- Executive Seperations
- Restrictive Covenants
- Wage & Hour Collective Actions
- Employment + Labor
- Civil Rights / Section 1985
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Administrative Fee
$200.00 per party/per day
Mediation Hourly Fees
2 Party Case: $250.00 Per Party Per Hour
3 Party Case: $235.00 Per Party Per Hour
4 Party Case: $225.00 Per Party Per Hour
Fees are the same for any additional time spent on document review, research, written findings of fact/law and other outside time, if any, necessary to prepare or make an informed award or evaluation.
MINIMUM TIME:
A 3-Hour Minimum will be charged in All Cases
TRAVEL TIME:
For travel time for hearings outside the metro Atlanta area, $125.00 per hour will be charged, in addition to travel expenses including, but not limited to airfare, mileage, car rental, lodging and meals.
ALL CHARGES WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY AMONG ALL PARTIES, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING. RATES MAY BE ADJUSTED FOR SPECIAL SITUATIONS. THE FEE IS TO BE AGREED UPON IN ADVANCE.
OUR CONTRACT FOR SERVICES IS WITH THE ATTORNEY(S). WE EXTEND CREDIT, WITH NO ADVANCE DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT, BASED ON THE ATTORNEY’S CREDIT. THE ATTORNEY, IN TURN, COLLECTS FROM HIS/HER CLIENT. THEREFORE, WE EXPECT PAYMENT FROM THE ATTORNEY(S) REGARDLESS OF CLIENT ACTIVITY. ALL FEES MUST BE PAID IN FULL ON EVERY ARBITRATION PRIOR TO THE AWARD BEING PUBLISHED.
*** A FINANCE CHARGE OF 1.50% PER MONTH (18% PER YEAR) WILL BE CHARGED ON BALANCES DUE OVER 45 DAYS.
CANCELLATION/RESCHEDULE POLICY:
If a Mediation or Arbitration is postponed, rescheduled or canceled for any reason WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF THE HEARING, the Responsible Party(s) will be charged a FOUR-HOUR MINIMUM at the FULL hourly rate for all parties in the entire case, as stated on BAY Mediation & Arbitration Services, LLC Fee Structure Sheet, included with the Confirmation Letter when the Mediation or Arbitration was scheduled. If any Party has any questions about this Policy, please call Steven directly.
To reserve an appointment online, please click your preferred available date. Our staff will contact you on receipt of your Appointment Request form.
Please note that a requested date is not fully booked until confirmed by our scheduling coordinator, Sam Kinghorn.
Steve is a full-time mediator. Before starting his mediation practice, Steve litigated and tried cases for almost twenty years.
As an advocate, Steve represented individuals in workplace discrimination and harassment cases, wage and hour collective actions, restrictive covenant disputes, and executive separations. He also advised small businesses on employment matters. After practicing with two of the premier employee rights firms in Georgia, Steve co-founded the firm Legare, Attwood & Wolfe, LLC, where he practiced from 2015-2024. Steve represented people from all walks of life and all industries. He is experienced in both private and public sector individual rights cases. He achieved favorable results for his clients in jury trials, arbitrations, appeals, and the Georgia Supreme Court.
Steve is a registered neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. He has been recognized by his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyer in every year he has been eligible, and he holds a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating. He is a past President of Georgia’s branch of the National Employment Lawyers Association and a member of the Board of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section. He also serves as a Board Member of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers’ Foundation, a charitable organization that provides free legal services to Atlantans in need.
Steve grew up in a small town in rural northeast Pennsylvania, the oldest of three siblings and the son of a lawyer and a public school teacher. He moved to Atlanta to attend Emory Law School and has proudly called the city home ever since. He lives in Atlanta’s Northlake neighborhood with his wife, Cristiane, who is a brilliant corporate attorney, their two sons, and their dog. In Steve’s life outside of mediation, he loves hiking, reading fiction and history, practicing karate and jujitsu, creative writing, and playing the piano very badly. Steve and his family are working toward hiking in every US National Park.