Private Mediation
For a dispute that already exists and needs settling. A structured, neutral process to reach an agreement you can sign — on commercial, partnership, or family matters — and stay out of court.
Mediation
Mediation & Resolution · Bangalore
Resolve it.
Resolve it.
Stay out of court.
A calmer way through conflict — for the disputes that deserve a resolution, not a war, and the conversations too important to have alone.
20+ years as an advocate
Internationally certified mediator
High Court · Family Courts · DRTs
For twenty years I watched good people lose time, money, and relationships to disputes that never needed a judge.
Out of Court exists to keep you out of that room — and to resolve things while they are still resolvable.
The practice
Three ways through.
Whether it's a dispute, a conversation you've been putting off, or the next generation learning to resolve — the work is the same: clarity over conflict.
The Difficult Conversations Studio
For the conversation before it becomes a dispute. A private space to say the hard, unspoken thing — and protect a relationship, or end it with dignity — when "mediation" feels too formal, or there's nothing to litigate at all.
The StudioInternships
Mentoring the next generation of law students to learn resolution the only way that works — by doing it.
Young Mediators
Private Mediation
Settle it — without the years, the cost, and the courtroom.
Litigation is slow, expensive, and adversarial by design — and after all of it, a stranger in a robe decides your outcome. Mediation puts the decision back with the people who have to live with it. This is for a dispute that already exists — money, a contract, a breakdown — and needs an agreement that holds.
- Commercial & contractual disputes
- Business partnership breakdowns
- Family & property matters
- Employer–employee disagreements
"I know exactly what going to court does to people. That is why I would rather help you avoid it." Internationally certified mediator — ADR Group, UK · trained under Thomas Valenti, Chicago
The Difficult Conversations Studio · by Out of Court
Some conversations are too important to have alone.
There are talks we avoid because we know how badly they could go. The co-founder you can't seem to reach anymore. The siblings and the inheritance no one will name. The parent and the grown child who only ever argue. The marriage that may be ending, and the wish to end it with some dignity left.
You don't need a courtroom for these — often there's no legal dispute at all, just a conversation that's been avoided until it festered. You don't even need to call it mediation. You need a calm, neutral person in the room who knows how to hold the conversation steady — so the things that need saying get said, and you leave with a path instead of more damage. This is the talk that comes before a dispute, or instead of one.
Co-founders & business partners
Families & inheritance
Parents & adult children
Separating couples
Confidential
Private by default. What's said in the room stays in the room.
Structured, but human
A clear process, held with warmth — in person in Bangalore or online.
One session or a short series
Some need a single conversation to break the logjam; others, a few.
No obligation
Nothing beyond the first conversation unless it helps.
A clear boundary: this is neutral facilitation, not therapy or legal advice. If what you're facing needs a counsellor, a doctor, or a lawyer, I will say so and point you in the right direction.
About Meena
I spent twenty years in the Courts. Staying out of it is what I learnt there.
I'm Meena Pershad Waghray — an advocate, a mediator, and the founder of Out of Court. For two decades I practised across the City Civil Court, the Karnataka High Court, the Family Courts, and the Debt Recovery Tribunals in Bangalore.
I saw extraordinary things resolved by the law. I also saw families stop speaking and businesses bleed money for years — losing far more in the fight than they ever stood to win.
A mediator who is also a meditator.
So I trained as a mediator — internationally certified through the ADR Group in the UK, and under Thomas Valenti in Chicago. Alongside the law, I have long taught yoga and meditation. It isn't a side note; it's how I work. Resolution needs someone who can keep a room steady when emotions run high, who listens before reacting, who doesn't add heat to a situation that already has too much.
Today I help people and businesses resolve disputes without litigation, hold the conversations that matter most, and mentor the law students who will carry this work forward.
Internships — Young Mediators
Learn resolution the only way that works — by doing it.
Law school teaches you the statute. It doesn't teach you how to sit across from two angry people and help them find an agreement. That part you learn alongside someone who has done it for twenty years.
Real casework
Hands-on exposure to how disputes actually get resolved.
Mentorship
Guidance from a practising advocate and mediator.
Resolution skills
Interviewing, negotiating, and facilitating a room.
A credential
Experience and a certificate that stand out.
In their words
What people say.
“I have the privilege of calling Meena Waghray my mentor, and I can confidently say she is not only an excellent lawyer but an even better mediator.”Ms. Snighda Jha, Advocate
“Thanks a lot for the mediation process. I am really feeling much better after the session with you. My mom too is feeling really relaxed after she spoke to you.”Ms. S, after a private mediation session
“Meena Madam’s feedback during the live caucus round was an eye-opener. You don’t get this level of practical, hands-on training in regular college lectures.”Grace K, Law Student, Ramaiah College of Law
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Get in touch
Let's keep it out of court.
A short, free call is the fastest way to know if I can help. No pressure, no jargon — just a clear sense of whether and how I can be useful to you.