Alternative Dispute Resolution
Nov. 22, 2013
An honest broker's approach to mediated settlements
When I sat down to read Dwight Golann's "Sharing a Mediator's Powers: Effective Advocacy in Settlement," I was struggling to regain my balance after a challenging mediation.
Jan Frankel Schau
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ADR Services, Inc.
1900 Ave of the Stars Ste 250
Los Angeles 90067
Email: jfschau@adrservices.org
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Mediators must not only balance two sides of a conflict, but also maintain their own balance to provide a fair process while settling contentious lawsuits with impartiality and finesse. When I sat down to read Dwight Golann's "Sharing a Mediator's Powers: Effective Advocacy in Settlement," I was struggling to regain my own balance after just having mediated a challenging wrongful termination case in which one lawyer was a notorious bully. The case eventually settled on terms suggested in...
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