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Mediation is now a well-understood and widely-accepted process to resolve your family law case and maintain peace, respect, case control and spending. Mediation has grown in popularity as an ideal way to achieve your legal outcomes.

McMurdie Law & Mediation specializes in customizing your mediation process to meet your family’s needs: divorce, child support, modifications and more.

We meet in-person in our conference room or by Zoom in 2-hour sessions to address the issue for that session you have mutually selected as your highest priority. As we move through your case and the issues, in 1-4 sessions, our goal is to reach full agreement and to resource you and your needs throughout your case. We want to help you understand your case and your legal options, while at the same time, maintaining neutrality with you and your spouse or other party.

We believe that if you understand the law surrounding each issue in your case, it helps in making your important decisions and can lead to action steps integral and helpful during your case. With our decades of experience at McMurdie Mediation, we can often bring forward and brainstorm potential solutions. We strive to provide resources to our clients as the need arises, such as your real property with an appraisal, refinancing, or selling your home, or financial services to divide retirement or investment funds.

Ms. McMurdie listens deeply to learn what you both really want and what your underlying interests truly are and then facilitates meaningful discussions and negotiations. In family law mediation, the task of finding a final resolution remains in the hands of the parties, though with the expert facilitation of the Mediator. McMurdie Mediation allows you to get straight to the heart of the matter with the goal of a written document memorializing all of your terms of agreement.

March 2025 – Divorce Mediation

I would like to give a 5-Star recommendation for Cristi McMurdie of McMurdie Law for her compassion, grounding sense of humor, professionalism, and quick response to our needs during my husband’s and my divorce. Her guidance, through this incredibly difficult time in our lives, was a Godsend. Her prices were reasonable, and she was able to complete the divorce process from beginning to end in 3 ½ months. I would recommend Cristi McMurdie to anyone considering a mediated divorce.  

KL in Chandler, AZ

July 2021 – Mediation

I was very happy with Ms McMurdie’s law advice. She listened carefully and understood my situation and my wishes. In my opinion, Ms. McMurdie is intelligent, perceptive, stern and thorough. The end result is as desired. Her mediation experience is invaluable. I would not hesitate to recommend McMurdie Law & Mediation to a family member or friend. 10/12/2021: This is a follow up review. She really cares about her clients. I couldn’t be happier with Ms. McMurdie.  

David H.

March 2019 – Mediation

We used Ms. McMurdie’s expert mediation skills to help my husband and I come to an agreement with my adult son over money he thought he was owed. She settled things down, got us to focus and we were able to agree with each other after 1-hour session.  Cristi made us feel comfortable with each other so we could talk things through.  She is a great listener, intuitive, and very personable. Thank you again for making this so much easier that I thought it would be.

Sue, Buckeye, AZ

November 2018 – Divorce

Divorce and Relocation Successful Using WHYMediate Thanks again for your help.  [My ex-spouse] and I both feel as though we are in a good place and can work together amicably to deal with issues as they arise.   However, if we do find ourselves at an impasse and agree we need your help, we will certainly call you. We both really appreciate all you’ve done for us!

Scott in Carefree, AZ

August 2018 – Mediation

WHYMediate Mediation Services Two months after Mediation: Our family is doing great. The plan is working out. Both of us still work together as a team and with no doubt will continue to as we raise our kids. Our schedules are nicely coordinated. The divorce was ideal in how everything was worked out.  

Jacob in Scottsdale

June 2018 – Mediation Client

I am very thankful to Ms. McMurdie for her amazing Mediation Services regarding my case.  In my opinion she is a miracle worker!  Prior to mediation my husband and I had very little communication and our attorneys were unable to help us to clearly communicate on the issues and to come to agreements.  Ms. McMurdie was able to get us to the table and discuss these difficult issues and come to resolution.  She was skilled and tenacious and she never gave up through extremely difficult circumstances. Her services saved us a ton of money, time and frustration.  If you are

Susan X.

February 2017 – Mediation

I highly recommend Cristi for her mediation services. My ex-wife and I sought her help for our divorce. She helped make a very difficult time in our lives much more tolerable. Christi is a very thorough and competent professional who always had both of our best interests in mind. She always made us feel like we were being advised correctly. She also has a very calm demeanor that was a blessing for us as we tried to resolve our differences. Cristi’s strong sense of organization helped us to feel like our case would be handled competently and expeditiously, and her

John P.

July 2015 – Mediation

High quality service, honest and caring Cristi McMurdie is extremely knowledgeable in many facets of the law. My experience with her has been that she truly cares about the people that come to her for help and she strives to achieve the best possible outcome for all parties in mediation. She helped us finalize our divorce at a fraction of the cost of attorneys, and got the job done in a much shorter time frame. I wish we both had begun working with her much sooner, it would have saved us so much time and frustration. Even if you and

Missy R.

April 2015 – Mediation

I highly recommend Cristi and the WHY?Mediate method for mediation in any personal or family matters that may be difficult to resolve without assistance. Cristi and her staff helped me through a very difficult and emotional life-changing event, skillfully and professionally guiding me through the divorce process.  Cristi did an excellent job of keeping the discussions focused while allowing both parties to air their respective grievances.  She did this with class, compassion, fairness and a great understanding of the law. Her expert understanding and management of the mediation process provided a safe and comfortable environment that encouraged an efficient and

Mary C.

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64 E. Broadway Rd. Ste.200 Tempe, AZ 85282

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