The Center for Dispute Settlement

The Center for Dispute Settlement is a non-profit community dispute resolution center, serving the Greater Rochester and Finger Lakes region since 1973.

We offer comparatively priced, tailored trainings and services to schools, businesses, non-profits, and government agencies.

We provide people with affordable conflict resolution services, including:

Mediation	Arbitration
Facilitation	Restorative Practices

Our experienced, certified conflict resolution specialists serve the 8 county New York State 7th Judicial District.

graphic of counties serves

County	City	Phone
Cayuga	Auburn	(315) 252-4260
Livingston	Geneseo	(585) 243-7008
Monroe	Rochester	(585) 546-5110
Ontario	Canandaigua	(585) 396-0840
Seneca	Waterloo	(315) 539-4570
Steuben	Bath	(607) 776-6976
	Hornell	(607) 324-9887
Wayne	Lyons	(315) 946-6159
Yates	Penn Yan	(315) 531-3409

Latest News

November 2024 Newsletter

With election week upon us, I want to acknowledge that anxiety levels are high, and to remind us to take care of ourselves. Remember to take frequent breaks to breathe, walk, or stretch.

Here is a short meditation prompt for your week:

Breathe in courage
Breathe out fear
(Repeat as needed)

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How to strengthen your “dialogue muscles”

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I feel like this will bring our family closer & communication will be better between all of us. My friend will be aware of what we expect and we know what her feelings are.

Anonymous
Business Partners Commercial Mediation

I wanted to take a moment to thank you and your entire staff at CDS for assisting our foundation. My partner and I both agreed that the meditation process was constructive and healing. I am glad to know that you are doing such fine work in our community. Our mediator was patient, genuinely engaged, and respectful of our unique situation. He did a great job.
I'm thankful for all their help. Thanks to them, I believe my marriage will now be able to flourish.

Anonymous
Before registering my child for school, I needed to have our custody agreement modified. [The] Center for Dispute Settlement in Bath made the process so easy! They were able to accommodate my schedule and get an appointment quickly. I thought the service would be expensive but but it was so affordable. [The] Center for Dispute Settlement is providing a good service to our community!

Tracy