The Americans With Disabilities Act and the NASD are precursors of statutes and regulatory schemes benefiting from ADR procedures. Some form of mediation or arbitration has crept into all areas of legal practice. And even there, ancillary issues are mediatable. 6 AARP and other age focused organizations have experimented with mediation in disputes arising in senior residences, nursing homes and among family members about care for parents. One of the most novel mediation issue is when to terminate life support.
Transformative mediation emphasizes parties' abilities to resolve their own problems.
I will now present suggestions of possible or dubious value. You could move. While an exact account is not ascertainable, you and the other mediator there might have less competition. Ask attorneys to try you once. Ask for introductions to fellow litigators.