Annual report Sources read Oct 6–23, 2026
State of Court Mediation 2026
Court rosters list 26,000+ mediators across the U.S., from 28.8 per 100,000 residents in Georgia to 0.3 in Oklahoma: a spread that reflects how completely each state’s courts publish. Counted from 386 official rosters and nothing else.[1–46][47]
- Court-roster mediators
- 26,000+
- Official roster sources
- 386
- Counties with no family mediator based there
- 68
- Court-posted family rates
- $150–$300
people, each counted once; 27,000+ listings
court rosters, read Oct 6–19, 2026
of 392 in the 7 states we can map
median per hour, 13 court panels
26,401 people, shown rounded down as 26,000+, hold 27,446 listings (27,000+): a person on two states’ rosters is a listing in each state, and the same person can appear as separate records on different rosters in one state (in Florida, 357 listings are a second record of someone already counted, mostly people on both the Florida Supreme Court roster and the M.D. Fla. federal list). Headline totals count people; counts below are listings unless they say mediators.
Key findings
- Georgia and Florida list the most court-roster mediators per resident, 28.8 and 27.7 per 100,000. Eight states list fewer than 2; low figures usually reflect partial public rosters.
- Six states certify mediators, and Florida holds two-thirds of their listings (6,469 of 9,821). Everywhere else, courts list or register mediators without certifying them.
- Family and civil counts mostly reflect what each roster covers: Florida, Georgia and California hold 53% of all civil listings, and 9 of the 30 larger states list almost only one type.
- 68 counties have no family mediator based in the county on the state’s roster, home to 1,246,716 people. In Minnesota, 47 of 87 counties have none.
- Rosters almost never say who mediates online: 1 of 386 roster sources mentions remote mediation, in a list dated March 26, 2020.
- On 13 court family-mediation panels, the median posted rate runs from $150 to $300 an hour; 4 of the 13 lists have fewer than 10 rates.
01 · Mediators per resident
Georgia and Florida list the most court-roster mediators per resident: 28.8 and 27.7 per 100,000
Reflects how completely each state’s courts publish their rosters. Listings on each state’s official court and government rosters per 100,000 residents run from 28.8 in Georgia to 0.3 in Oklahoma. Georgia’s figure is its statewide registered-neutrals directory; a low figure usually means a state publishes only partial or court-by-court lists.
- Under 2
- 2–5
- 5–10
- 10–15
- 15–20
- 20 or more
- Fewer than 10 listings or not published
Listings per 100,000 residents
Tap a state to see its figure; tap again to open its mediators.
States in each band: Under 2: 8 · 2–5: 12 · 5–10: 15 · 10–15: 5 · 15–20: 4 · 20 or more: 2 · fewer than 10 listings or not published: 5.
Sources: official court and government rosters, read Oct 6–19, 2026; population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024). Same figures as /statistics/.
Every state with published listings, ranked
Bars show listings per 100,000 residents. Ink bars marked are states where a court or court-created board certifies mediators; grey bars are states where courts list them. Only states with at least 10 published listings are ranked.
The total across these states is 27,429 listings; the headline figure also counts Kentucky (9), Mississippi (5), New Mexico (1), Rhode Island (1) and Wyoming (1), which have fewer than 10 published listings.
Court certifies mediatorsCourt-listed
| State | Listings per 100,000 residents | Listings | Credential term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 28.8 | 3,221 | court-listed |
| Florida | 27.7 | 6,469 | certified |
| South Carolina | 18.1 | 994 | certified |
| Tennessee | 18.1 | 1,306 | court-listed |
| Indiana | 15.1 | 1,046 | court-listed |
| Minnesota | 15.0 | 869 | court-listed |
| North Carolina | 14.5 | 1,605 | certified |
| South Dakota | 11.9 | 110 | court-listed |
| Idaho | 11.8 | 237 | court-listed |
| Alabama | 10.9 | 561 | court-listed |
| New Jersey | 10.4 | 987 | court-listed |
| Iowa | 9.9 | 322 | court-listed |
| Illinois | 9.4 | 1,189 | court-listed |
| North Dakota | 8.8 | 70 | court-listed |
| Kansas | 8.4 | 249 | court-listed |
| Nebraska | 8.3 | 166 | court-listed |
| Hawaii | 7.3 | 105 | court-listed |
| Montana | 7.3 | 83 | court-listed |
| Vermont | 6.8 | 44 | court-listed |
| Pennsylvania | 6.7 | 870 | court-listed |
| Utah | 6.4 | 225 | court-listed |
| Maryland | 5.8 | 366 | court-listed |
| Virginia | 5.8 | 512 | certified |
| Arkansas | 5.7 | 177 | certified |
| Alaska | 5.3 | 39 | court-listed |
| California | 5.1 | 1,997 | court-listed |
| Delaware | 4.7 | 49 | court-listed |
| Michigan | 4.7 | 475 | court-listed |
| New Hampshire | 4.5 | 64 | certified |
| District of Columbia | 4.4 | 31 | court-listed |
| Maine | 4.3 | 60 | court-listed |
| Missouri | 4.2 | 262 | court-listed |
| New York | 4.1 | 808 | court-listed |
| West Virginia | 3.7 | 65 | court-listed |
| Nevada | 3.6 | 119 | court-listed |
| Oregon | 3.1 | 131 | court-listed |
| Washington | 2.9 | 228 | court-listed |
| Texas | 2.6 | 816 | court-listed |
| Louisiana | 1.6 | 72 | court-listed |
| Ohio | 1.5 | 182 | court-listed |
| Colorado | 1.0 | 60 | court-listed |
| Massachusetts | 0.9 | 64 | court-listed |
| Connecticut | 0.8 | 28 | court-listed |
| Wisconsin | 0.8 | 49 | court-listed |
| Arizona | 0.5 | 35 | court-listed |
| Oklahoma | 0.3 | 12 | court-listed |
Source: MediationList count of official court and government rosters (the same figures as mediator statistics), rosters read Oct 6–19, 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024), summed to states.[1–46][47]
02 · Certified or court-listed
Six states certify mediators; Florida holds two-thirds of their listings
“Certified” is a legal status, not a compliment. In Arkansas, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, the state’s highest court or a commission or board in its judicial branch certifies mediators. In every other state, courts and agencies keep lists, registries or panels of approved mediators without certifying them, so we call those mediators “court-listed.”
Together the certifying states hold 36% of all listings, mostly because of Florida: 6,469 listings, including 665 on the M.D. Fla. federal court list.
| States that certify | Listings | Per 100k |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 6,469 | 27.7 |
| North Carolina | 1,605 | 14.5 |
| South Carolina | 994 | 18.1 |
| Virginia | 512 | 5.8 |
| Arkansas | 177 | 5.7 |
| New Hampshire | 64 | 4.5 |
Source: MediationList’s credential rule (a state is “certified” only where its courts or a court-created board certify mediators, from each state’s statute or court rule, linked on its how to become a mediator page); listings as on /statistics/, rosters read Oct 6–19, 2026.[1–46]
03 · Family and civil
Family and civil counts mostly reflect what each roster covers: Florida, Georgia and California hold 53% of all civil listings
Listings by the case types each roster records, for the 30 states with at least 100 listings. A mediator listed for both counts on both sides. Nine of these states list almost only one type (the other under 10%), often because the source is a single-purpose list: Iowa’s, for example, is a statewide list of family law mediators. Nationally there are 17,019 civil and 9,522 family listings; family leads in 18 states with published rosters, 11 of them shown here. Alaska, District of Columbia and Connecticut record no case types, so they are left out.
| State | Family listings | Civil listings |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2,223 | 4,062 |
| Georgia | 1,046 | 3,102 |
| California | 137 | 1,786 |
| North Carolina | 387 | 1,140 |
| Tennessee | 632 | 855 |
| Indiana | 705 | 472 |
| Illinois | 454 | 673 |
| Minnesota | 475 | 552 |
| South Carolina | 345 | 677 |
| New Jersey | 718 | 103 |
| Texas | 270 | 528 |
| Pennsylvania | 86 | 512 |
| New York | 27 | 548 |
| Maryland | 327 | 223 |
| Michigan | 134 | 350 |
| Virginia | 270 | 106 |
| Iowa | 321 | not recorded |
| Missouri | 66 | 201 |
| Kansas | 139 | 123 |
| Washington | 56 | 200 |
| Arkansas | 107 | 129 |
| Idaho | 96 | 87 |
| Ohio | 92 | 86 |
| Alabama | 1 | 126 |
| Oregon | 20 | 55 |
| Nevada | not recorded | 65 |
| Hawaii | 51 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 52 | 2 |
| Utah | 35 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 20 |
Source: case types as each official roster records them (for example Florida’s Certified Family and Circuit Civil designations), rosters read Oct 6–19, 2026. Family = family or domestic-relations mediation; civil = civil, circuit or county civil mediation.[1–46]
04 · Mediator deserts
68 counties in Florida, Minnesota and South Carolina have no family mediator based in the county on the state’s court roster
Rosters record where a mediator is based (some also list the counties they serve), not every county they take cases in; many serve neighbouring counties or meet by video. Mapped: the 7 states whose statewide family roster gives a county for nearly everyone on it (at least 90% of family listings from that roster and 90% with a county). 1,246,716 people, 2.1% of these states’ population, live in the counties with none. The mediator deserts map shows every county.
Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia: every county has at least one family mediator on the roster (these rosters list the counties each mediator serves).
| State | Counties with no family mediator based there | Counties | Residents of those counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 47 | 87 | 772,332 |
| Florida | 13 | 67 | 325,252 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 46 | 149,132 |
Source: each state’s official family-mediator roster (read Florida Oct 6, Indiana Oct 6, Maryland Oct 21, Minnesota Oct 8, New Jersey Oct 7, South Carolina Oct 8 and West Virginia Oct 19, 2026) and the U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024). Same counts as /mediator-deserts/.[1–46][47]
05 · Online availability
One of 386 roster sources says anything about remote mediation, and that note dates from March 2020
No statewide roster we read records whether a mediator works by video. The only remote note on any official roster is the 469th District Court remote-mediator list (Collin County (TX) courts), dated March 26, 2020 and marked as self-reported by the mediators; it covers 67 of 27,012 roster records.
That matters because most private mediation isn’t licensed by place: a mediator can often take cases from another state by video, but a court-ordered case may need a mediator from that court’s own roster. On MediationList, online availability comes only from a mediator’s own statement after they claim their profile, and it is labeled that way. See online mediators.
Source: the text of every official roster entry we publish, searched for “remote”, “online” or “virtual”; rosters read Oct 6–19, 2026.[1–46]
06 · Court-posted rates
On 13 court family-mediation panels, the median posted rate runs from $150 to $300 an hour
A few courts publish each family-panel mediator’s hourly rate (4 of the 13 lists have fewer than 10 rates, so their medians are fragile). Each row is one court’s list: bars show the share of its rates in each $25 step, on one scale for every row, and the tick marks the list’s median. These are hourly rates as posted, not what a whole divorce costs, and they come from California, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Washington only.
- $150
- $200
- $238
- $250
- $250
- $250
- $250
- $280
- $295
- $300
- $300
- $300
- $300
| Court list | Place | Rates | Lowest | Median | Highest | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Judicial Branch: Statewide List of Family Law Mediators | Iowa (statewide) | 274 | $50 | $150 | $400 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Washtenaw County Trial Court: List of Approved Domestic Relations Mediators (January 2026) | Washtenaw County | 30 | $90 | $200 | $400 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| 37th Judicial Circuit Court (Calhoun County): Domestic Mediators | Calhoun County | 8 | $175 | $238 | $300 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| 22nd Judicial Circuit Court (McHenry County): Family Division Mediators | McHenry County | 32 | $200 | $250 | $375 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Kent County 17th Circuit Court: Court-Approved Domestic Mediators' Roster | Kent County | 29 | $75 | $250 | $400 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| 13th Judicial Circuit Court (Grand Traverse County): Domestic Relations Mediator List | Grand Traverse County | 19 | $150 | $250 | $350 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Thurston County Superior Court: Family Law Mediation List | Thurston County | 9 | $140 | $250 | $500 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Fresno County Superior Court: ADR Family Law Mediation Panel | Fresno County | 3 | $250 | $280 | $400 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Family Court of St. Louis County: Court Approved Mediator List | St. Louis County | 59 | $160 | $295 | $550 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| 19th Judicial Circuit Court (Lake County): Family Mediation Program Approved Mediators 2024-2026 | Lake County | 39 | $150 | $300 | $450 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Hamilton County Court of Domestic Relations: Court Approved Mediators (Community Mediator Roster) | Hamilton County | 15 | $100 | $300 | $375 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Santa Clara County Superior Court: Civil ADR Provider Database (mediators/neutral evaluators/arbitrators) / Family ADR Providers list | Santa Clara County | 15 | $240 | $300 | $395 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Amador County Superior Court: Family Law Mediators Panel | Amador County | 4 | $275 | $300 | $325 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Source: each court’s published panel list (linked), read Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. Only plain hourly rates count (day rates, ranges and per-party splits are left out), each listed mediator once per list, lists with at least 3 rates; lists with fewer than 10 are drawn lighter. Medians are rounded to the dollar. The same figures power the divorce cost calculator.[1–46]
07 · Roster freshness
71% of roster entries come from rosters read on Oct 6 or Oct 7, 2026
We collected every roster ourselves from the court or agency that publishes it (its website, a download or a public-records response). The 386 court rosters were read Oct 6–19, 2026; the court rate lists run to Oct 23, 2026, so this report’s sources span Oct 6–23, 2026. Every profile shows its source and the date we checked it.
| Date last read | Roster sources | Roster entries |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | 20 | 11,514 |
| Oct 7 | 197 | 9,589 |
| Oct 8 | 49 | 4,324 |
| Oct 9 | 50 | 96 |
| Oct 12 | 66 | 3,616 |
| Oct 16 | 1 | 83 |
| Oct 19 | 3 | 381 |
Source: the “verified on” date of every published roster record; a listing on two rosters counts under each. All dates are in 2026. The full list of rosters is on data sources.[1–46]
08 · Method and limits
How we counted, and what these numbers can’t tell you
Method
- Every listing comes from an official court or government roster, taken from the publisher’s own site, a download or a public-records response, with no logins and no bypassed bot checks. People listed only after a credentials review, and people who dropped off a superseded court list, aren’t counted.
- The headline total, 26,000+, counts people, rounded down as everywhere on MediationList: when two roster records in a state carry the same full name and nothing on them conflicts (a different county, bar number, suffix, or the same roster twice), they count as one person; near-matches are never joined. Other counts are listings: a record on two states’ rosters counts in each state (27,446 listings in all).
- Per-resident figures divide listings by the U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024), and are shown only for states with at least 10 listings.
- “Certified” follows each state’s law; family and civil follow each roster’s own case types; deserts, rates and counts reuse the exact functions behind /statistics/, /mediator-deserts/ and the cost calculator.
Limits
- These are court-roster mediators, not all mediators. Most private mediation needs no court approval, so many working mediators appear on no roster.
- Coverage follows what courts publish. Some states keep one statewide roster; others publish only court-by-court or partial lists, and a few rosters aren’t public or block automated reading, so low figures can reflect a smaller public roster.
- Rosters change constantly. Figures are as of the read dates above; a 2027 edition will show the change.
- Posted rates come from a handful of courts and aren’t national averages. Nothing here is legal advice or an endorsement of any mediator.
09 · Data, citation and embed
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Sources
Official court and government rosters (one entry per state, each with the latest date we checked one of its rosters) and the U.S. Census Bureau population file. Court panel lists behind the rates chapter are linked in that chapter.
- Alabama: Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution – State Court Mediator Roster; U.S. District Court N.D. Ala. – ADR Panel of Neutrals (as of July 2026); U.S. District Court S.D. Ala. – Federal Panel of Neutrals (revised 12/29/2025)↩
- Alaska: Alaska Labor Relations Agency (Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development) – Arbitrator & Mediator List; Alaska Dept. of Education & Early Development – Alaska Mediation Services (docx)↩
- Arizona: Arizona Superior Court in Pima County – Parenting Coordinators 2024; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona – Mortgage Modification Mediator Registry↩
- Arkansas: Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission – certified mediators↩
- California: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara – Civil ADR Provider Database (mediators/neutral evaluators/arbitrators); Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles – Mediation Volunteer Panel (MVP) mediator profiles; U.S. District Court, Central District of California – List of Panel Mediators; Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento – Civil Division Mediation Panel List (revised May 2026) (public-records response); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Cal. – Bankruptcy Mediation Program Panel of Mediators: Contact Information; Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa – ADR Panel Member – Mediators (06/23/26); U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal. – Directory of Neutral Profiles (Early Neutral Evaluation panel search); Superior Court of California, County of Alameda – Court Mediation Program (CMP) Panel of Mediators, Civil and Probate (public-records response, 2026-10-16); Superior Court of California, County of Orange – Judicial Arbitration Panel (Civil Arbitrator List); Superior Court of California, County of Fresno – Civil ADR Mediation Panel; Superior Court of California, County of Riverside – Civil Mediation Panel (Court Ordered Mediation), public panel page; panel membership confirmed by the court on 2026-10-13; Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara – CADRe (Court-Administered Dispute Resolution) panel roster; Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin – Civil Mediation Program Panelist List (rev. June 2024); Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado – ADR Program Mediation List; Superior Court of California, County of Solano – Mediator Directory; Superior Court of California, County of Ventura – Court Approved Mediators; Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus – Civil Mediator Panel; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Cal. – BDRP Advocates by Geographic Location; Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus – Arbitration Panel; Superior Court of California, County of Orange – Civil Mediation Panel; Superior Court of California, County of Tulare – Mediator Referral List; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Cal. – Bankruptcy Mediation Panel, Voluntary Mediators 2026 (updated 10/1/2026); Superior Court of California, County of Kern – Court Approved ADR Panel; Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco – Court-Approved Probate Pro Bono Mediator Contact List (Aug. 10, 2026); Superior Court of California, County of Orange – Probate Mediation Panel; Superior Court of California, County of Amador – Civil Mediators Panel; Superior Court of California, County of Kings – Civil Mediator Referral List (updated 6.18.2026); Superior Court of California, County of Butte – List of Neutrals (Arbitrators and Mediators); Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo – MAP Family Law Master Panelist list; Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo – Uninsured / Underinsured Approved Arbitrators; Superior Court of California, County of Amador – Family Law Mediators Panel; Superior Court of California, County of Amador – Court Arbitrators List; Superior Court of California, County of Fresno – ADR Family Law Mediation Panel↩
- Colorado: Colorado Judicial Branch – Office of Dispute Resolution mediator roster↩
- Connecticut: CT SBMA – Panel of Neutral Arbitrators; Connecticut Probate Courts – Probate Mediation Program, List of Mediators; CT DOL – State Board of Mediation and Arbitration: Board, Staff, and Contact Information↩
- Delaware: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, D. Del. – Register of Mediators and Arbitrators↩
- District of Columbia: D.C. Public Employee Relations Board – List of Neutrals↩
- Florida: Florida Dispute Resolution Center (Florida Supreme Court) – certified mediator list; U.S. District Court, M.D. Fla. – Certified Mediators (list dated October 11, 2026); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Fla. – Register of Mediators (Local Rule 9019-2), Master Mediator List 43; U.S. District Court, S.D. Fla. – Certified Mediator List (current as of October 6, 2026)↩
- Georgia: Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution (Judicial Council of Georgia) – Registered Neutrals directory↩
- Hawaii: Hawaii State Judiciary – List of Volunteer Settlement Masters (2025) (PDF); Hawaii Labor Relations Board – Arbitrator & Mediator Listing↩
- Idaho: Idaho Supreme Court – Mediators roster (Child Custody Mediator)↩
- Illinois: Circuit Court of Cook County – Law Division Mediator List; Circuit Court of Cook County – Chancery Division Mediator List; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois – Approved Mediator Panel List; Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois – Mediators for Child-Related Issues (rev. 12/5/2025); 16th Judicial Circuit Court (Kane County) – Family Court Mediators; Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division – Mandatory List of Mediators (custody; December 2024); Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois – Civil Mediators (rev. 12/5/2025); Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division – Discretionary List of Mediators (attorneys; financial issues; February 2024); Illinois Labor Relations Board – Mediation/Arbitration Roster; 19th Judicial Circuit Court (Lake County) – Family Mediation Program Approved Mediators 2024-2026; 22nd Judicial Circuit Court (McHenry County) – Family Division Mediators; Seventh Judicial Circuit (Sangamon County) – Approved Mediator List; 19th Judicial Circuit Court (Lake County) – Certified Mediators, Court-Annexed Civil Case Mediation Program; Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board – Mediation/Arbitration Roster; Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois – Approved Supreme Court Rule 900 Mediators; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – List of Mediators for the Western Division ADR Plan; 24th Judicial Circuit of Illinois – GAL/Mediator List; Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Illinois (McLean County) – Approved Mediators List (Admin. Order 2024-17); St. Clair County Circuit Clerk (20th Judicial Circuit) – Family Mediator List; 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois (Winnebago & Boone) – Court Approved Mediators (Major Civil Mediation); Fourteenth Judicial Circuit (Rock Island County) – Court Approved Mediators, Child Custody Cases; Illinois Second Judicial Circuit – Approved Family Law Mediators; 16th Judicial Circuit Court (Kane County) – Civil Mediators; 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois (Winnebago & Boone) – Approved Family Law Mediators; Fifth Judicial Circuit of Illinois – List of Court-Approved Mediators (posted by Vermilion County); Ninth Judicial Circuit of Illinois – Mediators (June 2026); Fourteenth Judicial Circuit (Rock Island County) – Court Approved Civil Mediators (10/01/2026); 19th Judicial Circuit Court (Lake County) – Certified Court-Appointed Probate Mediators; Illinois Second Judicial Circuit – Court Approved Civil Mediator List↩
- Indiana: Indiana Supreme Court – Mediator Registry (Office of Admissions and Continuing Education)↩
- Iowa: Iowa Judicial Branch – Statewide List of Family Law Mediators; Iowa Judicial Branch – District 6 List of Family Law Mediators; Iowa Judicial Branch – District 5 Probate/Juvenile Guardianship Mediators↩
- Kentucky: Indiana Supreme Court Commission for Continuing Legal Education – Mediator Registry search↩
- Louisiana: U.S. District Court, E.D. La. – Ida Claims SSP Panel of Neutrals (Final Neutrals list corrected); U.S. District Court, M.D. La. – General Order 2024-8, Appointment of Hurricane Ida Panel of Neutrals; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. La. – Mediator List↩
- Maine: Maine Judicial Branch – Court ADR Service (CADRES) roster; Maine Judicial Branch – Superior Court Mediation Roster; Maine Labor Relations Board – New Panel of Mediators Appointed↩
- Maryland: Maryland Judiciary, Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Statewide Directory: Circuit Court Roster – Mediators; Circuit Court for Baltimore County – Court-Rostered Mediators; Maryland Judiciary, Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Statewide Directory: Circuit Court Roster – ADR Practitioners; Circuit Court for Harford County – Family Law & Civil Court Approved Mediator/ADR Roster (July 2026); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, D. Md. – Current Roster of Resolution Advocates; Circuit Court for Frederick County – Civil Case Mediator Directory (July 2026); Circuit Court for Frederick County – Family Mediator Directory (July 2026) | Circuit Court for Frederick County – Civil Case Mediator Directory (July 2026); Maryland Judiciary, Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Statewide Directory: Circuit Court Roster – Business & Technology Case Management Program; Maryland Judiciary, Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Statewide Directory: Circuit Court Roster – Health Care Malpractice Mediators; Maryland Judiciary, Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Statewide Directory: Orphans' Court Mediators and ADR Practitioners↩
- Massachusetts: Massachusetts Probate and Family Court – Category V list of parent coordinators (mass.gov, read in headless Chrome 2026-10-12); New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) – List of Neutrals (updated August 12, 2026; RSA 273-A:2, V; 273-A:12, I; Pub 305); National Mediation Board – Arbitrator Contact List, Railroad and Airline Arbitrators (last updated September 25, 2026); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts – Mediator Registry↩
- Michigan: Kent County 17th Circuit Court – Court-Approved Civil Mediators' Roster; Washtenaw County Trial Court – List of Approved Civil Mediators (January 2026); 13th Judicial Circuit Court (Grand Traverse County) – General Civil Mediator List; Berrien County Trial Court – Approved Civil Case Mediators List; 7th Judicial Circuit Court (Genesee County) – Roster of Approved Civil Mediators; Jackson County Circuit Court – Approved Civil Mediators; U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan – Voluntary Facilitative Mediation Panel Members; U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan – Prisoner Early Mediation Panel Members; Washtenaw County Trial Court – List of Approved Domestic Relations Mediators (January 2026); Kent County 17th Circuit Court – Court-Approved Domestic Mediators' Roster; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan – Panel of Facilitative Mediators; Oakland County (MI) Circuit Court – Approved Domestic Mediators; 37th Judicial Circuit Court (Calhoun County) – Civil Mediators; Ottawa County Circuit Court (20th Judicial Circuit) – Civil Mediator List (8/31/26); 13th Judicial Circuit Court (Grand Traverse County) – Domestic Relations Mediator List; Ottawa County Circuit Court (20th Judicial Circuit) – Domestic Mediator List (as of 6/17/2026; scanned PDF, transcribed); Genesee County Circuit Court – Roster of Domestic Relations Mediators; Livingston County (MI) 44th Circuit Court – Approved Civil Mediators; Macomb County 16th Judicial Circuit Court – Circuit Court Mediators; Berrien County Trial Court – Approved Domestic Relations Mediator List; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Michigan – List of Qualified Neutrals; 37th Judicial Circuit Court (Calhoun County) – Domestic Mediators; Livingston County (MI) 44th Circuit Court – Approved Domestic Mediators↩
- Minnesota: Minnesota Judicial Branch – Statewide ADR Neutral Roster (Rule 114) (public-records response); North Dakota Courts – Statewide ADR Neutral Roster (State Court Administrator)↩
- Missouri: U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri – MAP Category I List of Neutrals; Family Court of St. Louis County – Court Approved Mediator List; 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County) – List of Court Approved Mediators, Subsidized Mediation Program↩
- Montana: Montana First Judicial District (Lewis and Clark County) – mediator list; Montana Judicial Branch – Family Transition Project contact list↩
- Nebraska: Nebraska Judicial Branch – Office of Dispute Resolution "Find a Mediator"; U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska – List of Court Approved Mediators↩
- Nevada: Second Judicial District Court of Nevada – List of Arbitrators; Nevada Department of Education – IEP Facilitator/Mediator Directory; Nevada Real Estate Division – CIC ADR Referees, Arbitrators and Mediators↩
- New Hampshire: U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire – Mediation Panel List↩
- New Jersey: New Jersey State Board of Mediation – Arbitrator Resumes; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey – Certified Mediators master list; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey – Court-Approved Mediators↩
- New Mexico: New Mexico Court of Appeals – Mediation Program page↩
- New York: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York – Panel Mediators list (8/1/2025); U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York – ADR Mediation Panel (adr directory data feed); U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York – ADR Mediator Profiles; NYS Public Employment Relations Board – Public Sector & Private Sector Voluntary Grievance Arbitration Panel; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York – Register of Mediators; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York – Mediation Register; U.S. District Court, Western District of New York – 2025 Mediator List (Buffalo); U.S. District Court, Western District of New York – 2025 Mediator List (Rochester); NYS Public Employment Relations Board – Private Sector Voluntary Grievance Arbitration Panel↩
- North Carolina: North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission – Find a Mediator (certified mediators by program); U.S. District Court, E.D.N.C. – Mediators (list by last name, updated 5/21/26); U.S. District Court, M.D.N.C. – Mediator List; U.S. District Court, W.D.N.C. – Mediator Listing (full Mediator Report); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D.N.C. – Certified Mediators; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, M.D.N.C. – Mediators↩
- North Dakota: North Dakota Courts – Statewide ADR Neutral Roster; North Dakota Courts – Parenting Coordinator Roster↩
- Ohio: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio – ADR Federal Court Panel Members; Franklin County (OH) Court of Common Pleas, DR & Juvenile Branch – Private Mediator Roster (Oct 2026); Hamilton County (OH) Court of Domestic Relations – Court Approved Mediators (Community Mediator Roster); Summit County (OH) Domestic Relations Court – List of Parent Coordinators; Hamilton County (OH) Court of Domestic Relations – Parenting Coordinator Brochure and Referral List; Butler County (OH) Court of Common Pleas – Court Approved Mediators for 2024; Summit County (OH) Domestic Relations Court – List of Outside Mediators; Butler County (OH) Domestic Relations Court – Qualified Mediator List; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio – MMM Program Approved Facilitators↩
- Oklahoma: Tulsa County District Court – Approved Parenting Coordinator List (Resources page)↩
- Oregon: U.S. District Court, District of Oregon – Court-sponsored ADR Panels (mediator profile page); Marion County Circuit Court – Arbitration Panels; Umatilla/Morrow Circuit Court – Court-Connected Mediators and Court Approved Arbitrators; Oregon Department of Education – Mediator Selection Information 2024 (PDF); Marion County Circuit Court – Custody and Parenting Time Mediator List (PDF dated 2025-05-28); Coos and Curry County Circuit Court – Parent Mediation providers; Linn County Circuit Court – Linn County Domestic Relations Mediators; Marion County Circuit Court – Civil Mediation Panel (PDF)↩
- Pennsylvania: U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania – ADR Neutral Search (LCvR 16.2 ADR program); U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania – Certified Mediators list (9/30/2026); Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division – List of Pro Bono Mediators (updated 09/11/2026); U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania – Mediator List (attorney mediation panel); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania – Authorized Mediation Panel (2/25/2025); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania – Certified Mediators (as of 2/20/2025); Montgomery County (PA) Courts – Parenting Coordinators; Pennsylvania Office for Dispute Resolution – Mediator and Facilitator Bios; Montgomery County (PA) Courts – Custody Mediation Orientation Program, Mediator List; Chester County (PA) Courts – Approved Parenting Coordinators; Bucks County (PA) Courts – Parenting Coordinator Roster (updated 11/9/2021); First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) – Approved Parenting Coordinators for Philadelphia County; Cumberland County Courts – List of Parenting Coordinators (Family Law page); Dauphin County Court's Roster of Approved Parenting Coordinators (updated 8/14/2026); Berks County Court of Common Pleas, Family Court – Parenting Coordinators list (4.1.25)↩
- South Carolina: South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification – ADR Directory (hosted by SC Bar)↩
- South Dakota: South Dakota Unified Judicial System – court-approved mediators; South Dakota Unified Judicial System – court-approved child custody evaluators; South Dakota Unified Judicial System – court-approved parenting coordinators↩
- Tennessee: U.S. District Court, E.D. Tenn. – Approved Mediators (ACTIVE list 2026.01.26); U.S. District Court, W.D. Tenn. – Mediator Profile Directory (rev. July 2023)↩
- Texas: Tarrant County (TX) Civil District Courts – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); Bexar County (TX) County Courts – Civil Mediator List (Feb. 4, 2026; Gov. Code ch. 37); Travis County (TX) Civil District Courts – Attorney Ad Litem, Guardian Ad Litem and Mediator Lists (as of Jan. 29, 2026; Gov. Code ch. 37); Webb County (TX) 406th District Court (civil) – attorneys eligible to serve as mediators (Gov. Code ch. 37); Denton County (TX) Probate Courts – list of attorney mediators (Gov. Code ch. 37); Rockwall County (TX) 503rd Judicial District Court, Mediators list (rev. Aug. 5, 2026; Gov't Code ch. 37); El Paso County (TX) County Court at Law No. 3 – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); Parker County (TX) 43rd District Court, List of Mediators (web page); Texas Business Court – Mediator Wheel (Mediators Approved October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027); Texas Education Agency – Office of General Counsel, Special Education Mediator List; Ector County (TX) 446th District Court, Approved Mediators for Court Appointment; Jefferson County (TX) County Court at Law No. 1 – Mediators List; El Paso County (TX) County Court at Law No. 6 – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas – Approved Mediators 2026 (Austin Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Pro Bono Mediation Program); Ector County (TX) County Court and County Courts at Law, Mediation Appointment List (Feb. 4, 2025; Gov't Code ch. 37); El Paso County (TX) 171st District Court – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); Hunt County (TX) County Court at Law No. 2, Court Appointment List for Mediators (rev. 04-2023); El Paso County (TX) 210th District Court – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); El Paso County (TX) 205th District Court – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); El Paso County (TX) 448th District Court – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); Webb County (TX) 341st District Court (civil) – attorneys eligible to serve as mediators (Gov. Code ch. 37); Webb County (TX) 406th District Court (family) – attorneys eligible to serve as mediators (Gov. Code ch. 37); El Paso County (TX) 243rd District Court – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37); El Paso County (TX) 41st District Court – mediator list (Gov. Code ch. 37)↩
- Utah: Utah State Courts – Court Roster of Mediators and Arbitrators↩
- Vermont: U.S. District Court, District of Vermont – ENE Panel Members; Vermont Judiciary – Family Mediation Program roster↩
- Washington: Snohomish County Superior Court – List of Arbitrators; U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. – ADR Neutrals; Skagit County Superior Court – family law mediators list; Thurston County Superior Court – Family Law Mediation List; Washington Public Employment Relations Commission – Law Enforcement Arbitrator Roster; Island County Superior Court – Qualified Mediators (Mediator Registry, rev. 11/24/2025)↩
- West Virginia: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia – Court-Approved Family Court Mediators (Rule 43), "Mediator By County" list dated 8/25/2026 (public-records response, 2026-10-19)↩
- Wisconsin: Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS) – mediators; Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission – Non WERC-Employed Arbitrators Roster; Eau Claire County – TRY Mediation, Inc. (county-designated provider of court-ordered custody/placement mediation)↩
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024)↩
Cite this page
MediationList. (2026). State of court mediation 2026. https://mediationlist.com/state-of-court-mediation-2026/
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Data dictionary
19 columns, one row per state and DC; aggregates only, no personal data
state_code- Two-letter postal code (50 states and DC).
state_name- State name.
people- Distinct people among those listings, the /statistics/ Mediators column: the same person on two rosters in the state (e.g. the Florida Supreme Court roster and the M.D. Fla. federal list) counts once. Blank when listings is blank.
listings- Published court-verified listings from the state's official court and government rosters, the same count as /statistics/. Blank: fewer than 10 listings and the state's listings aren't published yet. A mediator on two states' rosters counts in both.
population- Resident population, U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 county estimates (July 1, 2024), summed to the state.
population_vintage- Census estimate vintage used for population.
listings_per_100k- listings ÷ population × 100,000, rounded to 0.1, only for states with at least 10 listings (as on /statistics/).
credential_term- "certified" where a court or court-created board certifies mediators; "court-listed" where courts list or register them without certifying (MediationList's credential rule).
family_listings- Listings whose roster entry covers family or domestic-relations mediation. Not every roster records case types.
civil_listings- Listings whose roster entry covers civil mediation. A listing can count as both family and civil.
roster_sources- Distinct official roster sources behind the state's listings (grouped by the state most of a source's records belong to).
latest_roster_read- Latest date (YYYY-MM-DD) MediationList read one of those sources.
desert_mapped- true if the state is on the /mediator-deserts/ map (a statewide family roster giving a county for at least 90% of family listings).
counties- Counties (or county equivalents) in a mapped state.
counties_without_family_mediator- Counties in a mapped state with no family mediator on the state's court roster (the /mediator-deserts/ count).
residents_of_those_counties- Census Vintage 2024 population of those counties.
family_panels_with_posted_rates- Court family-mediation panels in the state that post hourly rates (at least 3 plain hourly rates), as in the divorce cost calculator.
lowest_panel_median_usd- Lowest median posted hourly rate among those panels, in U.S. dollars.
highest_panel_median_usd- Highest median posted hourly rate among those panels, in U.S. dollars.
State of Court Mediation 2026 reports counts from official court rosters for general information. It is not legal advice and not an endorsement of any mediator. Rosters change; each profile links to its roster and the date we read it.