Mediation Starts From the First Phone Call-Practice Pointers and Helpful Hints for Lawyers Going to Mediation

Mediation has changed. The cases being mediated are larger and more complex, and the lawyers are more sophisticated and experienced in the mediation process. The authors of this article attempt to summarize some of the practice pointers and helpful hints they have gleaned from mediating thousands of complex commercial disputes. We sort our comments chronologically: before, during and after the mediation.

While by no means exhaustive, our thoughts should provide both the new and experienced practitioner with some insights into the mediation process.