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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Sep. 22, 2023

Hybrid mediation: the best of virtually enhanced and effective live mediation

The hybrid mediation format is evolving as the hybrid setting becomes more common.

Kristin Rizzo Esq.

Mediator
Judicate West

Kristin Rizzo, Esq. is a Mediator at Judicate West. She mediates a variety of civil claims, specializing in employment mediation, from pre-litigated and post-investigative disputes to single-plaintiff, complex multi-party, and class-action and PAGA matters. She also mediates business, contract, housing discrimination, ADA access, personal injury, medical malpractice, and emotionally charged/high-impact matters

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Online dispute resolution, also known as ODR, remote, or virtual mediation, was introduced to most of us during the COVID-19 pandemic. While many were initially hesitant to use it, it is now a routine format. Mediators and mediation participants alike have embraced it and find it to be highly successful. As our world has re-opened, many mediators and mediation participants are returning to the highly effective live mediation format once again. More recently, what has...

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