Mediation Tips

Prepare a fill-in-the-blanks draft settlement agreement and bring it with you to the mediation. After a long day negotiating, it may be difficult to remember

Almost any trial lawyer can draft an adequate settlement agreement in a typical civil case where one party pays the other some amount of money,

A party to a mediated settlement agreement agrees only to the terms of the agreement. Each party typically makes concessions without admitting that it is

Civil litigators who lack criminal experience are sometimes oblivious to facts which might expose their clients to criminal liability for, among other things, violations of

A business divorce case, the break-up of principals of a closely held business, is an ideal candidate for pre-suit or early mediation. It is of

It is not uncommon for a factually and legally complex case to have only modest monetary value. Where possible it is helpful to mediate these