Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc. seeks family lawyers in transition (1+ years experience) who have attended a basic mediation class to help us grow our mediation practice.



The ideal candidate is a California licensed attorney who is in transition (e.g., leaving a larger firm to start a solo practice, desiring part time work, transitioning back into the workforce after an absence, etc.) with at least one year of family law litigation experience as well as prior mediation training and experience.



This position is for an independent contractor and will involve [typically] 1-4 mediations per week (3-12 hours of mediation time). Peace Talks will provide training in our mediation model. Because we’re specifically seeking seasoned professionals who are looking to round out their practices, we anticipate that you will work as an IC for Peace Talks as your schedule permits. There is no minimum time commitment. You will sign a non-compete and non-disclosure of trade secrets agreement, however, so this is not a position for someone wishing to learn how to start his or her own mediation practice.



There is no requirement to generate mediation business for the firm. If you wish to do so, however, the modest compensation ($100 per hour) increases dramatically.



Peace Talks teams attorney-mediators with therapist-mediators in co-mediation teams.





Firm Profile





Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., teams lawyers and therapists as mediators to help couples resolve divorce and custody issues in a sane, sensible and fair way at a reasonable cost.



Our services include mediation for all family conflicts: premarital agreements, divorce, custody, parenting plans, cohabitation and LGBT dissolutions, estate planning, estate administration and family business disputes.



Peace Talks offers a constructive, forward-thinking and peaceful ending to family conflicts, building peace in the world one family at a time.



Diana Mercer, Principal

Diana Mercer, Esq. is an Attorney-Mediator and the founder of Peace Talks Mediation Services in Los Angeles, California (www.peace-talks.com). A veteran litigator, she now devotes her practice solely to mediation. Outgoing and down-to-earth, she makes clients and attorneys feel at ease in solving family and divorce disputes. She is the co-author of Your Divorce Advisor: A Lawyer and a Psychologist Guide You Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce (Fireside 2001). She’s an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and is admitted to practice law in California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and before the Supreme Court of the United States.

For more information about us: www.peace-talks.com.