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GILLETTEMEDIATION · ARBITRATION

Seattle, Washington · Mediation · Arbitration · Investigations

Practical solutions to complex problems.

Rob Gillette is a neutral serving parties in mediation, arbitration, and workplace investigations across Washington and Oregon, with published procedures, real operating experience, and a practice built to save time and cost.

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Three tracks · One neutral

The practice

Mediation, arbitration, and investigations are different jobs with different processes. Start with the one that fits the matter.

01Mediate a disputeFacilitated · non-binding

Confidential, facilitated settlement for workplace and legal disputes. The mediator guides the conversation; the parties keep control of the outcome.

02Arbitration servicesBinding · adjudicative

Binding resolution from a neutral on the AAA employment and commercial panels, with standing procedures published in advance and prompt, reasoned awards.

03Independent investigationsIndependent · defensible

Attorney-led fact-finding for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and misconduct complaints, structured to be neutral and defensible.

Why Gillette

One neutral, every seat at the table.

Both sides
of the “v.” as an employment litigator
250+
employee organization led as CEO
CR 39.1
certified neutral, W.D. Washington
AAA
employment and commercial arbitration panels
200+
mediations handled as counsel
What sets the practice apart

Transparent by default.

I

Procedures you can read first

The arbitration standing procedures and fee schedule are available to counsel on request, so they can be evaluated before ranking and relied on after appointment.

II

Technology-forward practice

Automated, conflict-free scheduling, encrypted document exchange, and digital signatures, used to cut cost and delay rather than to impress.

III

Data governance

Case materials are held in access-controlled systems with documented retention and destruction protocols applied at the close of every matter.

Verdicts blog

What juries actually do with these cases.

Verdict and settlement digests from Washington and Oregon courts, summarized for the lawyers who try and settle these cases.

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Mediation

Ready to resolve a matter?

Agree on a month and the scheduler handles the rest. The first conversation is confidential and carries no obligation.

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Arbitration

Selecting an arbitrator?

Request Rob’s arbitrator CV, current availability, and standard disclosures for a strike-and-rank decision or a direct appointment.

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