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About Us
Colorado Springs Judicial Alternatives, Inc. (CSJA) provides mediation services for lawyers and their clients who are involved in commercial, business, partnership, family business, real estate, employment, construction, contract, probate, HOA, and inter-agency conflicts.
CSJA’s Founder and Mediator, Louie V. Larimer, is not just a knowledgeable and experienced commercial and business attorney who has handled transaction and litigation cases since 1982, but he is also a retired business executive (President and CEO) of several successful business ventures, an author, and a leadership consultant.
As a result of his business training (MBA) and CEO experience, he brings a pragmatic mediation perspective grounded upon knowledge and understanding of finance, accounting, strategy, marketing, human relations, risk mitigation/management, probability theory, critical thinking and cost/benefit analysis. His private industry experience includes: real estate development, construction, private equity, banking and lending, and healthcare management.
As a result of his legal experience, personal business ventures, and corporate experience managing several corporations and not for profit organizations, he knows the importance and value of risk mitigation, and, most important, of knowing when it is time to litigate, and when it is time to step away from costly lawsuits.
Since 1982, he has facilitated difficult conversations, participated in heated negotiation sessions, and led intense settlement conferences for both private sector corporations and government agencies. He is experienced in guiding people through the harsh collision of ideas and volatile emotions they face in their professional and personal lives.
In 1997, he developed and wrote The Psychology of Ethics—a course in ethical and critical thinking, and The Ethical Type Indicator—a Personal Assessment of Ethical Typologies. He has taught this highly popular ethics curriculum to thousands of executives across the United States since 1997.
In 1999, he developed and wrote Conflict Resolution Principles, a two-day course with accompanying educational materials. Also, in 1999, he developed and wrote The Psychology of Emotional Intelligence, a two-day course with accompanying educational materials. He has been teaching these courses since he developed them to corporate and government executives across the United States.
Mr. Larimer’s knowledge and mastery of these three subjects, coupled with his legal and corporate background as an executive and facilitator of difficult conversations has contributed to his calming presence, and his insightful social awareness that allows him to connect with and empower litigants to self-reflect, self-assess and self-discover (with a little bit of help from counsel) the wisdom of settlement at an appropriate price or level.
A Focus on Results
If you choose, Mr. Larimer as your mediator, you and your clients can expect the following . . .
- A pragmatic, business focused, bottom line driven, critical thinking oriented and emotionally intelligent mediation framework and process, characterized by focused conversations involving strategic, risk mitigation factors, reasonable outcome probability forecasts and cost/benefit analyses.
- Active mediator involvement and facilitation by Mr. Larimer using principles and techniques such as appreciative inquiry, challenging of assumptions and facts, honest and direct feedback delivered with respect, tact, diplomacy, clarity, candor, intellectual integrity, honesty.
- Reliance upon and understanding of how applicable legal principles, evidentiary rules, and burdens of proof can and may affect trial results and outcomes.
- Exploration, identification and use of independent criteria of fairness, underlying interest-based principles, and highly effective interpersonal conflict resolution techniques.
- Application of principles of emotional intelligence, social awareness and emotional self-regulation.
- Timely and personal responses to your inquiries and requests.
- Timely and flexible scheduling of mediation sessions, including early and or late start times, weekends, and nights.
- The ability to converse and participate in the design of the specific approach and format of mediation sessions; including advance meetings with the mediator, single day or multiple shorter mediation sessions/days.
- Absolute mediator independence and confidentiality.
- Persistence and dedication to helping litigants find the path to settlement.