Specialties
Nicole Gesher has mediated many cases that concluded with a successful settlement agreement. She specializes in civil disputes, including landlord/tenant, business partnership, and contract issues. Clients have cited her as an insightful, fair, and impartial mediator who had a unique ability to really listen to their issues and make them feel comfortable throughout the mediation process. She will collaborate with you to craft a workable agreement.
Currently, Ms. Gesher meets with clients in the Financial District of San Francisco, and in downtown Redwood City.
Gesher is a mediation panelist with the Superior Courts of Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and San Mateo Counties, and with the Bar Association of San Francisco.
Please note that mediation services are available on Zoom for your safety and convenience. Ms. Gesher mediates in person in the Bay Area, and in San Diego, CA. Please contact the office for more information about scheduling options.
History
Established in 2010.
Since 2007, Ms. Gesher has devoted extensive time to the theoretical and practical study of mediation, and has experience in a wide variety of cases, making her well-equipped to address your civil dispute.
Ms. Gesher's practice focuses mainly on facilitative mediation. This means that unless specifically requested, she will refrain from offering her legal opinion on the matter at hand. Instead, she will facilitate a conversation between the two parties, serving as a third-party neutral mediator. In practice, Ms. Gesher believes this to be a highly effective method of dispute resolution, because the parties themselves drive the process. This is important because after the mediation, it is the parties who have consented to abide by the agreement. Your active role in the resolution of the dispute helps to ensure that the solution will be a lasting one.
Meet the Business Owner: Nicole G.
Nicole Gesher was raised in San Diego, CA, the daughter of South African immigrants. She attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she graduated with High Honors in English and History. Ms. Gesher also studied abroad at Oxford University in 2002. She lived and worked abroad in Montevideo, Uruguay for one year before attending UC Hastings College of the Law, where she participated in the Mediation Clinic. There, she studied advanced mediation theory and conducted mediations in Small Claims Court in San Francisco. She is a California Licensed Attorney in good standing with the State Bar of California. Ms. Gesher is also a Community Boards certified mediator.