MASTERPIECE MEDIATION™

MEDIATOR + FINANCIAL EXPERT, CPA

Simplifying Delicate Negotiations

My Expertise=Your EDGE $$$

Unique Financial Expertise

Keeping my clients in control for smarter resolutions

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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:

💫an intentional process to cut stress & financial drain & achieve smarter resolutions - in half the time.

💫unique expertise empowers me to be BOTH your Mediator & Financial Expert & to keep attorneys out of the room-on call, saving you thousands, often tens of thousands, or $100k!

💫Simplified methods to guide clients to Rare long term -win/win resolutions-for a flat fee.

Why? Energy is precious — let’s use yours wisely.

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.

WHAT SETS MY APPROACH APART?

I serve as BOTH your Mediator & Financial Expert offering comprehensive financial clarity

Unique proactive process proven to settle cases in half the time with smarter resolutions

Unique depth & breadth of financial expertise to simplify complex financial decisions involving investments, assets, RSUs/stock options, real estate, maintenance & child support, and property division

Simplified pre-mediation prep via a Proactive Financial Deep Dive to uncover financial opportunities

Creative scenarios for party to get their “REAL Financial WIN”- before - you walk into mediation & in depth review to discern common goals for less negotiation conflict

My flat-fee model ensures certainty of cost, using a deep-dive off the clock, reducing stress vs. tracking every 30 minutes or hour

My expertise protects clients from costly oversights and helps avoid unnecessary attorney involvement — often saving thousands, tens of thousands, or even $100k

I keep clients in control with clarity, confidence, and a structured plan

The typical mediation process is REACTIVE. My process is methodically PROACTIVE

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 needs.

Knowledge = your power to negotiate in half the time for less financial & emotional drain

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)

Click to read my Bio & Mediation Mission

My passion is to be your…

LIGHTHOUSE of protection in your Storm of uncertainty-for HUGE ROI.

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 = 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.

Here’s the Step-by-Step of Your Masterpiece Mediation™

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.

STEP 1 - Initial Consultation:
I thoughtfully LISTEN & take seriously all of your concerns, treating you with the dignity you deserve.
A confidential conversation to understand your goals, concerns & financial picture. Regardless of which party contacts me first, I am legally bound to remain impartial and dedicated to the equitable resolution.

STEP 2 - Financial Deep Dive:
Let’s put my 30-years of financial experience to work for you. I have unique financial skills to quickly discern the real long-term ripple effects of your negotiations. I do a thorough analysis ofyour assets, income, child & marital support, property division, & long-term financial impact. I’ll provide you with multiple scenerios and calculate the resolutions to save you thousands!

STEP 3 - Proactive Prep Plan:
My process prepares you for calmer, wiser conversations with decisions focused on what’s best for both parties

STEP 4 - Guided Mediation to Create Smarter Resolutions

You’ll work only with me, acting as both your Mediator & Financial Expert. 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. I have the attorneys review your MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) he’ll trust me to represent your best interests, keeping them out of the mediation room but “on call” — saving you even more financially and emotionally.

STEP 5 - Flat Fee Peace of Mind

“Being on the clock” breeds uncertainty and just adds additional stress. My unique flat fee gives you transparent pricing, no hourly billing, and clarity at every stage so you always know where you stand.

I walk my talk.

I have been volunteering in leadership roles for Make-A-Wish Colorado since 2016, long before I pivoted to become a mediator. Now

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.