Patricia R. Sigman is a Florida Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer, who has been practicing employment law in Central Floria for over 17 years.  Applying her years of experience and the skills developed as an employment attorney, Ms. Sigman serves as a mediator in the full spectrum of employment law cases.

Should employment law claims be mediated?

Employment law claims are particularly well-suited for mediation due to the complex inter-personal and financial relationships between the parties, and the need for creative solutions.  We can achieve 'custom-fit' resolutions in mediation that would not be available to the parties through a court order or court judgement.  Knowing a wide variety of successful, unique settlement term options is a valuable asset for an employment law mediator. Mediation also affords the parties to an employment law case a faster resolution than is typically available to them in protracted litigation.  A faster resolution benefits both parties -- the employer can return to focusing on the business, and the employee can move forward in his or her life and career.

As a litigator, I have assisted countless clients in settling their employment law cases and disputes, at all stages.  Mediation has been one of the most valuable processes for achieving settlement in my experience.