Wolfram & Hart

Loren Collins is a registered and state-certified neutral, qualified to mediate court-connected civil cases throughout the state of Georgia. He has been a practicing attorney in the Atlanta area since 2005, specializing in personal injury. He started Wolfram & Hart, LLC as his mediation practice in 2015. A dedicated skeptic and advocate of critical... thinking, Loren also authored the 2012 book Bullspotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation , published by Prometheus Books. Loren graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in Political Science and Religion in 2001, and received his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2004. Litigation can be lengthy, time-consuming, and expensive. Contract disputes, personal injury claims, probate cases, and other civil actions can drag on for months or years, and easily incur thousands of dollars in expenses for both sides. This is why the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution certifies trained mediators to facilitate negotiations between parties in disputes, which, if successful, can spare individuals from extended aggravations and save them considerable time and money. Mediation is a process in which a neutral mediator helps parties negotiate their differences with an eye toward resolution and settlement. The mediator has no authority to make a decision or impose a settlement upon the parties, but instead tries to empower the parties to make the decisions themselves. The mediator does that by focusing the parties on their needs and interests rather than on their rights and positions. Although in court, the parties may be ordered to attend a mediation session, they are not required to settle their case in mediation. If the parties are unable or unwilling to settle in mediation, their case returns to the court for trial; the parties lose none of their rights to a jury trial. As the CEO of Wolfram & Hart, Loren Collins is a full-time dedicated mediator, available for mediations in multiple courts in the Atlanta metro area, as well as for pre-suit ...Read More