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Perspective

Feb. 12, 2011

What Employment Lawyers Look For When Selecting a Mediator

Six qualities that employment lawyers look for when selecting a mediator. By Howard C. Hay of PMA.


By Howard C. Hay


In my experience as an advocate and now as a mediator, mediation normally results in settlement on the first day of mediation when the mediator is the right fit for the case. However, the best employment lawyers want more than that. They want a very favorable settlement, and they want it in all of their cases. As one plaintiff employment lawyer explained, "I want the mediator who can squeeze the big bucks out of the corporate sponge." ...

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