Restorative justice offers a powerful alternative to traditional, often adversarial, methods of resolving harm. By focusing on accountability, dialogue, and the needs of everyone impacted, restorative justice circles and conferences can transform conflict into opportunities for meaningful healing and change.
What We Offer
Facilitated Conversations
Melora’s experience as a restorative justice facilitator ensures that every conversation is guided by empathy, clear expectations, and a sense of shared responsibility.
Accountability & Repair
Restorative justice prioritizes understanding the root causes of harm and encourages those involved to take accountability, identify harm done, and work toward repairing relationships.
Community Engagement
Whether dealing with neighborhood disputes, workplace incidents, or youth offenses, our process draws on community resources and fosters solutions that benefit the broader group.
Long-Term Transformation
Restorative justice is not a quick fix. It requires a commitment to personal growth, empathy-building, and continued communication.
Practice Areas
At Middle Path Mediation, Attorney Mediator Melora Bentz offers a range of conflict resolution and consulting services rooted in empathy, skill, and professionalism. Drawing on her background in employment and labor law, criminal defense, and restorative justice facilitation, Melora helps individuals and communities to find a workable middle path, toward resolution. Below are the primary practice areas we serve in the space of conflict resolution. Note: Melora does not represent clients or advocate for parties, she is a Neutral.
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Restorative justice is applicable in any situation in which a person or persons were harmed, and the individual or individuals who caused the harm are willing to come together to explore how accountability, repair, and healing for all may take place.
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Community-based issues can involve multiple stakeholders with varying objectives and interests. Melora’s restorative justice training and group facilitation skills enable her to manage multi-interest dialogues effectively – bringing together local officials and individuals to discuss topics such as gun violence, drag/street racing, and equitable access to mental health care. Her forward-focused approach cultivates long lasting solutions and stronger community bonds.
Testimonials - What they say?
Thanks to Melora’s expertise and dedication, our team is now functioning more cohesively, and we have seen a significant improvement in our collaborative efforts. We highly recommend Middle Path Mediation to any organization facing internal conflicts. Melora Bentz’s mediation skills are truly exceptional and were instrumental in helping us achieve success.
Thanks to Melora’s expertise and dedication, our team is now functioning more cohesively, and we have seen a significant improvement in our collaborative efforts. We highly recommend Middle Path Mediation to any organization facing internal conflicts. Melora Bentz’s mediation skills are truly exceptional and were instrumental in helping us achieve success.
John Priddy
Melora's ability to engage our employees was remarkable. Her dispassionate ethic, combined with her insightful and methodical approach, played a key role in resolving the conflicts and fostering a more collaborative environment. She brought a calm and professional demeanor to every session, creating a safe space for open and honest communication.
Melora's ability to engage our employees was remarkable. Her dispassionate ethic, combined with her insightful and methodical approach, played a key role in resolving the conflicts and fostering a more collaborative environment. She brought a calm and professional demeanor to every session, creating a safe space for open and honest communication.
John Priddy
We recently had the pleasure of working with Melora Bentz, proprietor of Middle Path Mediation, to address a challenging situation involving four employees from two departments struggling to collaborate effectively. As a nonprofit health care payer, it is crucial for our team to work harmoniously to meet our mission.
We recently had the pleasure of working with Melora Bentz, proprietor of Middle Path Mediation, to address a challenging situation involving four employees from two departments struggling to collaborate effectively. As a nonprofit health care payer, it is crucial for our team to work harmoniously to meet our mission.
John Priddy
