About Madison Mediation, LLC
We are proud to provide solution-based Mediation Services for Texas. Madison Mediation is a mediation firm with our main office based in Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas. Madison Mediation conducts mediation remotely by Zoom for parties and attorneys anywhere in the state of Texas.
What is mediation?
Mediation is a private, structured, interactive process whereby an impartial third party—the mediator—assists parties to resolve their conflict by reaching a compromise, negotiated settlement agreement. Mediation is a voluntary process. Although often mandated by the terms of a contract, or by a judge or arbitrator as a pre-trial requirement once litigation or arbitration has been filed, the parties to a mediation will only reach a compromise, negotiated settlement agreement (“Mediated Settlement Agreement”) by the mutual assent of all parties present. Mediation is also private. The discussions held between the parties and the mediator at mediation are held confidential, whether or not the case is settled at mediation.
Today, the vast majority of civil litigation cases are settled at mediation. Mediation can also be used to resolve conflicts before a lawsuit has been filed. In fact, most modern contracts require the parties to mediate before litigation or arbitration is commenced, and many judges and arbitrators require parties to make a good-faith effort to resolve their dispute by mediation.
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➤ LOCATION
7 West Way Court
Lake Jackson, Texas 77566
☎ CONTACT
steve@stevecostellolaw.com
(979) 236-8271
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, attorney and mediator Steve Costello attended San Antonio College and has degrees in chemistry from Texas A&M University and University of Texas at Austin. He worked as a research chemist, intellectual property manager, and patent agent for nearly 20 years at a major petrochemical company in the Houston-Galveston area. He is a co-inventor on U.S. Patent No. 5,977,422 and co-authored several published scientific articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Mr. Costello completed law school in 2007 at South Texas College of Law in Houston. While in law school, Mr. Costello served as Assistant Articles Editor for South Texas Law Review.
Mr. Costello has over 15 years of legal practice involving cases from small claims courts to federal courts across the state of Texas, involving commercial and business litigation, real estate, construction, insurance coverage, partnership disputes, landlord-tenant disputes (both commercial and residential), non-compete agreements, intellectual property, probate, and family law matters.
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