Dispute resolution can be used in a wide variety of situations including unpaid bills, landlord/tenant disputes, or neighbor conflict.  It can also be very effective in matters that involve many people, strong emotions, and competing interests, like divorce, workplace conflict, victims and offenders, or community controversies.  Using dispute resolution before conflict has escalated can be helpful, but it can be very successful even when people get stuck in complicated and intractable conflict. 

Listed below are a few areas where dispute resolution is successful and resolves issues amicably:

Agriculture: 
Farmer/neighbor complaints, unpaid bills and loans, family conflict, farm succession, USDA appeals.

Business and Commercial:
Facilitating meetings, contract negotiation, improving leadership skills

Consumer Complaints:  
“Lemon” vehicles, small claims cases against businesses.

Court Related Matters:  
Criminal, small claims, broken contracts or promises, unpaid debts.

Neighborhood and Community Quality of Life Disputes:  
Pets, property disputes, parking, noise, landlord/tenant, manufactured housing.

Family Issues:  
Divorce/separation, custody, visitation, parenting plans, senior & aging issues, Special Education.

Workplace Matters:  
Labor and employment, discrimination, vocational rehabilitation.

Environment and Public Policy Issues:  
Land use, regulatory complaints, allocation & management of natural resources. 

Helpful Links:
What is Dispute Resolution
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