Professional Mediation Services
Stop trading
numbers. Start
building resolution.
When parties begin miles apart, traditional mediation can turn into hours of symbolic bargaining. Our process has a different goal: a formal, confidential mediator's proposal at the end of the day — so you leave with an informed path forward instead of another round of brackets.
Move Beyond Positional Bargaining
Avoid spending the day making symbolic moves when the gap is enormous.
Evaluative Conversation First
Candid evaluative discussion of risk, proof, and value
Formal Proposal at the End
Leave the five-hour mediation with a confidential mediator's proposal
Your Mediator
Cyrus E. Dugger
Principal · The Dugger Law Firm, PLLC
Trained by New York's Top Mediators
15+ Years Exclusive Employment Law Experience
Cyrus E. Dugger provides alternative dispute resolution mediation services for employment discrimination and wage and hour matters. A graduate of NYU School of Law, a JAMS Diversity Fellow, and a graduate of the EDNY's inaugural Pilot Mediator Incubator, he is intimately familiar with the NYCHRL, FMLA, disability accommodations, and independent contractor misclassification—the exact disputes where a written resolution delivers the most value.
He serves on the mediation panels of the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York. His philosophy is that parties who are genuinely heard and treated with empathy, while also being given objective feedback on their case, are frequently able to resolve employment disputes. Every mediation ends with a confidential mediator's proposal so the parties can focus on discussing the substance of their case during the mediation session instead of trading numbers back and forth that often antagonize the other side and get in the way of a final resolution.
Transparent Pricing
One Session. One Price.
Employment Mediation Session
5-hour session · All parties
What's Included
- Full 5-hour mediation session
- Separate caucuses with each side
- Evaluative risk analysis for both parties
- Confidential mediator's proposal — guaranteed
No hourly billing. No surprise fees. One flat rate for a session of focused resolution.
Ready to Close the File?
Every day without a resolution is a day the cost, emotional toll, and risk increases in employment disputes for both defendants and plaintiffs. Take the first steps to an early resolution and obtain a mediator's proposal to resolve your case.