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How we verify

A mediator is listed as court-verified only when an official court or government roster lists them. We copy what the roster says, keep the link to it and the date we read it, and show both on the profile so you can check it yourself.

Data as of (version 2026.10.28)Rosters read October 6, 2026 to October 19, 2026What changed

Data as of = when the sources were read · Version = the data release · Page updated = the last change to this page

27,000+ court-verified listings from 386 official roster sources.

From roster to listing

  1. Start from an official roster

    We use only rosters that courts and government agencies publish or send us in answer to a public-records request. We never copy profiles from other directories or from mediators’ own websites. Every source is listed on data sources.

  2. Collect it politely

    We read each site’s robots.txt before the first request and honor it, pause between requests, and never log in or get around a CAPTCHA, bot check or firewall. Where a court blocks automated reading, we download the public file by hand or ask for the list with a records request.

  3. Keep the source on every record

    Each record keeps the roster’s name, its link and the date we read it. Credentials appear in the roster’s own words, and where a roster marks people as inactive, we list only active mediators.

  4. Match people carefully

    One person can appear on several rosters. We join records only on shared identifiers, such as the same California State Bar number and last name. A shared name alone isn’t enough: listing someone twice is better than merging two different mediators.

  5. Publish only what’s safe to show

    Profiles show the city and county, never a street address. Email addresses from rosters stay private; messages are forwarded. Phone numbers appear only when you ask to see them.

  6. Re-read on a schedule

    Every roster has a re-check schedule: every 30 days for large or fast-changing rosters, up to every 180 days for federal panels and county lists that courts reissue once a year. When a court publishes a new list, it replaces the old one. People who drop off keep their page for old links, marked as no longer on the list, and leave search results and counts.

What every court-verified listing records

Roster
The official list the person is on, by name
Source link
The court or agency page or file we read
Verified on
The date we last read that roster
Credential
The certification or panel exactly as the roster states it
Location
City and county from the roster; county only when the roster gives no address, and state only when the roster hides location

Three labels, one from a court

Court-verified listings come from an official court or government roster. Credentials reviewed means we checked a credential some other way, for example a state bar’s mediator list. Self-listed profiles were added by mediators themselves and are kept separate. Only court-verified listings count in our totals. What each label means.

Guides and state pages follow the same rule for legal facts: we cite statutes, court rules and court or agency pages, and leave out anything we can’t confirm from the official text (editorial policy). Fixes are logged in corrections; roster changes in the data changelog. A paid plan never changes a listing’s credentials or label (paid placement).

A listing is not an endorsement. To confirm a mediator’s current status, use the roster linked on their profile: courts update their own lists between our checks.