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2/25/25 |
Carol is an absolutely terrible mediator. After seeing these reviews, they ALL apply to my experience as a father. I am a dad who just finished an all-day mediation and only ONE of my 10 asks were achieved. She didn't even review my financial situation to see if I can even afford the new payments. In the end, I'm going to be short $3,200 per month! There was NO pushback to the other side. My lawyer said Carol had a "good brain for numbers". Totally false! DO NOT USE HER IF YOU'RE A FATHER! And stand your ground!
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8/16/23 |
TERRIBLE!!!! Doesn’t use the law. According to her, men can write down what they make instead of providing facts (income tax) when it comes to child support. Only cares about getting paid. She needs to retire so she doesn’t destroy any more lives. She’s too old for this job.
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9/20/20 |
I had a negative experience. She seemed to bring her personal experience into the situation and pre-judge the situation based on her personal experience.
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7/3/20 |
I entered mediation with a clear head But left with a sore brain. Carol is completely biased and uses her own judgement when she is supposed to reason. I felt bullied and she repeatedly cut me off during my time. Never again. She was not professional with my custody case at all. I feel robbed.
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1/14/20 |
Horrible mediator for the male side! She is a crook, has no math knowledge and is very female biased even in a case where the female has the major income and I had recently become disabled. She nickle and dimed her income/assets while ballooning my meager possessions as GOLD! She also spent much of the 10-hour session chit-chatting with her lawyer buddies (because she knows them all!) like it was a family reunion. They were all undoubtedly laughing about the cash they were extorting from both of us as the time ticked on. As a test, challenge her math ability yourself and you will discover she has no clue.
Also beware that she is always suggested for mediation by a lawyer to which she has an inappropriate bias. Corruption at the finest levels!
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11/8/19 |
Before we started mediation I googled Carol and even read some of the comments here but because my ex’s lawyer insisted on her I figured she can’t be that bad and if she is I can always request someone else. Reality is, Carol is bias and does side with women. She pressured me to pay higher support then I am supposed to based on her assumption of me as having lots of money in the bank even though by law support is based on income. When I confronted her she decided to stop mediating us and wrote an email for my ex intended to support her in court as an expert opinion stating in the letter that when she asked me how much money I had, I refused to talk about it and so she confirmed that I had lots of money and also confirmed a whole lot of other things. What a nightmare!
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2/20/19 |
I entered into mediation under unusual circumstances, and was concern I was going to be ambushed. That was not the case. If you want a fair, level headed individual to work with you Carol is your girl. She did a great job working with us on a very reasonable agreement. She read our files in advance and was prepared for us when we started mediation. Two big thumbs up. I am the male in this case.
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10/26/18 |
Attended mediation with Carol and like others have commented, I found her very biased. Along with that, she was bringing up topics that we weren't even mediating over (ie. lack of SS payment, S7 expense % split). She was also to provide a summary of the topics mediated on and any agreed upon values. A month later and we are still waiting. I will not spend another cent on mediation with Carol.
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1/23/18 |
I found her to be knowledgeable and fair to both of us. Asked tough questions and listened well. Very experienced. Good value.
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12/8/17 |
Pleasant, patient, careful, balanced. We were not in a rush and she stuck with us through intermittent meetings until it all came together
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5/27/16 |
Wow really wish that I had of read these ratings before I attended Arbitration with this woman. She is certainly bias. My ex was on his cell phone for a solid 10 minutes until his lawyer told him to put it away as my lawyer was talking and contradicted his affidavit. Nothing was said to him. I felt attacked in the Arbitration agreement she made me feel very low when in fact he was the one that should have been reprimanded for his behavior. She also made the final decisions based on her personal opinions not his arguments.
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5/26/16 |
she looses emails you send her. she is very cocky and believes she is above everyone. she is totally biased to the female side and will ask for virtually no supporting docs from the wife but insist everything from husbands. I suggest you go elsewhere
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12/17/15 |
Excellent mediator, knowledgeable, thorough, highly recommend her.
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9/13/12 |
I found Carol to be a bright, sympathetic and fair mediator even though I ended up giving more than I should have due mostly to fatigue in order to get what was essential.
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7/6/12 |
Carol was a superb mediator. My ex and I saved thousands of dollars by working through the legal issues in a timely and well-explained fashion. I am male, but I did not sense any bias on Carol's part whatsoever. I am paying less in support than I was prior to mediation, but I am, of course, paying within the table amounts as should be expected.
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5/11/12 |
Carol Bartel was not a good mediator. Her approach may be direct but bias to what she wants in terms of her time and money. She can drag the case so you pay her more. Therefore her knowledge is to her advantage and not necessary yours. It is your divorce, so don't waste your time with her.
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3/6/12 |
I found this mediator to be fair, understanding,knowledgable and unbiased. I loved her no nonsense approach and her professionalism.
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10/18/11 |
I found her to be immediately biased in favour of my ex, who was the woman in the separation. She kept finding things in my ex's favour, and didn't bother to take notes of things in my favour, such as RRSPs I had invested before the marriage.
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8/22/11 |
She was not helpful at all. Unfortunately, she did my mediation which was all in favour for my ex - didn’t even ask me for my Financial Statement
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7/31/11 |
Wonderful mediation service - would recommend for family mediation and or family legal representation. Competitive rate, central location, nothing but good things to say... Sound advise, knowledgeable, great methods.
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