MASTERPIECE MEDIATION™
MEDIATOR + FINANCIAL EXPERT, CPA
Simplifying Delicate Negotiations
Unique Financial Expertise to Clarify Facts
for Certainty & Calm
Keeping my clients in control for smarter resolutions
I’m deeply grateful to Great Day Colorado for helping me share how I guide clients to negotiate smarter resolutions with less emotional & financial drain. Quick 5 minute clips…
Psychology Today: Divorce is 2nd most stressful life event.
Navigating divorce demands time & energy, under stress, balancing competing priorities.
I offer my clients:
💫Intentional proactive process to cut stress & financial drain & achieving smarter resolutions - in half the time.
💫Unique expertise empowers me to be both Mediator & Financial Expert & keep attorneys out of the room-”on call” & for attorney review of the MOU (legal binding document) we draft, saving you thousands, often tens of thousands.
💫Simplified methods to guide clients to Rare long term -win/win resolutions-for a flat fee.
WHY? Energy is precious
I ALIGNED my approach with Einstein’s quotes: “Intellectuals solve problems, genuis prevents. If you can’t simplify something, you simply don’t understand it well enough.
#1 Client Fact: My personal walk on this painful path-in which good faith was broken & my best interests were not protected & parties were not impartial, financials were not understood, in my first of several mediations - provides me deep insight & perspective. My unique financial skill set leaves clients vastly better off then when they found me.
#1-Regardless of who finds me first, I am legally bound to remain impartial.
INTENTIONAL Proactive guidance synchronizing 30 years of financial expertise-for huge ROI.
Flat Fee: for certainty of cost.
Negotiated resolutions carry serious ripple effects-so I treat each case as unique as a fingerprint.
Sherri Swain, Founder
Professional Mediator + Financial Expert
CPA (not practicing)
How is the Return on Investment to hire me-Unique? The value of hiring me is you get both your Mediator + Financial Expert - a proactive approach, laser focused on simplification-resulting in tremendous, rare ROI with strict standards of Confidentiality & Transparency.
I have unique financial skills to quickly discern the real long-term ripple effects of your negotiations.
I thoughtfully LISTEN & take seriously all of your concerns, treating you with the dignity you deserve.
I deliver a meticulously negotiated Legally Binding Custom-designed Masterpiece Agreement: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with crucial details of resolutions, empowered by my unique financial simplification.
My passion is to be your…
LIGHTHOUSE of protection in your Storm of uncertainty-for HUGE ROI.
DELIVERING UNIQUE VALUE
I offer unique expertise AND compassion.
I will never let a client experience-being dismissed-your voice, dignity, good faith, & protecting all you built - all of of this matters to me, as in my own mediation I was dismissed…
The typical mediation process is REACTIVE. My process is methodically PROACTIVE.
My Financial Knowledge=your power to negotiate in half the time for less financial & emotional drain.
I NAVIGATE DETOURS when roads seem closed. How do I do this?
I simplify pre-mediation prep via a Proactive FINANCIAL Deep Dive to uncover financial opportunities.
I calculate creative scenarios designed for each party to get their customized “REAL Financial WIN”- before - you walk into mediation & in depth review to discern common goals for less negotiation conflict;
Clients state they would have paid DOUBLE for my results I help them negotiate. I save clients THOUSANDS with financial insight to uncover scenarios tailored to your need
Did you know?#1 -Mediation is mandatory for family law in Colorado?
HOW is Masterpiece Mediation™ UNIQUE?
I make the effort when & where it will be MOST IMPACTFUL.
for HUGE ROI (Return on Investment)
What does this actually mean?
The FOUNDER: I am “The Outlier Mediator” with unique financial skill sets to focus on client’s real wins.
My depth & breadth of 30+ years of financial experience, coupled with my proactive VS the traditional reactive approach makes the difference for you in negotiations. I am meticulous. My primary focus is on simplifying financial complexities to help uncover financial solutions quickly, saving you thousands, often tens of thousands.
I am kind, yet extremely direct in my professional & personal life and hold myself to the highest level of INTEGRITY. This truly means: instead of telling you what you want to hear, I tell you what you need to hear, charging a flat fee, & focusing on what you need to prosper long term.
I treat each case uniquely, like a fingerprint. My Flat Fee provides certainty you deserve.
After negotiating multiple mediations in the dissolution of my 20-year+ marriage, I took that insight, combined with my 30-year+ financial skill set, to help friends negotiate complex financial issues…long before I officially opened up my mediation practice.
Clients are welcome with or without attorneys. I have relationships with attorneys-in large, boutique, & small firms I can refer out.
The RIPPLE EFFECTS: Life has conflict. I literally came up with “the ripple effect” verbiage when I was navigating my own divorce I saw first-hand the enormous future implications of mediation results. How both parties respond to conflict has huge implications. My focus is to facilitate peaceful, informed negotiations-using my unique financial expertise coupled with kind, reflective listening. I calculate & present creative financial scenarious upon detail review of clients’ financials.
The MISSION & VISION: Through my experiences, my passion grew to design a mediation practice to help clients make key moves around issues & challenges I navigated-most notably that could not be undone (or so I thought) in my first mediation dissolution process. I had to go back to mediation years later-due to fraud in good faith negotiations I questioned - my concern was ignored. So, I know first hand how vital honoring good faith in mediation is to your case.
I take leveling the power imbalances & good faith very seriously.
I too, was extremely vulnerable, despite my financial skill sets, as my son was not doing well-so as a mother it deeply impacted me.
Net: It was simply too late in the game-when I found out I was spot on-and I was forced to go to court, as other party was pressured by an attorney to not settle. I bring all these key learnings & expertise to the table so parties never go unprotected.
Net: My own experience makes me PROTECTIVE to ensure that every element of GOOD FAITH defined uniquely in your case-is upheld.
Net: I take my mission-to be a client’s Lighthouse in the Storm-seriously:
#1-Crucial for clients: my financial insight STREAMLINES negotiations for smarter solutions;
#2-I help “expand clients’ vision of abundance”-versus- “dividing up clients’ lives” -in a scarcity mindset; #3-I intentionally focus on discerning clients’ relational dynamics to enlighten negotiations & level power imbalances for insightful, equitable financial resolutions.
INTENTIONAL FOCUS & TRANSPARENT FLAT FEE: providing certainty amidst uncertainty. My unique financial expertise & intentional focus results in simplistic & harmonious negotiations-saving thousands with less stress. When I walked this path I saw pathways to mediate negotiations with significantly less Financial & emotional DRAIN.
More CERTAINTY: I intentionally do a forensic financial “deep dive” pre-mediation - while charging a Flat Fee to #1-eliminate undue stress with certainty of total cost; & #2-for more “fluid communication” vs worry over making a call/email. #3-with an end goal: to help parties flourish with creative, win/win resolutions- in half the time-by simplifying issues- via my gut insight-derived from the depth of financial knowledge.
The WHY: The dissolution of a marriage is life’s most complex transition - I walked it & am on a mission to help clients navigate this transition with less financial & emotional drain. I pivoted to this space as I discovered other mediators do not have my financial insight to serve in a dual role-and saw how I could provide unique value to clients as both their financial expert & mediator-to expediently SIMPLIFY & SYNCHRONIZE legal & financial.
MY VALUE is INVALUABLE: Unique financial insight saves ENERGY as you work only with me-saving thousands.
laser focus on transparency, upholding good faith standards, & setting realistic expectations - grounded in unique financial expertise & gut insights.
informing & simplifying all financial matters to guide negotiations to win/win resolutions.
proprietary uniquely efficient approach of Pre-Mediation Prep process that flows seamlessly, saving client’s precious energy, time, & thousands $$ of dollars.
personally navigated most divorce scenarios provide unique empathy & perspective - innovative financial, emotional, & legal insight.
empathy for clients’ “pain points”: #1-your family’s well-being; #2-maintaining your lifestyle; #3-cost of healthcare; #4-rising costs of living; #5-first-hand understanding of the challenges of disabilities.
passionate focus on reducing stress & conflict that impacts your children & your financial security - using my UNIQUE Prep Plan.
How does my value translate into Rare ROI for you?
My Unique financial expertise Expediently Simplifies-with Patience & Empathy. I “truly get” how stressful this is.
#1-”Being on the clock” breeds uncertainty in total cost, keeping you in fight or flight mode, adding stress. My process is CERTAIN yet designed to PIVOT to your unique challenges;
#2-My Flat Fee equals less financial & emotional stress & most vital-gives CERTAINTY of TOTAL COST;
#3-Knowing how to use & leverage financial data CREATIVELY sets me apart & equals rare HUGE ROI to you;
#4-Empowering you to navigate multiple scenarios & calculating resolutions to save thousands;
#5-EARNING your attorneys’ trust & keep them out of the mediation room, “on call”. Attorneys find my MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding - legally binding document) Innovative;
#6-I can match you with a suitable attorney, who champions a holistic approach to negotiation.
I walk my talk.
My clients help grant wishes.
I have been volunteering in leadership roles for
Make-A-Wish Colorado since 2016, long before I pivoted to become a mediator.
I donate a % of my quarterly fees to help grant life-changing wishes.
2021 Walk for Wishes: Pepsi aka Mr. Cola: Pepsi brought pure joy & laughter to many, helping me grant wishes. The 2023 “Paws for Wishes” campaign honors Pepsi’s impact-of the hope he brought so many : click PEPSI to donate.