Professional Fee
For adjudication, including telephone conferences, conducting mediation, and research, the hourly fee is determined by the amount of the claimant’s settlement demand at the time mediation is requested, or if no demand has been made, by the maximum amount in dispute.
Under $100,000* $ 350/hour $ 500,001 - $1,000,000 $ 650/hour
$100,001 - $250,000 $ 450/hour $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 $ 750/hour
$250,001 - $500,000 $ 550/hour Over $5,000,000 $ 850/hour
*This includes non-monetary disputes.
Travel time within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is not billed. Travel time outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area is billed at half rate. If a hearing or mediation is cancelled on less than one week’s notice, eight hours will be billed. All time is billed in six-minute increments. Fees will be split equally between/among the parties unless the parties agree otherwise.
Fee Waivers and Reductions
Fee waivers may be requested by indigent individuals who are unrepresented or represented pro bono. Fee reductions may be requested by low-income or unemployed individuals and tax-exempt organizations.
Travel Expenses
Personal vehicle will be reimbursed at IRS standard mileage rate, currently $0.76 per mile. Parking and local transportation (taxi, ride share, airport shuttle, etc.) will be reimbursed at actual cost. Air or rail transportation (economy under four hours; business class four hours or more) will be reimbursed at actual cost. Fully refundable tickets will be obtained unless the parties advise that discounted non-refundable tickets should be booked, in which case the parties will purchase the tickets. If overnight travel is required, midscale hotel (Hampton Inn, Fairfield Inn, Holiday Inn, etc.) convenient to the mediation session, which the parties may specify at the time of scheduling, will be reimbursed at actual cost. A reservation cancellable until the day prior to the mediation session will be obtained unless the parties advise that a discounted nonrefundable reservation should be made, in which case the parties will prepay the hotel. Meals on overnight travel will be reimbursed at actual cost up to $75 per day in Continental US, $150 per day outside Continental US.
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