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.
The practice
Mediation, arbitration, and investigations are different jobs with different processes. Start with the one that fits the matter.
Confidential, facilitated settlement for workplace and legal disputes. The mediator guides the conversation; the parties keep control of the outcome.
02Arbitration servicesBinding · adjudicativeBinding resolution from a neutral on the AAA employment and commercial panels, with standing procedures published in advance and prompt, reasoned awards.
03Independent investigationsIndependent · defensibleAttorney-led fact-finding for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and misconduct complaints, structured to be neutral and defensible.
One neutral, every seat at the table.
How the practice is run.
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.
Technology-forward practice
Automated, conflict-free scheduling, encrypted document exchange, and digital signatures, used to cut cost and delay rather than to impress.
Data governance
Case materials are held in access-controlled systems with documented retention and destruction protocols applied at the close of every matter.
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.
Read the Verdicts blogScheduling a mediation?
Agree on a month and the scheduler handles the rest. The first conversation is confidential and carries no obligation.
Schedule a mediationSelecting an arbitrator?
Request Rob’s arbitrator CV, current availability, and standard disclosures for a strike-and-rank decision or a direct appointment.
Request CV & availability