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What is Mediation

You are considering choosing a path for the resolution of the conflict in which you are involved that will permit you to be part of a negotiation instead of achieving a conclusion to the conflict by turning it over to a judge and/or jury to dictate a resolution which may or may not be one that satisfies your hopes and expectations. Mediation is the process whereby a third party selected by you can assist the parties to voluntarily reach a mutually acceptable settlement. In addition to resolving the dispute in a manner acceptable to both parties, mediation can allow the parties to establish or strengthen relationships or it can promote the termination of the relationships in a manner that minimizes emotional costs and psychological harm. Mediation allows you to retain ultimate control of the outcome. This is quite different from a judicial process where a third party, by unilateral decision, selects and enforces an outcome based on which of the parties is supposedly right. Mediation is essentially dialogue or negotiation with the involvement of a third party. A qualified mediator can assist the parties in achieving a resolution of a conflict at any of its stages, whether underlying but undeveloped tensions, to active and ongoing disputes.

Obviously your choice of a mediator is very important to achieving your hopes and expectations. For that role you certainly take into consideration that person’s professional preparation and experience as well as personal traits. Ed Carrette has extensive conflict resolution training, ranging from family mediation to the development of conflict resolution systems, and more than sixteen years of conflict resolution experience. He also brings to the engagement more than forty-five years of experience in hospitality and real estate brokerage businesses which permits him to quickly assess a situation for its financial costs to the parties and suggest helpful alternatives. Ed Carrette has the necessary patience, compassion, diligence, honesty, intelligence, discretion and sense of neutrality, to serve you as the third party.


Que es conciliación?

Ustéd está considerando escoger el camino para resolver el conflicto en el cual está metido que le permitirá ser parte de la negociación en vez de llegar a una conclusión al conflicto habiéndolo entregado a un juéz y/o un jurado que formularán un dictamen que puede o no satisfacer sus deseos y esperanzas.

Conciliación es el proceso atravéz del cual una tercera persona escogida por ustéd puede ayudar a las partes voluntariamente llegar a una aceptable resolución. Además de resolver el conflicto de una manera aceptable para las dos partes, conciliación permite que las partes establezcan o refuerzen relaciones o puede promover la terminación de relaciones de una manera que minimiza los costos emocionales y el daño sicológico. Conciliación le permite a ustéd mantener el control máximo del resultado. Esto es muy diferente al proceso judicial donde un tercero, por decisión unilateral, escoge e impone un resultado en base de quién supuestamente tiene la razón.

Conciliación constituye un diálogo o negociación con el apoyo de un tercero. Un conciliador calificado puede asistir a las partes llegar a una resolución del conflicto durante cualquiera de sus fases, cuando tensiones existen sin necesariamente estar expuestas, hasta disputas encaminadada y activas. Su selección de un conciliador es muy importante a la realización de sus deseos y esperanzas. Las características que ustéd obviamente toma en consideración incluyen la experiencia y preparación profesional, además de rasgos personales.

Eddie Carrette tiene extenso entrenamiento en resolución de conflictos, incluyendo desde conciliación familiar hasta el desarrollo de sistemas de resolución de conflictos, y más de 16 año de experiencia en ese campo. Ustéd también se beneficiará de sus más de cuarenta y cinco años de experiencia en negocios de hotelería y corretaje de bienes raíces que le permite rapidamente analizar cualquier situación en base de costos y sugerir alternativas.

Su experiencia y entrenamiento aparecen abajo.



Experience – Experiencia

A partial list of the extensive Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) training successfully completed by Ed Carrette includes the following: Austin Dispute Resolution Center, 40-hour Basic Mediation Course (Corder/Thompson Associates), 2008; University of Houston Law Center A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center, Divorce, SAPCR & Family Mediation Training, 2008; FMI-BID-AAA Métodos Alternos de Solución de Controversias Comerciales (MASC) en el Siglo XXI: El Camino a Recorrer para América Latina y el Caribe, 2000; AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, 1999; AAA Large Complex Case Program, 1996; AAA International Commercial Arbitration Training, 1993; Faculty, AAA Mediation Training, 1993; AAA Advanced Arbitration Training, 1992; AAA Mediation Training, 1992; AAA Basic Arbitration Training, 1992; Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Basic and Advanced Negotiation Workshop, 1992, 1993; A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, Advanced Mediation Training, 1992; AMI Inc., Basic and Advanced Mediation Training, 1992.

Ed Carrette serves as a volunteer with the Austin Dispute Resolution Center (DRC), is a member of Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and serves on the Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association (AAA). He is a member of the State Bar of Texas (ADR Section), American Bar Association (ADR Section), Austin Bar Association (ADR Section), Williamson County Bar Association and Inter-American Bar Association. Ed Carrette earned the J.D. Degree at University of Texas School of Law, the MBA Degree at University of Houston, the B.S. Degree at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and attended Stanford University. He is an alumnus of New Mexico Military Institute and served as an officer in the United States Army. Ed Carrette first joined Rotary in 1966 as a member of Club Rotario Ciudad de Guatemala and is an active member of the Cedar Park (TX) Rotary Club and American Legion. He is a member of the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce, Lago Vista Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Ed’s birthplace is Guatemala and he speaks Spanish fluently.


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