“Listening, real listening, like breathing, can be contagious.”

Danaan Perry
Warriors of the Heart

Judith Rubenstein and Lol Sorensen are gifted mediators trained and experienced at resolving complex and emotionally charged disputes. Together with the parties and their counsel, they will design and implement a dispute resolution process calculated to settle the case and, where appropriate, restore relationships. Based in Santa Barbara, located between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, they handle cases throughout California and beyond.

Through their multi-disciplinary training and years of experience, Judith and Lol have the ability to:

• Create an atmosphere of trust and collaboration.
• Assist parties to move from confusion and defensiveness to clarity, strength and understanding.
• Facilitate creative problem solving.
• Settle cases.

Time and again, lawyers have commented that what sets Judith and Lol apart is their ability to truly “connect” with the parties.

The mission of Rubenstein & Sorensen Mediation is to resolve conflicts collaboratively while reducing the monetary and human cost of conflict and adhering to the highest standards of integrity and competence.  The results-oriented practice of Rubenstein & Sorensen resolves a wide range of complex business, real estate, family, probate, employment and tort disputes. 

The partnership of Rubenstein & Sorensen is based on the philosophy that mediation can be used to resolve crises in relationships as well as to settle cases. In order to settle many cases, there is a need to address the underlying human concerns that have led to the dispute.

Judith and Lol also work with private, community and governmental organizations to train personnel, fashion dispute resolution mechanisms and resolve internal conflicts.