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Administrative Fee
$200.00 per party/per day
This fee will be charged to any cancelling party- in addition to any fee charged by the mediator – in the event your mediator elects to charge his or her cancellation fee. BAY admin fees will not be charged a second time if the mediation is rescheduled.
Mediation Hourly Fees
2 Party Case: $300.00 Per Party Per Hour
3 Party Case: $285.00 Per Party Per Hour
4 Party Case: $275.00 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 John directly.
Before becoming a neutral, John litigated several hundred employment and labor disputes in thirty-seven states. John has litigated almost every kind of employment and labor dispute imaginable, including cases under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1981, Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Pay Act of 1963, non-compete and other restrictive covenants cases, hostile work environment (including sexual harassment) cases, retaliation cases, as well as class and collective actions.
John is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (2001). Beginning in 1995, he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Labor & Employment Law, and has been listed as a “Top Ten” lawyer in the State of Georgia. He is admitted to practice law in Georgia and Alabama, the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eight, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal and the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and Alabama.
John is especially proud of his mother, Thelma, who graduated from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia is 1942, which led to a number of her descendants becoming lawyers. He and his wife, Cathie (a recovering, former attorney), have five children – a Ph. D. clinical psychologist, a regional Operations Manager, and three lawyers, none of whom followed John’s career advice.
John was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida (before air conditioning was widely available), following which he attended college at the University of Alabama and law school at the University of Virginia.