Rob Gillette
Attorney · Mediator · Former CEO
I am an attorney, mediator, and executive with more than 15 years of experience resolving disputes, advising businesses, and leading organizations through complex challenges. I have participated in over 200 mediations as counsel — most involving employment claims — and I bring that experience to every matter I mediate.
I serve as a certified neutral on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington's CR 39.1 Alternative Dispute Resolution panel, and trained in mediation at the Pepperdine Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Every seat at the table.
Mediation, litigation, and executive leadership — three careers that inform how each dispute gets resolved.
Mediation
A practical, business-minded approach to employment, commercial, securities and FINRA, real estate, and education disputes — grounded in years of representing parties in these matters before sitting as a neutral.
Legal Experience
Former Partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, representing employers and businesses in litigation — including wrongful termination and discrimination cases. Has also represented employees, bringing perspective from both sides of employment disputes to the mediation table.
Executive Leadership
CEO of a multi-site early learning organization with more than 250 employees across seven locations, with full P&L responsibility. Day-to-day leadership of a complex organization — budgets, people, and hard decisions — informs a grounded understanding of what businesses actually face.
One process, four perspectives.
Every party at the table needs something different from the mediator. Here is what each can expect.
For individuals
A fair, accessible process. Mediation can feel unfamiliar and intimidating — the goal is a setting where you understand each step, your perspective is genuinely heard, and the outcome is one you helped shape.
For business leaders
Practical solutions. Having run an organization with full P&L responsibility, I understand that a dispute is one problem among many on your desk — and that resolution should account for cost, time, and the business you still have to operate.
For attorneys
A mediator who understands litigation risk. After years representing parties in these cases and more than 200 mediations as counsel, I know how claims get valued, where cases break down, and what it takes to move both sides toward agreement.
For insurers
Efficient, settlement-focused resolution. The process is structured to use the day well, keep the discussion grounded in realistic numbers, and drive toward a documented settlement rather than another continuance.
Let's find the right path forward.
The first conversation is confidential and carries no obligation.
(206) 710-2611