Northern Program

(405) 533-6878

Fax: (405) 372-3230
Jay Irby, Director
Chloe Bomgardner, Office Staff
Patty Lowery, Office Staff

NORTH PROGRAM ADDRESS:
Payne County Courthouse
606 South Husband, 1st Floor
Stillwater, OK 74074

PROGRAM SPONSOR:

Payne County Clerk

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Jay Irby, Director of the Early Settlement – North program, recently shared about the FREE mediation services Early Settlement provides to Northern Oklahoma.

Our mission is to provide FREE quality mediation services to Northern Oklahoma in an efficient and timely manner. Our program utilizes a team of dedicated, passionate, well trained volunteers to help those in conflict in our community.

Early Settlement-North Program News
Judge Thomas! Judge Katherine Thomas with Jay Irby, Director, Early Settlement Mediation – North Program and volunteer mediators Philip Jeck, Jim Motes and George Schwenk.  Judge Thomas is leaving the bench this month and told us “You have helped me so much with my Small Claims Docket. Thank you for all you do.”
Board Presentation! Jay Irby, Director, Early Settlement – North program recently presented his FY 2025 Annual Report to the Dispute Resolution Advisory Board.
Family Mediation Training! Early Settlement North volunteer mediator, Lynn Whitebay, (Center) recently attended the Family Mediation Training at OU Law in Norman. Also pictured are Phil Johnson, State Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution System and North Program Director Jay Irby who served at a trainer/coach for the training.

Volunteer Mediator Conference

Early Settlement North Program volunteers attended the 2025 Volunteer Conference.
From left: Jim Motes, Phillip Jeck, Jay Irby, and Betsy Webb.
Serving Northern Oklahoma

Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Pawnee, & Payne Counties

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2025 Volunteer of the Year
Volunteer of the Year! James Motes is one of the veteran volunteers with the North program, active since 2019.  Since completing his Basic Training in 2019 and Family Training in 2022, James has contributed 291 hours and mediated over 236 cases in both Small Claims/Civil and Family/Divorce mediations.  Last year he mediated 68 cases in both areas, with a 65% Agreement rate across all cases.  James has also been generous with his time and coaching for volunteer trainings and co-mediating with new volunteers obtaining certification in both Basic and Family mediations.
James is retired from the Horticulture Department of OSU.  He is active in community programs such as Rotary.  He also operates a spice company with his family.