Welcome to Colorado Mediation Services
You are here because a critical business relationship is strained, broken, or at a breaking point.
Whether a partnership disagreement has suddenly escalated:
- a client is withholding a major contract payment
- a debtor has gone silent on an outstanding invoice
- you are facing a frustrating choice: Do you spend months and thousands of dollars on litigation
- is there a faster, smarter way to get unstuck?
In business, disputes are rarely just about the legal text or the final dollar amount. They are about broken communication, misaligned expectations, and the threat of severe disruption to your livelihood.
At Colorado Mediation Services, we do not just enforce rigid legal positions. We help you bypass the exhausting theater of the courtroom and design custom, interest-based agreements that resolve your conflict, protect your assets, and save your valuable time.
Our Specialist Mediation Areas
We provide specialized, legally grounded commercial mediation throughout Colorado, focusing on three core areas:
1. Partnership & Co-Founder Disputes
When co-founders drift apart, the stakes are incredibly high. Left unchecked, partnership friction over financial splits, unequal effort, or unilateral decision-making can easily destroy a business. If you are facing a potential split, proceeding through Colorado courts can trigger a forced dissolution under C.R.S. § 7-80-801 or § 7-62-801, dragging out for years and liquidating your hard-earned assets.
We help partners find practical, structured paths forward—whether that means designing creative buyout payment structures, revising equity splits, or establishing clear operating protocols to rebuild trust.
Determine your options: Read our Practical Diagnostic: Should We Mediate Our Partnership Dispute?
2. Contract & Civil Disputes
When a business contract goes wrong – whether due to scope creep, ambiguous terms, or incomplete performance – the law offers a very blunt instrument. Colorado courts will strictly enforce terms or apply default rules like interpreting ambiguities against the drafter (C.R.S. § 4-2-206). But a judge cannot repair a commercial relationship.
Mediation allows both parties to step back, define what terms like “professional quality” actually mean for your project, and collaborate on a resolution that gets the work finished and the bills paid.
See how it works: Explore Three Real Scenarios: What Gets Resolved in Contract Mediation
3. Business Debt & Payment Disputes
When another business owes you money and refuses to pay, it directly threatens your cash flow. While Colorado law provides strong collection tools, including prejudgment interest under C.R.S. § 5-12-101 and small claims avenues under C.R.C.P. Rule 81–89, actually executing on a judgment can be incredibly expensive.
We facilitate direct, structured negotiations that transform hostile standoffs into workable payment plans, partial settlements, or structured installment agreements.
Evaluate your debt dispute: Read our Practical Guide: Should We Mediate This Business Debt Dispute?
Meet Your Mediator: Anthony Matthews MA (Cantab), FRSA
Our practice is led by Principal Mediator Anthony Matthews, who brings extensive commercial mediation experience and exceptional dispute-resolution skill to every case.
Anthony’s practice is defined by a deeply empathetic, highly interpersonal approach. He understands that behind every complex commercial file are human beings experiencing highly stressful, high-stakes conflicts. By ensuring that all parties are treated with absolute compassion during difficult conversations, Anthony has built an enviable success rate. He is widely known for going the extra mile to guide clients through the resolution of even the most extreme and complex commercial disputes.
Why Colorado Businesses Choose Mediation
Speed & Control: Instead of waiting 12 to 36 months for a Colorado court date, most mediations resolve in days or weeks. Crucially, you control the outcome, rather than leaving your business’s fate in the hands of a judge.
Preserving Relationships: If you need to keep working with a co-founder, client, or supplier, litigation will permanently burn that bridge. Mediation focuses on restructuring the relationship so you can continue doing business together.
Creative, Custom Solutions: A judge can only order money damages or forced liquidations. A mediator can help you build custom outcomes—such as multi-year guaranteed buyout plans, performance-based payment structures, or work-off agreements—that the law simply cannot default to.
Propose a Smarter Path Forward
You do not need your partner or opposing party’s agreement just to start the process. Most successful resolutions begin with a private, completely confidential pre-mediation consultation. In this call, we will discuss the specific details of your situation, evaluate whether mediation is a viable fit, and help you structure a non-threatening proposal to bring the other party to the table.
Take the first step toward resolution. Schedule a confidential courtesy consultation with Colorado Mediation Services