Private Mediation · Reimagined
Court Is Not Your
Only Option.
Resolve it privately, online, in as little as 60 minutes — for a flat fee of $85.
No courthouse. No waiting. No public record. No surprises.
Resolve it privately, online, in as little as 60 minutes — for a flat fee of $85.
Small claims court puts people on opposite sides of a room in front of a stranger in a robe. It is adversarial by design. People get defensive. They dig in. And even when a judgment is handed down — the losing party resents it. Which is exactly why so many judgments never get paid.
Mediation works differently. Both parties sit down voluntarily. Both sides get heard. The resolution is something both people had a hand in creating — not something imposed on them by a judge. People honor agreements they helped reach. That is not just our experience — it is human nature.
The stress is lower. The hostility is lower. The conversation is private. And the outcome is far more likely to stick — because both parties walked away feeling respected, not defeated.
Less stress. Less hostility. A real resolution. And far more likely to actually get paid.
Paxias connects both parties with a trained, professional mediator via Zoom. No courthouse. No waiting room. No public record. Just a private conversation, a skilled neutral third party, and a real shot at resolution — in as little as 60 minutes.
Both parties tell their side of the story before the session — so the mediator walks in fully informed and prepared. The session is structured, private, and entirely confidential.
No hourly rates. No retainers. No hidden fees. Just one simple number.
No courtrooms. No lawyers. No public record. Just two parties who need resolution — and a skilled mediator to get them there.
My name is Craig Singer. I have spent more than two decades working inside the American court system. Every single day I watched the same thing happen — good people, reasonable disputes, no resolution.
The system is overwhelmed at every level. Not enough clerks. Not enough magistrates. Not enough justices. Not enough judges. Cases backed up for months. People waiting hours just to get five minutes in front of someone — only to be told to come back another day.
I watched thousands of people walk away from small claims court broken, exhausted, and no closer to resolution. And even when they won, the judgment was worthless. The other party never paid.
Nobody was building the obvious solution. So I built it myself.
Paxias takes its name from pax — the Latin word for peace. Because that is what people actually want when they walk into a dispute. Not a judge. Not a verdict. Not months of waiting. Just peace. A resolution. The ability to close the chapter and move forward.
— Craig Singer, Founder, Paxias
Read the description under each section. One of them is you. Fill out that form — free, no obligation, no payment required.
No payment required now. You only pay $85 after both parties confirm participation.
We will send you an invitation link to forward to the other person within 24 hours.
Your response is confidential and goes directly to your assigned Paxias mediator.
It is not shared with the other person before the session. This is completely free for you.