Perspective
Mar. 1, 2014
The role of in house in mediation
In a recent mediation, the general counsel turned to the mediator and said: "Doesn't she realize that I'm the client?" By Lucie Barron
Recently a mediator was telling me about a case where the parties and their counsel had an impromptu discussion in the hallway during the mediation. The defendant was a large corporation, represented by its general counsel together with their outside counsel. During the hallway discussion, the lawyer for the plaintiff was directing her remarks to the outside counsel - the general counsel was largely being ignored. After the discussion in the hall...
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