Mediator · Author · Educator
Less pain.Fewer legal fees.A better resolution.
Private mediation with Steven Corn. You decide the outcome, with far less of the stress and expense of a court fight.Private, neutral mediation with Steven Corn, who spent three decades negotiating deals. You decide the outcome, with far less of the stress and expense of a court fight.
- ★★★★★5.0 on Google
- Maryland and DC Court Approved
Approved & affiliated
Approved for Maryland circuit courts
DC Superior Court mediator
Member, Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence
Member, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
Mediator, Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County
Member, Statewide California Mediation Association
What clients say.
Mediation for families,businesses and artists.
Family & divorce
Divorce, separation, parenting plans and co-parenting. Both of you are heard, and you decide the outcome together, not a judge.
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Business & civil
Contract, partner and workplace disputes. Confidential, practical and on your schedule instead of a court calendar.
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Music industry
Royalties, splits, label and band disputes, mediated by someone who spent about three decades on the business side of music.
Learn moreServing Washington, DC; Montgomery County (Silver Spring, Rockville, Bethesda, Gaithersburg), Howard and Prince George’s counties and Baltimore; and Northern Virginia. Anywhere by video. Online mediation
Is mediation rightfor your situation?
A private one‑minute check‑in. Five questions, a plain-language read and what to do next.
Four steps.You’re in control.
Free consultation
A 20-minute conversation about what’s going on and whether mediation fits. No cost, no obligation.
Same table, both voices
Being heard means the other person actually hears you. That happens when you’re both in the session together.
Find the real issues
Positions become interests, and interests become options you can both live with.
Put it in writing
If you reach agreement, it’s written down clearly. You may want an attorney to review it first.
You’ve had thisargument before.
It looks like it’s about the money, the schedule, or the split. Often something else is holding the dispute in place: a need for security, for fairness, or for someone to acknowledge what happened. Until that’s said out loud, nothing moves. Steven’s job is to ask the questions that bring it to the surface. What you do with it is up to you.
Decades of deal making,now at your table.
Steven helps families, businesses, and artists look past their positions to what they actually need. He learned how over thirty years in the music industry, running businesses where a single royalty statement could decide whether a working relationship survived. He mediates in person across the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and nationwide by video.
- Court-Approved Mediator
- Co-founder, BFM Digital & BFM Jazz
- Faculty, Los Angeles College of Music
- Author, Beyond the Argument
Beyond the Argument
The Fight You’re In Is Not the Problem You’re Solving
You’ve tried therapy, lawyers and hours of research, and you’re still in the same fight. Steven spent thirty years finding what’s underneath conflict, first in music-industry deals, then in mediation, and shows you how.
1. The Dispute Stack2. The Five Whys3. What Anger Is Actually Saying4. The Story You Are Telling Yourself5. Reframing Without Manipulation6. The Agreement That Holds
Start with a conversation.
A free 20-minute consultation to see whether mediation fits. No cost, no obligation.
Get your free consultation (888) 638-4763
- Maryland and DC Court Approved
- 5.0 on Google
- Free 20-minute consultation