Maximizing Plaintiff Recovery At Mediation
By Brian McDonald
No two cases are the same, no two clients are the same, no two juries are the same, no two mediators are the same, and no two mediations are the same. But while each mediation is different, many aspects remain similar. With each case, to achieve optimum success, you must be ready to adapt your style using different techniques and perhaps different mediators. You should develop an overall checklist to use in your mediation cases, and modify it for each case. Every case takes unexpected turns, and every mediation takes unexpected turns. When this takes place during a mediation, our anxiety increases and it hinders our ability to negotiate effectively. Let's try to minimize the unexpected turns.
