Hugh Durlam
Executive Summary
Hugh Durlam is the founder of Resolve Mediation, providing dispute resolution services across commercial, construction, property, and family matters. Hugh’s career is defined by a 360-degree understanding of high-stakes transactions and conflicts: starting in banking and residential finance, advancing through seventeen years of project management and business development in civil engineering, architecture, and design-build construction, and serving over a decade in public and quasi-judicial roles.
Formally credentialed in both Civil and Family Mediation through the University of Texas at San Antonio, Hugh combines financial acumen, technical literacy, and emotional intelligence to cut through gridlock. Having engaged with stakeholders ranging from executive leadership and municipal officials to trade crews and families in crisis, Hugh specializes in helping parties de-escalate emotional friction, evaluate risk objectively, and craft durable, enforceable agreements.
Areas of Mediation Expertise
- Commercial & Contract Disputes: Breach of contract, vendor/procurement disagreements, partner and shareholder buyouts, and contract renegotiations.
- Construction, Engineering & Design-Build: Delay and defect claims, design omissions, change-order reconciliations, material failure disputes, and developer/contractor friction.
- Land Use, Eminent Domain & Municipal Infrastructure: Condemnation/valuation hearings, easement conflicts, right-of-way disputes, and inter-agency municipal issues.
- Real Estate, HOA & Texas Property Code: Community association governance disputes, property management accountability, deed restriction enforcement, and property boundary lines.
- Family & Civil Disputes: Parent-child mediation, family transition and custody agreements, personal injury claims, and general civil litigation.