Wakeen & Associates Mediation Services LLC is a premier mediation firm specializing in resolving complex and high-stakes disputes through professional mediation. Founded and led by Teresa A. Wakeen, J.D., a mediator with over 25 years of exclusive practice, the firm is distinguished by its founder’s recognition as one of the top commercial mediators in the U.S. and globally, including honors as a “Most Highly Regarded” individual mediator and a “Thought Leader” in the field.
The firm’s approach is built on a foundation of extensive experience, having successfully mediated over 6,000 cases across a wide spectrum of challenging and multifaceted disputes. Teresa Wakeen’s dynamic practice focuses on bringing opposing parties together to achieve settlements in even the most difficult scenarios, leveraging her training from Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and her role as an Adjunct Professor at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. The firm primarily serves businesses, corporations, insurers, and organizations involved in complex commercial, civil, and institutional conflicts.
Services Offered
- Mediation services
- Legal services related to dispute resolution
- Class action mediation
- Corporate transactions mediation
- Insurance coverage and bad faith mediation
- Intellectual property dispute mediation
- Public policy mediation
- Environmental dispute mediation
- Toxic tort mediation
- Religious organizations mediation
- Health care dispute mediation
- Civil rights mediation
- Employment dispute mediation
- Professional liability mediation
- Shareholder and partnership dispute mediation
- Construction dispute mediation
- Catastrophic injury and death mediation
- Products liability mediation
- Maritime dispute mediation
- Aviation dispute mediation
- Dispute resolution training and presentations
- Case transmittal services
Based in Seattle, Washington, the firm serves clients nationally and internationally, with Teresa Wakeen holding memberships in prestigious organizations such as the International Academy of Mediators (as a Distinguished Fellow and Past President), the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and CPR’s Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. She is also a frequent speaker and trainer for distinguished organizations worldwide.
