Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mar. 4, 2008
Mediation Requires Deal Makers, Not Decision Makers
Forum Column - Robert A. Steinberg - As habitual decision makers, former judges don’t always make the best mediators.
Robert A. Steinberg
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Advocates often approach mediation as a chance to prove their case. They bring with them their legal arguments and facts and expect the mediator to decide the case and pressure the losing side into concessions. These advocates favor the former judge as mediator.
But mediation is a facilitated negotiation. Negotiati...
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