If a case can't be settled in a day's session, many mediators will phone or email the attorneys a few days later to offer to continue helping them reach a resolution. Attorneys who have brought difficult cases to Barry Appell to mediate say he is more persistent than most.
"He's very diligent," said Lauren J. Katunich of Raines Feldman LLP. She represented an employer in a dispute that didn't settle at first. Appel... (continued)