PREMi - Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan, LLC

Offices in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Call: 248.312.9420
About Us

What is PREMi?

PREMi is an organization of attorney dispute resolution experts who have numerous years of experience in both conflict resolution processes and subject matter knowledge in many industries and disciplines.

PREMi ADR Spotlight

Oakland County Legal News
June 1, 2023

By Laura A. Athens

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE IN MEDIATION- PART 1

The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy, and the power to transform and resurrect.  – Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.

Most of us have faced trauma at some point in our lives.  You may have lost a loved one in a tragic accident, confronted a life-threatening illness,
coped with a…

Mediator of the Month

Laura A. Athens is an attorney, mediator, facilitator and arbitrator in Farmington Hills, Michigan, who has over 30 years of legal experience. Laura provides alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services in a variety of matters, including elementary and secondary education, higher education, university faculty grievance, employment, vocational rehabilitation, student discipline, eldercare, guardianship and disability rights cases. Laura currently serves as an arbitrator in automotive consumer and home warranty cases and previously served as a Hearing Officer in special education and vocational rehabilitation due…

What WE Do…

Courtroom litigation can be expensive in both dollars and time.
That’s why you need PREMi.

Mediation: For lasting resolutions

Why PREMi? PREMi’s independent mediators have years of experience successfully helping parties settle a wide variety of disputes. Mediation allows the parties to shape their own resolutions, resulting in agreements that last.
What is mediation? A PREMi… 

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Arbitration: A Streamlined process to reach a decision

PREMi can customize an arbitration process to your unique case.  We are innate problem solvers with a full range of subject matter expertise, able to focus on the issues and facts in the case and determine the right process. Feel free to call us Today.

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Med-arb: An adaptation to conventional arbitration

Med-Arb is a combination of both resolution processes – Mediation and Arbitration.  The parties agree in advance that they will first try to resolve the matter by mediation, and if they are not successful in resolving the dispute, then a PREMi… 

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                                          Speak to a
Dedicated Dispute
Resolution Expert

PREMi is prepared to help you find
the right ADR professional – the best fit for
process and subject matter expertise-to meet
the unique needs of your dispute. 
Contact Executive Director Bill Weber Who
will walk you through your options.

Plan a First Meeting

Whether by text, email, phone, video conference, or in person, PREMi will facilitate the first contact among attorneys and parties to help you design a dispute resolution process to fit your particular dispute.  Do you need a facilitator, evaluator, negotiation coach, or an arbitrator?  How many sessions?  Who should attend?  A PREMi professional can help you answer these critical questions and more.

Find the Right Mediator

A legal dispute can be one of the most difficult experiences a person may ever deal with. It is important that your mediator is a “good fit” for all participants and that the mediator is effective in resolving the dispute. 

Contact

Phone

248.312.9420

Email

adrpremi@gmail.com