Our Services

What we Do Best

 

We have decades of experience as attorneys, mediators, arbitrators and Judicial officers. We have helped many clients resolve their conflicts.

Our Promise

Safe & Civil Negotiations That Meet Your Unique Interests

Arbitration

When parties can’t settle their case, they can submit their dispute to an Arbitrator.

Arbitration streamlines the process to get the facts presented efficiently; saving you time and money.

Instead of arguing your case to a judge or jury; where formal proceedings can be intimidationg and unfamiliar., the Arbitration is conducted via zoom or in an attorney’s office.

Strict rules of evidence don’t apply.

You don’t have to wait for months or years to get a Court date. An arbitration can be scheduled within weeks.  Instead of Days or weeks in trial, an Arbitration can be done in hours.

When you just need a fair decision, so you can get on with your life, we can make that decision for you.

Mediation

The best decisions are made by the parties themselves.  People who resolve their own conflicts tend to honor their resolution.

Unlike Courts, You can be as creative as you need to be to address your unique circumstances. Mistrust, mis-communication and many other factors from your past, can prevent parties from resolving their conflict.

Instead, the conflict festers. Parties stop listening. They talk past each other. They view whatever the other party says or does in the worst possible light.

Our Mediators help you to hear each other – not just their positions; but the interests that drive those positions.

Experience has shown that once the parties understand each other’s interests, they are able to find common ground; and create a Resolution that satisfies both parties’ interests. We have found that focusing on the parties’ interests creates many possible solutions the parties never thought possible.

In the process, we create a safe and respectful place to frankly share information, emotions & interests.

We help the parties let go of their negative past & embrace a positive future. A common saying about conflict is “You can be Happy, or you can be right.” We help you be happy.

Education

Anybody can call themselves a Mediator or Arbitrator. There is no licensing Requirement.

Our Mediators have decades of experience, with hundreds of successful mediations. We also have hundreds of hours of Mediation training.

Steve Olsen has taught Mediation at the Kitsap Dispute Resolution Center for over 15 years; training volunteer members of the public to become skilled peacekeepers. He has decided thousands of cases as an Arbitrator & Judge/ Court Commissioner Pro Tem.

Washington Mediation Association is the only statewide organization that requires it’s members to have and maintain mandatory levels of training & experience. When you want an experienced Mediator, you want a member of the WMA. Steve has been a WMA Member since 2011. Sally has been a Superior Court Judge since 2005. This is the kind of experience that counts.

Steve and Sally Olsen

Trusted by Top Courts, Families and Parties Across the Northwest

Heartfelt Thoughts

Challenge Brings Its Own Opportunities

One of the Cardinal Rules of Mediation is “ What they’re talking about is not what they’re talking about.”

By skillful questioning, the mediator digs down through the parties positions, emotions and interests to discover what the parties are really talking about. Once the real source of the conflict is discovered, the parties can build on their common ground to create exciting solutions that address both of their interests.

By asking penetrating questions, the mediator helps parties look inward to recognize what is important to them. Once they realize what is most important to them, they realize that what they say or do, or the positions they have taken, are actually counter-productive to their goals.

Sometimes, a mediator asking the right question at the right time magically opens the path to resolution.

Steve Olsen - Mediator and Arbitrator
Superior Court Judge Sally Olsen

Key Documents

Personal Resume and

Employment Document Links

Resume

Agreement

Experience

Get In Touch . . .

 

There is a flow to a Mediation, it’s not two persons working against one another, it is THREE persons working together as a team to find a common goal between the two.

Call us or click the link on the right to direct eMail us with a message. We look forward to using our training & experience to help you find World Peace – Two people at a time.

Olsen Mediation

PO Box 2387
Poulsbo,  WA 98370
206-550-4240
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