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MEDIATION & CONSULTING
COMMON
GROUND
Mediation offers parties an opportunity to resolve their disputes on their own terms and avoid the uncertainty, stress, and expense of litigation. At any stage of your conflict, we want to help facilitate thoughtful problem-solving and build productive paths forward.
Over a 25-year legal career in the public and private sector, I have developed the skills to bring parties with different interests to consensus - working on complex issues affecting families and children, with legislative committees and judicial workgroups, and building state-local partnerships. That work expanded naturally into mediation, where I now help individuals and businesses navigate difficult problems and find solutions that work for them. I am certified by the Florida Supreme Court to mediate family, circuit, and county court cases and an approved mediator for DFS residential property insurance disputes. To learn more about me, click here.
Deborah Lacombe, Esq.
Find a Date that Works for You
Why Mediate
With Common Ground
Choose online or in-person
You choose the format that works best - virtual, in-person or a hybrid of both. Online mediations offer flexibility in how parties engage, including the option to meet together or be in separate sessions. In-person mediations can be at your attorney's office or any location agreed to by the parties, with no travel charge for under 50 miles from the Florida Capitol Building.
View agreements as they're drafted
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Whether virtual or in-person your agreement can be completed and signed the same day if you wish. Parties can view the agreement as it's being drafted in real time, with suggested edits and revisions clearly marked so everyone leaves with language they have seen and agreed to.
Easily see
available dates
Check availability and reserve your date instantly using the online scheduler. You'll receive confirmations and reminders for your upcoming mediation.
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If you need evening or weekend availability, just send an email and we'll work to find a time that fits.
Receive timely guidance & reminders
You'll receive emails with clear instructions about next steps and reminders about upcoming sessions so you always know what to expect. And if questions come up along the way, you're welcome to send an email anytime - we're here to help.
Save the expense of trial
Litigation is costly for everyone involved - in time, money, and energy. Mediation offers a more efficient path to resolution, often at a fraction of the cost of going to trial. Parties can keep more of their resources for what comes next.
Move forward faster
Conflict takes a toll - emotionally and professionally. Mediation gives parties the opportunity to resolve their dispute on a timeline that works for them, without waiting for a court date. In mediation, parties have the chance to reach finality that day - no more worrying, no more taking days off work, no more trips to the courthouse. Reaching resolution sooner, means parties can get back to their lives.
Get a just solution on your terms
In mediation, the parties craft the outcome - and sometimes arrive at solutions a judge might not order. This level of control is lost in litigation, which becomes a spectator sport once evidence is presented and arguments are made, since no one can actually predict how a judge will rule. Mediation puts parties in the driver's seat, and that sense of ownership tends to produce agreements that feel fair, hold up, and allow parties to move on.