*** SPECIAL SERVICE: ONLINE MEDIATION IS AVAILABLE! We conduct mediation online via Zoom. You can resolve disputes from the safety of your home, from anywhere in the world. Please contact us for details. ***

Disputes are uncomfortable — very often painful — and will consume your energy voraciously. As a skillful and experienced mediator, Brian can help you come to an acceptable solution efficiently, cost-effectively, and as comfortably as possible. He will help you discuss and resolve your divorce, parenting plans, business/partnership dissolution, business-consumer, and neighborhood disputes in a patient yet practical manner. He will partner with your attorney(s) to ensure that the solutions are legally acceptable and can be submitted to the courts, at lower cost to you than using the attorney(s) alone.

In 1999, Brian founded Clarity Mediation and Facilitation LLC, a consulting practice specializing in conflict resolution and facilitation of organizational change events and processes.

During 26 years with Hewlett-Packard, Brian managed engineering groups for over two decades, also working as an organization development consultant and facilitator. This experience provided extensive insight into how people work together to solve problems; it helped Brian refine both his interpersonal facilitation skills and his problem-solving processes.

Brian currently serves on the Board of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators, and is a non-executive director of Direct Mediation Services in the UK. He is a former president of the Oregon Mediation Association, and received OMA's Spirit of Mediation Award in 2019. He is a member of the World Mediation Association and the International Association of Facilitators.

Brian is the proud father of a gay son, and a seven-year Vietnam-era veteran of the US Air Force.

Certified Mediation Practitioner, Academy of Professional Family Mediators.

Certified Professional Facilitator^TM (CPF).

From a process standpoint, he will get all issues on the table, and then will subdivide big problems into smaller, easier-to-solve ones. Brian's engineering background is well balanced by his empathy and people skills, so results and feelings are both considered.

As a non-attorney mediator, Brian works in synergy with the parties' attorneys. He is skilled in recognizing when questions or issues require an attorney's involvement, and is careful to refer the parties to their respective attorneys for personalized advice and actions.

• Family and/or divorce: $200 per hour.
• Business disputes and/or partnership dissolution: $225 per hour.
• Small Claims: Neighborhood, person-to-person, landlord-tenant, and other cases that might otherwise be taken to Small Claims Court: $75 for up to two hours, $50 per hour thereafter. (Less expensive than court.)
• Facilitation: $200 per hour.
• Out-of-area travel: $1.00/mile or by arrangement.

Special rates apply to clients referred by the CLC-managed Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Facilitation: As a trained and experienced facilitator, Brian can help you plan and accomplish your event's or meeting's objectives. He is skilled at leading brainstorming, idea generation, and teambuilding during strategic planning and organization-change efforts. Brian holds a Certified Professional Facilitator^TM (CPF) credential from the International Association of Facilitators.

Training: Brian teaches a variety of classes on people-related workplace topics, including Managing Conflicts in Meetings (2 days), Project Management (5 days), and Management and Supervision (4 days).

Foreclosure Mediation:Brian facilitated 100 foreclosure cases through the Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance Program, and is available to mediate outside of that program.

Arbitration: Since 2007, Brian has been a securities arbitrator with NYSE and then FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). He can arbitrate other cases — rather than mediate them — with prior, fully informed agreement of the parties.