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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jun. 26, 2007

Keeping Mediation on Course

Forum Column - By Nancy Neal Yeend and Robert Terris -You can keep mediation from turning into litigation by learning how to deal with your client and other attorneys.

FORUM COLUMN

By Nancy Neal Yeend and Robert Terris

      According to James Coben, director of Hamline University School of Law's Dispute Resolution Institute, national "litigation involving mediation issues increased ninety-five percent" between 1999 and 2003. During 2004 and 2005, that number rose an additional 42 percent, with California reporting more litigation than any other state. Attorneys can take a few key steps to avoid p...

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