Northern Program

(405) 533-6878

Fax: (405) 372-3230
Jay Irby, Director
Kathleen Kincade, 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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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.

North Program News and Updates!

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.

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. 
“I appreciate James’s calm and practical approach to working with parties and attorneys in mediation.  He has been a real asset to our program, and I’m pleased to recognize his contributions with this nomination” Jay Irby, Program Director, said.
Serving Northern Oklahoma

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

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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.