Alternative Dispute Resolution
May 11, 2002
Friendly Advice
Q: How could the plaintiffs' bar be more effective at mediation? A: After having asked the plaintiffs' bar how defense counsel could be more effective at mediation (Q&ADR, May 10, 2002), we thought it only fair to turn the tables. Defense counsel told us that the plaintiffs' bar - or some of them, anyway - could be more effective at mediation through more-thorough advance client counseling, more-conciliatory opening statements and more-resonable opening demands, and by taking one final warning to heart.
Q: How could the plaintiffs' bar be more effective at mediation?
A: After having asked the plaintiffs' bar how defense counsel could be more effective at mediation (Q&ADR, May 10, 2002), we thought it only fair to turn the tables. Defense counsel told us t...
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