Dispute Resolution Center of King County

We promote meaningful pathways for everyone to engage with conflict, to learn from each other, and to grow in community.

The Dispute Resolution Center of King County (KCDRC) is a non-profit agency that provides mediation and conflict resolution services for individuals, businesses, and families in Seattle'​ King County since 1986. The DRC is a community mediation center, using professional mediators who volunteer their time to help us solve thousands of disputes per year on behalf of the agency. This approach helps the agency keep its fees low and allows us to offer a sliding scale for payment of mediation services The DRC offers facilitative-style mediation via Zoom. We also provide mediation services at Small Claims Courts in the county so that people can choose mediation instead of litigation on the same day of their small claims trial. All DRCs must operate as non-profit, city or county organizations and must offer services to clients regardless of their ability to pay. The vast majority of mediation services provided by DRCs are delivered by professional mediators who volunteer their time. The DRC is governed by a volunteer board of directors and managed by a paid staff.