was expensive, painful, public (all the details of their conflict were in the court record for everyone to see), and took more than a year. In contrast, our mediated divorce was fast, completely private, and cost only a fraction of what my brother’s did.
Nobody wants to get a divorce, but if you find yourself needing one, I can’t recommend mediation and Glenn at Gravitas Mediation enough. Glenn is knowledgeable, calm, and very savvy about finances, parenting, and people. He’s also candid, honest, and has extensive experience as a divorce mediator.

My feelings of hurt, sadness and anger were all I could think about when I found out my husband was having an affair. Feelings of humiliation eclipsed all the others when I realized he was cheating on me with another man! When I confronted him and said I wanted a divorce, he didn’t apologize or repent. Instead he said he was going to stop looking for work (he had been down-​sized a few months before), file for divorce himself and ask for permanent spousal support…
After talking to several attorneys about what my options were and what might happen in court when we dissolved our twelve-​year marriage, I decided to forego litigation, and convinced my former life partner to try mediation.
I called Gravitas and we both met with Glenn. A calming voice of reason and compromise, Glenn helped me deal with my feelings of betrayal, and brought the two of us to a place where we could talk. He guided us through a discussion about not what we could do to each other in court, but what was a right and fair settlement for both of us.
Thanks to Glenn and his team at Gravitas, we got our divorce WITHOUT litigating or going to court. To their credit, it was done with greatly reduced bad feeling on my part, while both my now ex-​husband and I retained a good measure of dignity.

I had been living happily in my dream house for ten years and had always gotten along with all my neighbors — until last year, when the neighbor from Hell moved in next-​door.
After just 11 months, his lawn looked like a War Zone, he’s got an old car on blocks on his driveway, his Doberman roams freely despite the leash law — attacking anything that moves and leaving «mementos» on my front lawn. He refused to share the cost of repairing an old boundary line fence but he built a new one while I was away on vacation! Not only did he not share his plans with me, he built the new fence three feet over the property line on MY land…
I tried to talk to my neighbor about moving the fence, but he just slammed the door in my face. I called the police, but they didn’t want to get involved in what they described as a «neighbor to neighbor» dispute.
My friend suggested I try mediation, so I called Gravitas Mediation (who had handled her divorce earlier this year) and asked if they could help.
It turned out that Gravitas handles not only Divorce and Family mediation, but also Neighbor/​Neighbor mediation, Consumer/​Merchant mediation, Landlord/​Tenant mediation, and many other matters as well.
I talked to Glenn, the mediator who handled my friends’ divorce. He has years of experience mediating neighbor-​to-​neighbor disputes, and has handled many property line dispute cases very similar to mine. I felt like I was in good hands!
Cutting to the chase — I didn’t think my intractable neighbor would agree to this process, but with the threat of litigation as the alternative, he agreed to participate. Glenn was amazing! Both my neighbor and I felt heard, and thanks to Glenn’s professionalism and experience, the process was more painless than I had imagined. With his help, we not only agreed on a solution that felt fair and right, but laid the groundwork for what I hope will be a more amicable relationship with my nearest neighbor.