Integrity is our guiding principle at OnPoint.  

Quaint as it may seem, that core value infuses everything we do.  

It is not just a moral stance.  It is a critical personal and professional touchstone with very real tangible and practical ramifications.  

Why?  If I do not earn your trust, I do not have access to the most important information I need to help you solve your problem in the best possible way.  If I do not know your true interests -- no matter how "bad" you may think your own personal truth to be -- I cannot be sure that those interests are met.  I do not  care how "ugly" the facts are, it is my professional obligation to create an atmosphere of trust in which your outcome can be optimized.  And remember, mediation is strictly confidential.  Nothing you say to me in confidence will ever be conveyed to your adversaries or to any third party.

Is this a monastery or a fortress?  It is both.   

Our philosophy is to foster each party's monastic contemplation in a safe, confidential, fortress-like environment so as to cultivate a complete understanding of the client's core interests, values, and priorities.  Being totally honest with oneself is never easy.  It may require meditation, self-reflection, contemplation, and prayer.  Honesty, however, is the key to identifying one's most important interests.  As a professional mediator, asking the right questions can provide invaluable guidance in this contemplative process.  

 Once a party's true interests are fully understood, we encourage open, honest, and unvarnished communication through confidential negotiations to unlock hidden value, strip away extraneous concerns, and formulate creative integrative solutions.  What does that look like?  In the most simple terms, we don't just cut up the pie, we help the parties to bake a bigger pie and share it in a more productive way.  Because we understand every party's most important concerns, we don't waste time fighting about things that are unimportant.  And by focusing on the parties' respective core values and ranking their priorities, we often discover common ground that the parties, locked in conflict, have overlooked.